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According to the Pew Research Center, 27% of U.S. adults age 60 and over live alone, compared with 16% of their peers in the 130 countries and territories studied.Despite pushback from their adult ...
The number of older Americans living alone is on the rise. Nearly 16 million people aged 65 and older in the US lived solo in 2022, three times as many who lived alone in that age group in the 1960s.
Most adults would prefer to age in place—that is, remain in their home of choice as long as possible. In fact, 90 percent of adults over the age of 65 report that they would prefer to stay in their current residence as they age. [5] One-third of American households are home to one or more residents 60 years of age or older. [6]
For example, in 2016, the share of older adults living alone with incomes below the Federal Poverty Line is 18.8% on average throughout the United States; another 34.2% live above the poverty level yet still have income less than what is required to live with economic security. [1] [5]
The Older Americans Act of 1965 (Pub. L. 89–73, 79 Stat. 218) was the first federal level initiative aimed at providing comprehensive services for older adults. It created the National Aging Network comprising the Administration on Aging on the federal level, State Units on Aging at the state level, and Area Agencies on Aging at the local ...
That suggests that adults living alone have about a 32% higher risk of cancer death. “Living alone is only one of the components of social isolation, and it may not capture other components like ...
Over one in five older adults reported feeling lonely; the numbers were highest amongst older Asians (23%) but relatively low in Pasifika (17%), and loneliness increased with social deprivation. [23] They also found social factors such as living alone, loneliness, and having stressed carers significantly increased the chance of being admitted ...
Among the 7,945 participants, averaging 66 years of age, approximately 35% owned pets, and 26% lived alone. Individuals living alone exhibited a quicker decline in composite verbal cognition ...