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group seek solace from one another, asking Dallas. Your safety net should include both
advice about everything from revocable friends—ideally, some who are in the same
trusts to worries about leaving the working situation as you—and paid professionals.
world to what to cook on a weeknight when Here’s how to assemble your team:
delivery pizza won’t cut it anymore. “It’s been
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who can understand what I’m facing, being IFTY-THREE PERCENT of solo
64, never married, no kids, nephews, or other * seniors have no one to call if
relatives in my life,” one member wrote. “I they’re confined to bed, accord-
foolishly counted on my ‘family of friends’ to ing to a survey of 408 members
be around in my senior years, but they all in the Elder Orphans Facebook group.
have spouses, kids, and grandkids, plus Another common concern for members is
oodles of other relatives, and tell me they are having no one to drive them home from
medical procedures.
too busy to be involved with me.”
KYLE JOHNSON it can be—but there’s hope for any seniors be time to rethink your living situation.
If you don’t have people to call on, it might
This may seem depressing—and at times
staring down a solo future. “You have to build
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