On the Upcoming Massive Increase in Old Age Loneliness in Western Countries
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Almost two decades ago, I was in my early 20s and often used public transit. One of the bus routes, used frequently by me, went near a couple of large old age residential care facilities in that city. Hence, I often saw those who working in those facilities (almost exclusively non-white women) and those residing in them (mostly old white women). Over a couple of years of taking that route, overhearing conversations and just looking around it became obvious that the vast majority of people in that facility seldom received any family visitors. Over time, it became obvious that many in these facilities had sparse interaction with their families even before they moved to those facilities. Over the first few years of living in this country, I noticed that this chronic loneliness in old age was the rule, not the exception.
On the Upcoming Massive Increase in Old Age Loneliness in Western Countries
On the Upcoming Massive Increase in Old Age…
On the Upcoming Massive Increase in Old Age Loneliness in Western Countries
Almost two decades ago, I was in my early 20s and often used public transit. One of the bus routes, used frequently by me, went near a couple of large old age residential care facilities in that city. Hence, I often saw those who working in those facilities (almost exclusively non-white women) and those residing in them (mostly old white women). Over a couple of years of taking that route, overhearing conversations and just looking around it became obvious that the vast majority of people in that facility seldom received any family visitors. Over time, it became obvious that many in these facilities had sparse interaction with their families even before they moved to those facilities. Over the first few years of living in this country, I noticed that this chronic loneliness in old age was the rule, not the exception.