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Social Isolation Among the Aging Population

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April 01, 2019
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Social Isolation Among the Aging Population

Quick Facts about why everyone should care about social isolation

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April 01, 2019
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  1. Loneliness and Social Isolation* Medicare: • Spends $6.7 billion more

    a year for enrollees who are socially isolated than for those who are more connected to their communities. *Source: “Medicare Spends More on Socially Isolated Older Adults,” AARP Public Policy Institute, November 2017
  2. Do not go gentle in to that good night. Rage,

    rage against the dying of the light Dylan Thomas