The local community benefits when its residents give to others. Those residents make their community a better place to work and live, especially when helping older adults. Here are several reasons people over 65 years of age need your help:

• Almost half of older women (45%) age 75+ live alone. Source
• About 28% (12.1 million) of noninstitutionalized older persons live alone (8.4 million women, 3.7 million men). Source
• More than one in five (21%) Americans age 65 and older do not drive. Source Non-drivers have a decreased ability to participate in the community and the economy. Source
• Hunger threatens over 9 million older adults. Source
• 1 million homebound seniors are malnourished. Source
• The high suicide rates of the elderly. Source
• 87% of Americans receiving long-term care at home get care from unpaid family and friends. Source

Read more about how to volunteer to help the elderly here.