Men are increasingly expects a lonely old age

An increasing number of Modern older men live in solitude and isolation. Such sad conclusion reached by British researchers.

Lonely man

According to scientists from the UK, Only in England, the number of elderly men who live alone, will increase in 2030 by 65%. When the wives of these men die, their social life ceases completely. The study says that when older women outlive their husbands, they maintain contacts with the outside world and maintain a social life. Women communicate with friends, meet with relatives, children and grandchildren.

As for single men They retain less close ties with family and friends. Left alone, most men feel isolation. "Our house was always full of children - says 73-year-old John, whose wife died 5 years ago. - Women keep the family together, people revolves around them. When Women are dying, these people leave, and men remain alone. "

Also, researchers have concluded that single men   and women suffer from social exclusion in different ways. Men are less likely to ask for support. According to Dick O'Brien, a 77-year-old man from Reading, he feels depression because of his loneliness, despite the huge family.

"I have 13 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren, but they are too busy with their own lives, and sometimes I no visits all day long - says Dick. - I rarely go out to the clubs, and for some reason do not fit into the company's peers. In them I feel older than it really business. Communicating with people I manage to just sitting on a scooter when I meet someone on the road. Then people think, well, that's a happy man. And I come back an empty house, where I was very lonely. I have depression, it's hard to live. " (READ MORE)

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