1 in 3 Older Adults Feel Lonely. Here's How Pickleball May Be Helping
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Santa New Mexican1 in 3 older adults feel lonely. Here's how pickleball may be helping
LifeStance Health reports that pickleball, America's fastest-growing sport, helps combat loneliness in older adults by fostering social connections and enhancing mental well-being.
In many Western countries, researchers are observing a decline in membership in political parties, unions, and other organizations. At the same time, new forms of networking are emerging.
Gen Z reports the highest loneliness rate of any generation at 67% — compared with just 44% of baby boomers — reversing the old assumption that loneliness was primarily a problem of old age.
A 2025 report from The Cigna Group places Gen Z at the top of a stark US generational ranking: 67 percent were classified as lonely, compared with 65 percent of millennials, 60 percent of Gen X and 44 percent of baby boomers. Those numbers come from survey data collected in 2024, not from a diagnosis of an entire generation. They challenge the familiar image of loneliness as mainly a problem of old age, but they do not prove that being young cau…
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