Social isolation and loneliness in older adults : opportunities for the health care system
Committee on the Health and Medical Dimensions of Social Isolation and Loneliness in Older Adults ; Board on Health Sciences Policy ; Health and Medicine Division ; Board on Behavioral, Cognitive, and Sensory Sciences ; Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education ; the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, Medicine.
Washington, DC : the National Academies Press, [2020] ©2020
"Social isolation and loneliness are serious yet underappreciated public health risks that affect a significant portion of the older adult population. Approximately one-quarter of community-dwelling Americans aged 65 and older are considered to be socially isolated, and a significant proportion of adults in the United States report feeling lonely. People who are 50 years of age or older are more likely to experience many of the risk factors that can cause or exacerbate social isolation or loneliness, such as living alone, the loss of family or friends, chronic illness, and sensory impairments. Over a life course, social isolation and loneliness may be episodic or chronic, depending upon an individual's circumstances and perceptions." --
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Bibliographic Information
- Format:
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Book
- Subject:
- Loneliness in old age.
- Social isolation.
- Older people.
- Social Isolation.
- Loneliness.
- Aged.
- Language:
- English
- ISBN:
- 9780309671002, 0309671000
- Course:
- SW420
Medical Social Work - Series:
- Consensus study report.
- Bibliography:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-286)
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