Older adults who choose to live alone are powerful. These individuals often buck expectations, tune into their own rhythms, and cultivate strengths that are easy to overlook. Here’s a closer look at ...

Living alone. Once, perhaps, it was a designation that you were an old maid, destined to someday die alone and be devoured by your cat, if you were lucky. But what if that single life could be forever ...

Living alone has become increasingly common, especially among older adults and young professionals in urban areas. What seems like a lifestyle preference carries hidden health consequences. Research ...

Older Americans who live alone tend to fare worse than those who don’t live alone on a variety of measures – from emotional and physical wellbeing to material hardship to overall longevity. They also ...

A rise in the number of people living alone in the UK in the past decade has been entirely driven by an increase in older people residing on their own. In 2024, there were an estimated 4.3 million ...

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Living alone is one of my things, so "best things about living alone" lists can lure me in the way most other listicles cannot. I've read lots of them. But here's the thing: I think they are for ...