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"Social death", 750 thousand elderly people in France never see their children, grandchildren or great-grandchildren

2025-09-30 18:16:13Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
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Extreme loneliness among the elderly has increased by 150% in eight years in France, where 750,000 elderly people are currently in a state of "social death", as they never or almost never meet other people, the association Les Petits Frères des Pauvres (Little Brothers of the Poor) announced, sounding the alarm.

These people, who make up 4% of the 18 million people over 60 living in France, have no contact with family, friends, neighbors or associations, according to a study by the CSA institute conducted in April on behalf of the association. Since 2017, this study has measured their isolation every four years by taking into account these four circles of social relationships.

The number of elderly people in a state of “social death” has increased by 42% compared to the previous barometer in 2021, the year of COVID. In 2017, it was 300,000.

"I never married and I never had children. I was very involved with my parents, and when they died, I was very lonely," says 83-year-old Michelle S., a former training manager at a multinational company who admits to finding solace in alcohol.

Her social interactions are limited to an occasional chat with a friend in the village, a walk once a month with a few neighbors.

Daniel L., 77, plunged into loneliness after the death of his wife in 2021. "Neither I nor my sister have children. My friends have health problems, I have lost them," says this former chemist in the agri-food sector.

The aging of the population explains this outbreak, as well as the disruption of social ties during the COVID crisis: the most vulnerable have never recovered their previous habits, according to the Little Brothers of the Poor.

Almost 1.5 million older people never or almost never see their children and grandchildren, compared to 470,000 in 2017, according to the barometer. Added to this are 3.2 million people who have neither children nor grandchildren.

The suicide rate among 85-94 year olds was 35.2 per 100,000 in 2022, twice as high as in the general population.

Lack of close family, inability to use the internet, low income, loss of autonomy are risk factors that lead to "social death," the association says.

This sad panorama coming from France is similar to that in Albania, where rural or provincial life is heading towards a social death, where lonely old people are singled out. The most painful aspect is their death in solitude, even with children.


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