Addressing Loneliness and Social Isolation Through a Circle of Friends

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Submitted by Minnesota North... on May 24, 2022 - 10:28am CDT

Resource Type: 
Presentation

This presentation (1:13:12 minutes) given by Marla Berg-Weger discusses loneliness and isolation from the perspective of pre-pandemic, during the pandemic, and in the future. By the end of this presentation, learners should be able to: (1) describe concepts and prevalence of age-related loneliness and social isolation; (2) discuss lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic; and (3) implement strategies for Age-Friendly Primary Care Health System Integration to include assessment of loneliness and social isolation as well as intervention strategies (case study). Presentation slides are available to download on the link.

Author(s): 
Marla Berg-Weger
Collections: 
Age-Friendly Care and Education Collection
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