PHOENIX – Arizona’s population is aging, and more seniors are facing a life alone. “Solo agers” have no family, spouses or lifelong friends who are alive or live nearby.
In 2024, nearly one out of five of Arizonans was 65 or older — and the number has been steadily increasing over the past decade, according to data from the Arizona Department of Health Services.
With this growing but fragmented population comes a diversity of life experiences, and some of those include profound levels of social isolation…