Loneliness is not evenly spread, even among older adults. Men, for instance, are more likely to be lonely than women but so are people who are not working, make less than $25,000 a year, live in rural ...

Causes of Loneliness in Older Adults As we age, older people can become more socially isolated due to increasing health issues and external social changes. According to a recent U.S. News & World ...

Growing older brings meaning and fulfillment — but it also comes with shifting relationships, health changes, and new responsibilities. If you’re feeling lonelier than you used to, you’re far from ...

Cota is among more than 900 seniors who have received a free ElliQ through a New York State Office of Aging (NYSOFA) program that uses technology to combat social isolation and loneliness among older ...

Addressing hearing loss in the elderly could help alleviate the growing loneliness epidemic among senior citizens, according to a report from SWNS. A new study led by researchers at NYU Langone Health ...

Half of older adults surveyed faced adversity after 60, with abuse and isolation linked to worse physical and mental health.

If the current narrative is to be believed, loneliness is the grim scourge of modern life along with obesity, smoking, booze, and even innocent hot dogs, which are now linked to dementia. We cannot ...

At age 66, South Carolina physician Paul Rousseau decided to retire after tending for decades to the suffering of people who were seriously ill or dying. It was a difficult and emotionally fraught ...

A recent study published in the journal BMC Public Health determines the impact of loneliness on healthy life expectancy (HLE) and identifies ways to improve subjective well-being and health in a ...

Loneliness among older adults has reached serious levels. With the growing number of "soloagers" - people who, by choice or ...

Loneliness among older Australians is a growing public health concern, increasing the risk of depression, anxiety, ...

Connie Korteland, 82, was used to being active and able to get around when her health changed rather quickly. “We had recently moved to the area, and so we had a lot of work to do around the house,” ...