NYT article on the topic of managing loneliness, including a quote from AARP Foundation President, Lisa Marsh Ryerson.
Webinar: Using Tech to Address Social Isolation During COVID-19
Consumer Technology Association (CTA) webinar on using technology to address social isolation during COVID-19.
AARP Take on Today podcast featuring volunteers behind the AARP Friendly Voices call center and how they're helping others combat social isolation and loneliness during the coronavirus pandemic.
The guidance around preventing exposure to and the spread of Covid-19 makes doing these activities much more difficult.
Loneliness, we know from the research, can be as bad for your health as smoking. It’s more predictive of mortality than obesity. And loneliness itself was a pandemic long before covid-19 got its name.