Interesting research that counters the notion that the older one gets the lonelier we become.
The study showed loneliness generally increases with age, but that middle-aged people in United States and the Netherlands were the only of the study locations where this group felt lonelier than older generations.
“There is a general perception that people get lonelier as they age, but the opposite is actually true in the US where middle-aged people are lonelier than older generations,” says lead author Robin Richardson, PhD, assistant professor of epidemiology at Rollins
