Healthcare Finance News September 15, 2023
According to Elevance Health, about 28% report having been told they have a mental health condition, a predictor of loneliness.
Social isolation and loneliness among seniors has become a prevalent issue, so much so that the Elevance Health Public Policy Institute has issued a white paper showing that this trend can have negative impacts on seniors’ health, such as increasing the likelihood of depression, dementia, heart disease, stroke and even death.
Loneliness is often connected to other social drivers of health, such as reliable and accessible transportation, community inclusion, and availability of nutritious food choices, the paper found.
More than one-third of adults aged 45 and older feel lonely, and nearly a quarter of adults aged 65 and older are...
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