SOCA01H3 Chapter : Dying Alone Article (Reader)
26 Jan 2011
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heat wave deaths in chicago back in 1995. examined 3 cases during the heat wave, 3 cases of 3 people that died who lived alone and died alone during the heat wave. when someone dies alone and at home, the death is a powerful symbol of social abandonment and failure. the number of older people living alone is rising almost everywhere in the world, making it one of the major demographic trends of the contemporary period. the proportions of american households inhabited by only one person and of an elderly people living alone have soared since 1950. 1/3 of chicago elderly population lived alone. www. notesolution. com. pauline, 85 year old lady living alone in the basement of an apartment that leaves her house 6 times a year because she is ill and vulnerable like a moving target to crime.
