For generations, aging in America followed a relatively predictable path. Older adults either remained in the family home, ...

College opens many doors for students, including the one into their first off-campus space. For the first three years of college, I lived with roommates. Now, I live alone in a studio apartment. I won ...

Chinatown would seem to be a neighborhood designed for loneliness. Single room occupancy hotels comprise as much as 60 percent of its housing stock. And, indeed, it has the highest number of seniors ...

Most people who live alone know how essential it is to take extra measures to keep themselves safe (especially women). Living alone can be a fulfilling experience, but it also comes with its own ...

An article on the NPR website, about a segment on Morning Edition, came with this headline: “Americans who live alone report depression at higher rates, but social support helps.” What were those ...

All around the world, more and more people are living alone. Included in that demographic are untold numbers who are living alone because they love living alone, have chosen that way of living, and ...

Millions of seniors are retiring without a spouse or partner. Here's what financial and wellness experts say you need to plan ...

Nearly a third of Oregon households consist of someone living alone. That’s more than a half-million people with no one else in their household. It is a record high, according to the most recent data ...

Over the past seven decades, America has gone through a historic transformation in household living arrangements with a record proportion of adults, now one in seven, living alone, amounting to more ...

Economic stability, a deep-seated cultural respect for personal space, and robust social safety nets are fueling a massive global rise in solo living, with Northern European nations leading the trend.