Loneliness is an increasing problem in many societies, especially among the elderly. Why is this? How might it be remedied?

Earlier people used to live healthier and happier life. But due to the

rapidly

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rapid

change in

lifestyle people

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lifestyle, people

feel

alone especially

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alone, especially

when they are old. There are various

issue

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issues

behind

loneliness

in older

people

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peoples'

peoples

lives.

However

,

this

can be cured by taking some small efforts by changing our lifestyle.

To begin

with,

loneliness

is not a new phenomenon. People of all ages face

this

problem

, but

this

is mostly affected by the old people, one of the major

problem

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problems

is

drastic increase

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a drastic increase

the drastic increase

in nuclear families. Youngster leave their parents and grandparents and move to another country that they are not able to give time to them. Another key factor, generation gap is increasing day by day,

this

lead to clash of many ideas and disrespect among

elder

advanced in years; ('aged' is pronounced as two syllables)

older

people. To tackle the

problem

of

loneliness

, people should start accepting traditional life,

such

as by living in joint family. They should spend their time with the parents and grandparents by engaging some activities. In

past

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the past

, old people were considered as

back bone

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the backbone

backbone

of the families.

In addition

, not only

children but

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children, but

even older people should try to engage themselves some of the activities.

For example

, by joining clubs through which they can make new friends and talk to them, visiting parks, by walking in

morning

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the morning

or in

evening

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the evening

this

will help them to maintain their fitness and be

physical

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physically

active or they can peruse some other interest. To conclude, people should try to adopt living in joint families, spend time with them and not only

youngster but

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youngster, but

even old people should try to take

step

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steps

from their end and keep themselves busy in some or the other activities.

Thus by

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Thus, by

taking small steps the

problem

of

loneliness

will no longer be able to survive in societies.