The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine said Thursday that nearly one-quarter of Americans aged 65 and older who live in community
settings have few relationships or infrequent social contact. It concluded that four decades of research have produced robust evidence that social isolation is...
Lonliness can come to anyone = old and young = the streets saw a man once who cried and was lonely we all need homes and love and God
God chose the elderly for Birth Parents of John the Baptist and Abraham to be Father and more ... sign of the age is Gods choice that we have ignored and abused = nursing homes
I had to self isolate, because everyone around me is ' stuipd ' !!!
Why is there a prison? Isn't it to let criminals die early?
Sad, everyone is looking at their phones and not looking at the people around them.
No one can be human alone. Isolation from humanity results in depression, mental breaks from reality and delusional cognition. Suicide many times results.
Declining life expectancy arose in tandem with greater urbanization, frequent job changes, fewer small businesses, narrower skillsets, unpredictable bursts of violence, corruption, failing institutions, & the expanding dependence on online connections.
False cause fallacy. Perhaps people prone to early deaths are more inclined to isolate themselves. (Of course, the headline suggests only an association,but it does tempt the casual reader to ascribe cause rather than correlation.)
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Ban solitary confinement.
So how long do I have?
Really the government needs to do research on loneliness and being alone that’s funny, everybody should know that it doesn’t need 4 decades for research to actually find out
cause of death: loneliness
Great Article. Senior Citizens must not spend their life alone or in environments they do not feel homely. Adequate support and understanding is needed on this topic.
Is that taking into account the advent of social media?