Posted on 05 December 2022. Tags: Relationships, friendship, holiday season, holidays, loneliness
Not everyone’s holiday plans resemble a Hallmark card. If the “most wonderful time of the year” isn’t your reality, you’re not alone. You might have an idea of a festive picture-perfect holiday season, but what actually transpires doesn’t always measure up.
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Posted in Health
Posted on 08 August 2022. Tags: Dementia, aging, elderly, loneliness, social isolation
Prolonged loneliness in adults over 65 may be an important risk factor for accelerated memory aging, according to a new study.
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Posted in Family Care, Features, Health studies
Posted on 02 February 2022. Tags: COVID, Pandemic, heart disease, loneliness, older women, senior women, social isolation, women
During the pandemic, social distancing has been encouraged to reduce the spread of COVID-19. But a new study reveals as much as a 27 percent increase in heart disease risk in postmenopausal women who experience both high levels of social isolation and loneliness.
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Posted in Health studies
Posted on 11 September 2021. Tags: COVID, Pandemic, elderly, hug, loneliness, mental health
The stranger’s call came when Dianne Green needed it most. Alone in the home where she’d raised four kids, grieving recently deceased relatives, too fearful of COVID-19 to see her grandkids and great-grandbabies, she had never felt lonelier.
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Posted in Health, Family Care
Posted on 31 July 2021. Tags: COVID, adults, aging, isolation, loneliness, mental health
Lonely, older adults are nearly twice as likely to use opioids to ease pain and two-and-a-half times more likely to use sedatives and anti-anxiety medications.
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Posted in Health studies
Posted on 23 January 2021. Tags: COVID, Pandemic, activity, caregiver, caregiving, elderly, loneliness, mental health
Mask orders. Constant cleaning. Quarantine. The COVID-19 pandemic has completely changed how many older people live.
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Posted in Health, Family Care