有专家曾对城市老年人进行调查,发现40%的老年人自感孤独,心中有事而无人诉说,他们多数子女离开家庭另居。孤独对老年人产生的生理危害有:记忆力减退,听力下降,思维能力反应能力降低,消化系统紊乱等等。心理危害更为严重:孤独的老年人的心理往往趋于脆弱,对人生消极悲观,认为亲情已经远离了自己。严重者还会患上老年痴呆。 Some experts have conducted surveys on the urban elderly and found that 40% of the elderly are self-sensed and lonely. None of them complained that most of their children left their families for another. Physiological effects of loneliness on the elderly are: memory loss, hearing loss, reduced ability to think ability, digestive disorders and so on. Psychological harm is more serious: the loneliness of the elderly tend to be vulnerable, negative pessimistic on life, that their loved ones have been far away from themselves. In severe cases, people also have dementia.