Health Payer Intelligence May 24, 2021
In response to heightened loneliness due to social isolation during the pandemic, a Medicare Advantage plan has launched a program to improve seniors’ mental healthcare.
SCAN Health Plan has developed a program to help combat loneliness stemming from social isolation and to improve senior mental healthcare.
The coronavirus pandemic and the requisite isolation due to social distancing practices have exacerbated the mental health crisis across the nation, but the effects are hitting the senior population particularly hard.
Before the pandemic, more than 40 percent of seniors reported feeling lonely on a regular basis, SCAN Health Plan noted in its press release. During the pandemic, one in four adults aged 65 years and older reported feeling anxious or depressed.
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