{"id":23351,"date":"2024-09-17T09:35:19","date_gmt":"2024-09-17T13:35:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=23351"},"modified":"2024-09-17T09:35:20","modified_gmt":"2024-09-17T13:35:20","slug":"historic-numbers-of-americans-live-by-themselves-as-they-age","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=23351","title":{"rendered":"Historic Numbers of Americans Live by Themselves as They Age"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

(By Judith Graham for KFF Health News)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gerri Norington, 78, never wanted to be on her own as she grew old.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But her first marriage ended in divorce, and her second husband died more than 30 years ago. When a five-year relationship came to a close in 2006, she found herself alone \u2014 a situation that has lasted since.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI miss having a companion who I can talk to and ask \u2018How was your day?\u2019 or \u2018What do you think of what\u2019s going on in the world?\u2019\u201d said Norington, who lives in an apartment building for seniors on the South Side of Chicago. Although she has a loving daughter in the city, \u201cI don\u2019t want to be a burden to her,\u201d she said. Continue reading here…<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kaiser Health News is a nonprofit national health polity news service that is part of the nonpartisan Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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