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Insights Into Identifying Lonely Older Adults (Campaign to End Loneliness / University of Kent)

Posted on April 12, 2015 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The Campaign to End Loneliness reported that loneliness and isolation may be as harmful to health and wellbeing as smoking 15 cigarettes a day. People who experience severe loneliness tend to visit GPs more often and enter residential care … Continue reading →

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