Causes of Loneliness in Older Adults As we age, older people can become more socially isolated due to increasing health issues and external social changes. According to a recent U.S. News & World ...

Jan. 6—For Craig Amborn, loneliness comes at night. Amborn's 31-year career with the U.S. Navy brought him to 13 duty stations around the world before he retired as a chief warrant officer in 2002. He ...

“Major life changes — retirement, children moving away, or the loss of loved ones — are common triggers for loneliness,” the ...

Doctors in the US have found evidence that hearing aids can help reduce loneliness and perceived isolation among older people who fear going deaf. The researchers said people those treated for hearing ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) - According to the American Medical Association about half of U.S. adults experience loneliness which presents a public health crisis similar to obesity or smoking. It’s not ...

At age 66, South Carolina physician Paul Rousseau decided to retire after tending for decades to the suffering of people who were seriously ill or dying. It was a difficult and emotionally fraught ...

Loneliness is not associated with an increased risk for death among older adults receiving home care in three countries, researchers reported. Bonaventure A. Egbujie, MD, PhD In fact, after adjustment ...

"We can prevent and reverse loneliness with the power of our mind." Mary Faines just turned 94 years old. For years the tradition has been to celebrate her special day with a festive dinner with her ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Tokyo police will try to rein in a wave of shoplifting by lonely elderly people by involving them in community service, a police spokesman said on Thursday. One out of four elderly ...

Connie Korteland, 82, was used to being active and able to get around when her health changed rather quickly. “We had recently moved to the area, and so we had a lot of work to do around the house,” ...