👴👵 How Older Americans Living Alone Are Making It Work (AARP Article/VIDEO)

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FROM THE ARTICLE.

From divorced to widowed to natural loners, here are 5 profiles of people aging alone.

By Sari Harrar, AARP. Published November 10, 2025.

For a fifth of older Americans, living alone is the norm; some do it by choice and some by circumstance. But one thing is certain: It is not always easy. The stories below are of people handling health crises, grief and bouts of loneliness and isolation on their own. They also share stories of the friends who stepped up when they needed help, and of finding strength and grit they never knew they had. Here are five stories of older adults making a life for themselves in their golden years.

USE LINK BELOW TO READ THE ARTICLE.

https://www.aarp.org/family-relationships/solo-aging-profiles/

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Knock on wood I stay "healthy" for many more years.

Missing my "only" child in Florida, but "dragging" my feet with RETURNING.

Fell in luv with Virginia.

She hated it & RETURNED in 2018.

We had BOTH left Florida in 2015. Lol, thought I would "freeze" my you know what off. 😂

I stayed.

Luv my mountains!!! 🙃