“Solo-agers,” or adults who are growing old without spouses, partners, or adult children to rely on, are facing more precarity, more anxiety and a greater likelihood of living in poverty. Before the ...

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 ...

Living alone changes everything—quietly, subtly, and then all at once. Whether you’re doing it for the first time in your 20s or rediscovering independence later in life, solitude has a way of holding ...