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Resources Are Expanding for Older Adults on Their Own - KFF Health News

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AARP survey: Ten percent of those 50 or older live alone and don’t have living children.

AARP estimates 11% have at least one living child but are estranged from them; 13% have children who they believe won't help them manage their finances and health care.

The program Aging Alone Together , offered by Dorot , a social services agency in New York City , is available nationally free of charge and in person.

While participating in Aging Alone Together, Kromrey realized he had assumed he’d never have a health crisis.

Davis is an artist who never married, doesn’t have siblings and lives alone in Manhattan .

He has a long-term care insurance policy that will pay for help in the home and a rent-regulated apartment.