No one wants to be alone, yet, for approximately 10% of older people, loneliness is a lived reality and has been acknowledged as a policy issue globally.
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Lessons for Brazil from Theresa May’s Ministry of Loneliness
by Jorge Félixby Jorge FélixThe action taken by Prime Minister Theresa May was perhaps a response to something even more alarming: the fact that the UK is being “left behind” in the longevity revolution. …
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What are we talking about? Constructions of loneliness among older people in the Swedish news-press
by Axel Ågrenby Axel ÅgrenAlthough many of the articles are seemingly written with the best of intentions there is a risk that they further contribute to the portrayal of loneliness as a dangerous and/or …