The shelf · Ageing alone
Does Who Will Take Care of Me When I'm Old? hold up?
Who Will Take Care of Me When I'm Old?: Plan Now to Safeguard Your Health and Happiness in Old Age, by Joy Loverde (2017)
A guide to medical, money, housing and support planning for people who may age without family care.
The short answer
The direction is right: more people are reaching later life unpartnered. Its global household figure has no traceable source.
The claims, checked
Nearly a third of Americans aged 45 to 63 are single.
Holds with conditions Consistent with research showing more boomers unpartnered and childless, but no current Census figure for exactly this age band was found.
Evidence: Margolis and Verdery, 2017