The loneliness experienced by our seniors brings with it the risk of premature death, worsening health, physical and cognitive deterioration, mental illness, and loss of quality of life.
Considered the biggest pandemic of this century, difficult to detect, with no specific comprehensive programmes to manage it, it signifies society’s failure to care for its most vulnerable members.
Today more than ever solutions are urgently needed as its incidence and malignancy increase due to the COVID-19 pandemic happening at the same time. Lockdown and social distancing measures have severe repercussions for lonely older people.