
How Meals on Wheels is Making Sure No Senior is Forgotten
Although not the only ones who experience loneliness, seniors experience loneliness and the challenges of social isolation at alarming rates.
Although not the only ones who experience loneliness, seniors experience loneliness and the challenges of social isolation at alarming rates.
Generations United estimates 66.7 million adults ages 18+ in the U.S. are living in a multigenerational household; that’s more than 1 in 4 Americans. Among those living in a multigenerational household, nearly 6 in 10 (57 percent) say they started or are continuing to live together because of the COVID-19 pandemic. About 7 in 10 of those currently living in multigenerational household plan to continue doing so long-term.
Warning Sign: Isolation “Children are meant to be social and make friends as best they can. In fact, it can be who their first friends
All research report rights reserved to Meals on Wheels America. “One in four seniors lives alone and one in four feels lonely. Efforts to address
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By: Craig Walker Courtesy of the National Senior Games. Just three weeks before citizens in California were ordered to self-isolate, we were in Florida participating
“When driving a car, taking public transportation or navigating your community becomes unsafe or just too uncomfortable, a once-active person can get cut off from
Social isolation and loneliness are significant predictors of long-term health outcomes.
For most of her life Yvette Matthews enjoyed good health to the point that she didn’t know what feeling very sick was like. Genetics can
“Why do people all over the world find solace from cat videos and dog Instagram accounts? It’s because animals soften our souls, appealing to some
“It’s normal to be nervous about your first post-vaccine hangout with a friend, an expert says. I’ve been wanting to take my friend to my
“Mental illness exerts a heavy toll on society, but only receives a fraction of the funding that physical illness does. There is a universal need