A Victorian initiative is improving the wellbeing of isolated older people through a new social prescribing model.  Connect Local, launched by Bolton Clarke Research Institute, is a community-based social connection model that was first introduced in Melbourne's Glen Eira earlier ...

An award-winning sociologist is spreading awareness about how artificial intelligence (AI) in aged care could exacerbate ageism within the community. Monash University's Dr Barbara Barbosa Neves has received international recognition for her studies on ageing and socio-digital inequalities among older ...

Digital apps, virtual reality and other social technologies are being developed globally to aid widespread loneliness felt among older adults during COVID-19. New research has looked into the unintended consequences of digital apps to solve the deficit in social connection experienced ...

Creative writing can deepen insights into how people living in aged care homes experience loneliness, according to a new study.  Dr Barbara Barbosa Neves, a senior lecturer of sociology at Monash University, spent six months interviewing residents living in residential aged ...

A popular ABC TV program that sparked conversations about loneliness and social isolation among older adults has returned to screens for a second season. In its debut season, Old People’s Home for 4 Year Olds documented a social experiment in ...