Human Growth and Development / Unit 16 HGD 2277 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Loneliness
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The idea
About a third of older adults are sometimes lonely and about five percent most of the time; loneliness tends to rise in late life, especially at low income.
In practice
Loneliness correlating with heart disease, mental-health problems and dementia, probably in both directions.
Where people slip
Pandemic isolation hit older adults hard, though many coped well.
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