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 ...
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Researchers collaborate with award-winning author to tell the story of chronic loneliness in aged care
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 ...
More »An old people’s home for 4 year olds in Coogee
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 ...
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