Exacerbated by the covid-insanity!-----Fighting Loneliness During the Holidays | Intellectual Takeout

Fighting Loneliness During the Holidays | Intellectual Takeout

"...Pew Research reports that:
Older adults in the U.S. are more likely than those around the world to age alone: 

More than a quarter of Americans ages 60 and older live alone (27%), compared with a global average of 16%...

Various studies have shown that many seniors who live alone suffer higher rates of depression, obesity, anxiety, cognitive decline, and other disorders compared to those with closer ties to friends and family. 

Some research indicates that loneliness also increases the risk of an early death.

So what can we do to help those who live alone – our mother in an assisted-living facility, our grandfather in the next town, that neighbor we pass in the hallway of our apartment building?

• Here are five easy actions to help the elderly feel more engaged with the world around them.

1. Pick up the phone...Read all!
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