Impact of Social Isolation and Loneliness in Older Adults: Current Understanding and Future Directions

K Roy, S Smilowitz, S Bhatt, ML Conroy - Current Geriatrics Reports, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review The negative health impacts of social isolation and loneliness
(SI/L) on older adults underscores the importance of evaluation and intervention to target …

Environmental enrichment improves the recognition memory in adult mice following social isolation via downregulation of Kv4. 2 potassium channels

Q Shang, YB Dong, L Xu, JH Yang, JW Li, WY Yu… - Molecular …, 2023 - Springer
Recognition memory is a cognitive process that enables us to distinguish familiar objects
and situations from new items, which is essential for mammalian survival and adaptation to a …

Examining the Association of Social Needs with Future Health Care Utilization in an Older Adult Population: Which Needs Are Most Important?

DM Mosen, MP Banegas, EM Keast… - Population Health …, 2023 - liebertpub.com
Social needs, such as social isolation and food insecurity, are important individual-level
social determinants of health, especially for adults ages 65 years and older. These needs …

[HTML][HTML] Loneliness improved by either telephone or video communications in community-dwelling older adults

JT Mierzwicki, J Kline, B Schach… - Archives of Gerontology …, 2024 - Elsevier
Purpose/hypothesis Loneliness and social isolation increase the risk of morbidity, and
mortality. Various interventions, with and without use of technology, have improved older …

Clinically Useful Family Medicine Research

DA Seehusen, MA Bowman… - The Journal of the …, 2022 - Am Board Family Med
What is next for family medicine? After the long, rough road since the beginning of the
COVID-19 pandemic, other topics are again receiving renewed attention. Family medicine …

[PDF][PDF] Impacts of Social Distancing and a Potential Remedy: A Randomized Double-blind Placebo-controlled Study

S Watanabe, Z Qin, Y Chen, J Wu, K Zhang, J Wu, X Yu… - 2023 - ijbs.org
Objectives: To gain insight into how social distancing impacts human life and how it may
induce stress, anxiety, depressive-symptoms, sleep disturbance, and mental challenges …

A Threat Analysis of Political and Pandemic Disinformation Campaigns in the United States from 2016 to 2021

K Dimock - 2022 - search.proquest.com
The purpose of this research was to analyze disinformation campaigns, how they
disseminate, and their effects on the United States. The research conducted found that …