Olivia: [to Cyrus] You are not going to grow old alone. You're never alone. I'm here.

It’s the holiday season, the time of year when every red-and-green light display and jingling bell reminds Janyce Boss that she is, for the most part, alone. She’s almost 65. She’… ...

More than 16 million Americans are living alone while growing old, an unprecedented number. This slice of the older ...

He was one of millions of Chinese seniors growing old alone. So he put himself up for adoption. May 2, 2018. Han Zicheng, 85, rides his bicycle to a nearby market in Tianjin, China, in January.

On a chilly day last December, the 85-year-old Chinese grandfather gathered some scraps of white paper and wrote out a pitch in blue ink: "Looking for someone to adopt me." "Lonely old man in his 80s.