Social Isolation Among the Aging Population

Quick Facts about why everyone should care about social isolation

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1. Social Isolation Among the Aging Population Why it’s everybody’s problem
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4. Single Person Households Growth between 2017 and 2050 – 217,000 people 57%
5. Single Person Households % growth driven by older adults 2/3rds
6. Loneliness and Social Isolation* Medicare: • Spends $6.7 billion more a year for enrollees who are socially isolated than for those who are more connected to their communities. *Source: “Medicare Spends More on Socially Isolated Older Adults,” AARP Public Policy Institute, November 2017
8. Do not go gentle in to that good night. Rage, rage against the dying of the light Dylan Thomas