In two studies using nationally representative data from the National Health and Aging Trends Study gathered on thousands of Americans, researchers from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine ...

A community group is tackling social isolation after being spurred into action by a suicide attempt.

Social isolation and loneliness have long been linked to adverse health outcomes, including cardiovascular disease (CVD), diabetes, and premature death. However, the biologic underpinnings of these ...

Loneliness and social isolation are linked to a heightened risk of death from cancer as well as from all causes among those with the disease, finds a pooled data analysis of the available research ...

Every day, the senior center at the Massachusetts Alliance of Portuguese Speakers in Cambridge offers an assortment of activities. About 40 participants play dominoes, color in coloring books and take ...

NDSU's Aging in Community program seeks to raise awareness for rural older adults and help combat social isolation.

When I was in college, I had the honor to take a seminar with the political scientist Robert Putnam. Back in the 1990s, Professor Putnam, or Bob, as he insists I call him, started talking about the ...

Visit NAP.edu/10766 to get more information about this book, to buy it in print, or to download it as a free PDF. 4 The survey did not inquire about what kind of loneliness participants felt and ...

In contemporary cultural discourse, much attention has been given to the importance of community. Humans have a fundamental need for belonging and social connection. Research consistently indicates ...

A moment of discussion, listening, and awareness on a topic as delicate as it is urgent: this is the goal of the conference ...