Senior Rentals Life | Living Alone Is Not a Lonely Senior

When you are raising your kids in your adult years, it seems you will never know a minute’s peace. Each day was another explosion of yelling, running and wild activity in the house from the moment the kids are born until they are grown and moving out. It was when the last one finally made their way into the world that you actually knew what is was to be alone, at least the two of you.

A full life such as this makes the adjustment to senior rentals status, your retirement, and the time alone or time on your hands, a bit of an adjustment. The adjustment is even more profound if you enter your senior years solo and you find yourself alone much of the time. But being alone does not mean being lonely. The problem of loneliness is chronic in senior citizens so it’s good to get out ahead of it so it doesn’t cause serious problems in an ongoing way.

The negatives of loneliness in senior citizens are well known. Excessive loneliness can easily lead to a sense of isolation, desperation and depression. This can result in substance abuse, or worse, if the senior citizen doesn’t find a way to fight back against that feeling of being alone. It is easy to feel abandoned if you are in your house that used to be filled with children, and resentful when your day passes with no human contact. If you have relocated to an assisted living center or nursing home, the problem may be even worse as you don’t have the comfort of familiar surroundings.

But to feel sorry for yourself and to blame your children for not coming to see you is not a healthy state of mind. Yes, you may think that your children should call or come see you more often. But short of moving in with you or you with them, the problem of loneliness will have to be solved by you and by using other means. It may seem like a simplistic answer to loneliness but the beginning of solving these problems is a simple prescription, which is – Get Out of the House!

If waiting in your house or rental apartment for people to bring companionship to you is not working for you so far then it probably isn’t going to work in the future. So you have to get out there and engage life directly. If you can become proactive and take choose your situation, you will find diverse and abundant opportunities to find friendship and companionship.

Among some of the ways you can get in the company of other people are…

• Senior citizen functions. If you are in a senior rentals project, assisted living or retirement home, there are events being planned all the time for you to get out and meet your neighbors. But even if that is not your living arrangements, most local communities have senior centers that have as one of their primary missions in life to provide social outlet for senior citizens. So use that resource to its fullest.

• Volunteering. There are so many excellent ways for you to volunteer at church, with civic groups or in the arts that you can stay continuously busy. Not only do you get the gratification of doing something good for others, you get out and meet people which is a sure cure for loneliness.

• Church. If you are active in your church, they always have ways for you to be involved during the day. Some of them will be volunteer opportunities but others might just be attending bible study, or social time with your Sunday School class.

• Philosopy. If you are not religiously inclined, or are willing to question the thousands of years of religionism, consider a local philosophy discussion group for stimulating debate.

• Gardening, Bird, and Nature Societies. These organizations can be a great way to enjoy outings and observations without any pressure to conform to socializing structures, but to share in mutually interesting pursuits.

• Pitch in with the grandkids. This is a wonderful way to get out. You love those grandkids and by giving your own children a way to get out and leave them in a trusted place, you do them good and get tons of great play time with the younger generation.

These are just a few great ways for you to get out and meet people who will welcome you with open arms. These are areas of life that are easy for a mature senior rental citizen to associate gradually or jump in feet first and become connected. Being connected adds meaning to communication and community participation. Getting involved means staying busy and staying busy leaves no time for feeling lonely. And that is the permanent cure for any risk of loneliness for senior rentals.

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