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Loneliness and Social Isolation in Older Adults during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Implications for Gerontological Social Work

verfasst von: Marla Berg-Weger, J. E. Morley

Erschienen in: The journal of nutrition, health & aging | Ausgabe 5/2020

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Social workers and other gerontological scholars have increasingly voiced concern about loneliness (subjective perception of lack of meaningful relationships) and social isolation (social engagements and contacts) among older adults. In 2015, “Eradicate Social Isolation” was included as one of the twelve Grand Challenges for Social Work (1). As key members of interprofessional geriatric teams, social workers are uniquely positioned to intervene in addressing social isolation by developing and testing interventions 1. By 2017, calling it a “loneliness epidemic”, U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy proclaimed loneliness and social isolation among the world’s older adult population was a global epidemic (2). …

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Titel: Loneliness and Social Isolation in Older Adults during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Implications for Gerontological Social Work
verfasst von: Marla Berg-Weger
J. E. Morley
Publikationsdatum: 14.04.2020
Verlag: Springer Paris
Schlagwort: COVID-19
Erschienen in: The journal of nutrition, health & aging / Ausgabe 5/2020
Print ISSN: 1279-7707
Elektronische ISSN: 1760-4788
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12603-020-1366-8

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