Subscribe and turn on notificationsđ : https://buff.ly/3F6ZiLt | New research has revealed a surprising truth about what actually happens to Aussies after retirement.
Despite the assumption that retirement would lead to a sudden increase in loneliness, Monash Universityâs Dr Johannes Kunz said that âour study did not find this to be the caseâ.
After tracking nearly 7,500 Australians aged between 55 and 75 over two decades, Dr Kunz explained that âWe found that their loneliness didnât change in the three years before retiring or in the three years after.â
While loneliness is still a âsignificant public health concernâ for older Aussies and has âfar-reaching implicationsâ, Monash found it’s not a âcliffâ that you fall off the moment you finish work.
The paper, published in Nature, noted that âThese findings suggest individuals mostly adapt to retirement successfully, and that retirement itself may not substantially alter older adults’ social connectedness.â
The study also found that the individuals sense of loneliness wasnât impacted by whether they were single, had grandchildren, volunteered, or on lower incomes â though the experience of losing a spouse can have a profound impact on the perceptions of loneliness.
Dr Kunz added, âIt doesnât seem to be the transition out of work, but rather the general effect of aging that raises loneliness as people age.â
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