Darryl Johnson, 62, likened his last year to the biblical Book of Job. The Ypsilanti resident is going through a divorce from his wife of over 33 years and has recently lost his job. With his children grown and away from home, he said it’s been lonely.

“I sit in this apartment alone, and I have nobody to go to dinner with,” he said.

As he navigates his next steps, he’s become increasingly aware of what it’s like to live life alone and the challenges that may lie ahead as an older adult. His sister, whom he described as a loner, was found dead alone in her home at age 79, discovered weeks, perhaps even months, after the fact. His late brother-in-law had fallen off the bed after a stroke in his early 80s and wasn’t rescued for more than four days.

His experience and those of his family ar

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