Q. I am a 74-year-old woman, never married and have no children. I am worried about what will happen to me when I am “really old.” I have heard of the term “solo agers.” Could you write more about that? Many thanks. P.S.

Solo agers have been defined as those who are “not married, not living with a partner, with no living children and live alone.” Sara Zeff Geber, an expert on solo aging and author of “Essential Retirement Planning for Solo Agers: A Retirement and Aging Roadmap for Single and Childless Adults” presents a broader definition. This is “someone (in later life) who doesn’t have or doesn’t anticipate having family support.” She notes that this would include a married couple since, at some point in time, one partner will be alone.

Solo agers make up 12 percent o

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