DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
ADULTHOOD PHYSICAL COGNITIVE AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
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chornic LTC facilities
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Acute rehabilatation facilities
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hospital as patients
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their own homes, alone or with their families
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Detailed explanation-1: -Most households headed by someone age 65 or over are either married couples living by themselves (37 percent) or single individuals (42 percent). With age, however, the share of solo households increases, reaching 58 percent among those 80 and over.
Detailed explanation-2: -Nearly one-third of all seniors live by themselves, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That’s close to 14 million seniors aging alone.
Detailed explanation-3: -Pew Research Center: “Older people are more likely to live alone in the U.S. than elsewhere in the world.”
Detailed explanation-4: -But in the United States, older people are far less likely to live this way – and far more likely to live alone or with only a spouse or partner. In the U.S., 27% of adults ages 60 and older live alone, compared with 16% of adults in the 130 countries and territories studied.