Aging Life Care AssociationSocial Isolation Archives – Aging Life Care Association https://blog.aginglifecare.org/blog/category/mental-health/social-isolation/ The experts in aging well. Tue, 21 Apr 2026 18:12:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://blog.aginglifecare.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/cropped-ALCA_Logos_icon_cropped2-32x32.png Social Isolation Archives – Aging Life Care Association https://blog.aginglifecare.org/blog/category/mental-health/social-isolation/ 32 32 93799987 Survey Finds Increase of Loneliness Post Pandemic https://blog.aginglifecare.org/blog/survey-finds-increase-of-loneliness-post-pandemic/ Mon, 18 Mar 2024 21:36:06 +0000 https://blog.aginglifecare.org/?p=3150 In a recent survey of Aging Life Care Managers®, 86% responded seeing an increase in loneliness among clients post COVID – with 46% seeing this increase within the last two years. Professionals share ways they are combatting loneliness and isolation among their clients.   Aging Life Care Managers® Can Help Offset Loneliness and Subsequent Issues  … Continue reading Survey Finds Increase of Loneliness Post Pandemic →

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]]> 3150 Solos: They Are Looking For You https://blog.aginglifecare.org/blog/solos-they-are-looking-for-you/ Fri, 01 Oct 2021 19:00:46 +0000 https://blog.aginglifecare.org/?p=2793 Those who serve older adults periodically come across individuals with no children or children who live at a distance from them. Historically, most adults aged 65 and above seemed to have at least one family member who could provide some measure of care and support. That situation is now changing, however, in a big way, … Continue reading Solos: They Are Looking For You →

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]]> 2793 Equity in Aging for LGBT Older Adults: A Review of the Past Ten Years and Progress for the Future https://blog.aginglifecare.org/blog/equity-in-aging-for-lgbt-older-adults-a-review-of-the-past-ten-years-and-progress-for-the-future/ Mon, 21 Jun 2021 18:38:13 +0000 https://blog.aginglifecare.org/?p=2593                   //// By: Denny Chan And Natalie Kean, Originally published in the May-June 2021 issue of Generations Today by the American Society on Aging. //// Ten years ago, Justice in Aging and SAGE wrote a report, “Stories from the Field,” on discrimination LGBT older adults experience in nursing homes. We heard reports of … Continue reading Equity in Aging for LGBT Older Adults: A Review of the Past Ten Years and Progress for the Future →

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]]> 2593 A Portable Living Solution & Protection – For The Ones You Love https://blog.aginglifecare.org/blog/a-portable-living-solution-protection-for-the-ones-you-love/ Wed, 03 Feb 2021 21:27:11 +0000 http://blog.aginglifecare.org/?p=2339   Bob and his father, John, in front of the newly delivered Wheel Pad! Brattleboro, VT What does a family do about an aging parent who lives far away on his own? This dilemma faced Bob and his wife Jennifer Jacobs. Bob’s father, John, had always been independent. Once a professor of Histology at the … Continue reading A Portable Living Solution & Protection – For The Ones You Love →

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]]> 2339 “Home” for the Holidays? Common Signs Your Older Loved One May Need Help https://blog.aginglifecare.org/blog/home-for-the-holidays-common-signs-your-older-loved-one-may-need-help/ Wed, 23 Dec 2020 17:56:15 +0000 http://blog.aginglifecare.org/?p=2297 This year the holidays and holiday gatherings will look a bit different for most of us because of the pandemic. Experts advise us to stay home and limit our in-person celebrations to those living in our immediate household. Observing the holidays with loved ones outside our household will likely take place virtually or physically distanced. … Continue reading “Home” for the Holidays? Common Signs Your Older Loved One May Need Help →

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]]> 2297 How Social Isolation Stole My Mom https://blog.aginglifecare.org/blog/how-social-isolation-stole-my-mom/ Wed, 09 Sep 2020 21:26:08 +0000 http://blog.aginglifecare.org/?p=2117  On September 6, 2019, my mother turned 76. As was our birthday tradition, I invited her to lunch and suggested an outing to a local craft store she loved. For the first time ever, she refused to budge from her home. This was new behavior and it really worried me because her world was shrinking. … Continue reading How Social Isolation Stole My Mom →

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