NEW YORK: Elderly people struggling with loneliness spend their days in shopping centres for solace, malls say.
When Joyce Moore, 95, gets sick of her own company, she heads for her local shopping centres.
Her husband died more than 20 years ago. Although she has a “marvellous” family and neighbours, who check in on her daily with visits and phone calls, she likes to pop by the mall for a meal, an iced mocha and some “people watching”.
“I always see someone I know,” said the great-grandmother of 24.
Age Concern estimated that up to one in 10 elderly people lived day-to-day with little to no interaction with others…