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Tokyo Tragedy Unveils Looming Crisis of Solitary Deaths Amid Aging Population

TOKYO — In a poignant incident that underscores Japan’s growing issue with social isolation, a woman in her 70s was found deceased in her Tokyo apartment, where she had lain unnoticed for over three weeks. This tragic discovery was made only after her landlord attempted to collect overdue rent. With no one to check up on her, her death highlights the endemic and increasing phenomena known as “kodokushi,” or lonely deaths, impacting tens of thousands …

Is it Safe To Say That You Are Setting Yourself Up For Unhealthy Aging?

Image by shutterstock.com Health experts anyplace, remembering those for the Federal government, let us know we want to move more, sit less and eat a solid eating regimen, particularly as we age. However, most grown-ups north of 65 aren’t adhering to these rules. What’s preventing customary people from heeding this guidance? Over a portion of American seniors are not getting the suggested 150 minutes every seven days of oxygen-consuming activity. One hundred fifty minutes can …

Does Aging-In-Place Work? What We Don’t Know Can Harm Us.

Aging-in-place — the majority of us consider the choice, as we age, to remain in our long-term family homes, even as expanding sickness or mental degradation makes this more complicated. We realize support programs are accessible, giving home wellbeing helpers, help with yard work or a wheelchair ramp, a “senior freeze” to keep property tax increases under control, etc. Furthermore, our homes hold countless recollections and are a source of confirmation of the achievement we’ve …