Pet ownership among solo agers comes with numerous physical and emotional benefits. But pet owners often face barriers to moving to senior living over community restrictions on pet ownership, setting up an opportunity for pet-friendly communities to differentiate themselves.
In its latest Better Together report, Mather Institute focused on how pet ownership shapes the well-being of solo agers — older adults who are not married, live alone and do not have adult children whom they can rely on as they age — as well as differences in pet-free solo agers.
