Summary: Aging Alone and Scared to Death
- Name: Judy Mandell AARP The Magazine
- Category: General
- Email: query-g4um@helpareporter.net
- Media Outlet: AARP The Magazine
- Deadline: 7:00 PM EST – 01 February
Query: I am proposing an article to my AARP editor titled “Aging Alone and Scared to Death.” Living alone is scary, especially if you’ve been married for 62 years as I was when my husband died. I will interview psychologists, psychiatrists, therapists and physicians who specialize in geriatrics. I will ask them to e-mail answers to these questions and more for starters.
- How many people over the age of 50 live alone in the U.S.?
- How many live alone with no family members nearby to help?
- What are the risks of living alone? mentally and physically?
- Is it mostly women who live alone since men don’t usually live as long as women?
- And why is that?
- What are your thoughts?
- What is your advice for solo agers?
About the Author: Belongly
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