The greatest danger of living alone

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“In December 2003, Joyce Vincent died of an apparent asthma attack in her North London flat. The television remained on

 

The mail continued to be delivered. Her rent was set to be automatically deducted from her bank account. Days passed and no one noticed she had died.

 

Those days turned into weeks and the weeks into months. There were large bins on the side of the building next to her flat, so the neighbours never gave much thought to the foul odor they could smell. The block was full of noisy children and teenagers and no one questioned the constant hum of the TV noise in the background.

 

Eventually, Joyce's bank account ran dry. Her landlord sent her letters of demand. These, like the others, simply fell into the mix on her floor. They received no reply. Finally, with more than six months of back rent, the landlord obtained a court order to forcibly remove her from the premises. The bailiffs broke down the door and only then was her body discovered. At that point, it was January 2006, more than two years after her death.

 

In all this time, no one ever came looking for Joyce Vincent. No family, no friends, no colleagues, no neighbors who knocked on the door to see if everything was okay. No one called. She was 38 years old when she died.

 

This story is surprising for its social implications. It seems incomprehensible that entire years pass without anyone noticing the death of a person. However, these types of stories happen frequently. Chances are, you have seen a story similar to that of Joyce Vincent. And they are all the same.

 

A person lives alone. They lose contact with family and friends. They never know their neighbors. They stay locked up with the television or computer on for years. The world goes on as if they were no longer there until one day they are no longer there. And the bad thing is that no one notices...” -  Alessandro13, Quora

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