Does loneliness increase with age?

Question

Currently, we have a lot of old age homes established in our country. This is surely due to the ignorance showed by married youths to their parents. But there are still many elders happy with their children and grandchildren. So, this entirely depends on the attitude of children towards their parents. Even then, they feel lonely due to the absence of their kids at homes and they too have no work! Then does loneliness increase with age due to some factors? What could those factors be?

Answer 1

When people retire they don't have as much social contact.  That is one reason.  You get old, your kids move away, your friends move or start to die off, etc.  Also without work there is more time to dwell on your loneliness.

Answer 2

well,aside from very good family examples you gave,friends die off when you age   accidents,diseases,etc. also another thing to consider,by age 45 usually about 60% of people have lost at least one parent.

Answer 3

I think lonliness is made by ourselves....Better u find a frnd of ur own age and be active in everything,you would feel younger...

Answer 4

Older people can get lonely as the inevitable happens when you become much older in that partners, friends and peers can become ill and pass away.

If you are lucky enough to have a family who really do stick together through thick and thin, then it could also become more sociable as time goes on as a family increases with children, grandchildren and greatgrandchildren becoming part of your life.  Even with these distractions however I believe the loss I mentioned in my first paragraph would still give you some element of loneliness.

Answer 5

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Answer 6

I'm only 14 and I have already started feeling lonely alot. I dunno why, but I feel lonely right now even though I have some other people in the house...

Answer 7

You can still develop great friendships and relationships whilst aging.

I guess though, your children start their own family and move on with their own life and eliminate majority of the socialization they ever had with their family to visit them on the very rare occasion.

If you grow up with a partner you feel less lonely.. but as you get older, possibilities of death arise. Being a widow would be very depressing and lonely, especially if family is all you have left and they rarely visit you.

Answer 8

I think that in today's society, loneliness does increase with age.

You speak of the "ignorance showed by married youths to their parents".  I don't think you are considering all of the factors.  I, for one, will not have my parents move in with me because when I was a child, I was raped, abused, and neglected.  

I think you should consider ALL of the factors before you generalize.

Answer 9

One friend of mine said, "Seeing your friends die off is the price we pay for living."

People who don't continually make new friends, of somewhat younger ages, will find--if they live long enough--that their siblings, spouse and close friends will die and they will be alone. Loneliness isn't just about having people around, even ones we love. It's about being able to share new and old experiences.

I was 37 when my husband died. We'd moved around so much that I felt I'd lost half my adult years because there was no one else around to talk about them with--the good or the bad.

Answer 10

i think being lonely comes with old age.  it's just the mature thing to do

Answer 11

yup!! coz loneliness's other term is depression....

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Answer 12

I can't say that I get lonely because of age.  But, then too my children and grandchildren visit my husband and me, frequently.