COVID-19 Has Made the Elderly Lonelier

Loneliness is a major risk factor for the elderly and can double their problems. When COVID-19 started, things became more difficult for the elderly. The news that the elderly are at a higher risk for severe COVID-19 than others made the elderly lonelier. This is a library type study that was conduc...

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Autores principales: Naeim, Mahdi, Rezaeisharif, Ali, Kamran, Aziz
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: S. Karger AG 2021
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Review Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7989766/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33790937
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000514181
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description Loneliness is a major risk factor for the elderly and can double their problems. When COVID-19 started, things became more difficult for the elderly. The news that the elderly are at a higher risk for severe COVID-19 than others made the elderly lonelier. This is a library type study that was conducted over 2 months using valid scientific sources and books. Based on the findings of this study, we believe that focusing on education and reminding people of the necessary dos and don'ts of illness, modifying their diet, emphasizing masking, and even familiarizing the elderly with social media and virtual activities will prevent them from suffering loneliness.
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spelling pubmed-79897662021-03-30 COVID-19 Has Made the Elderly Lonelier Naeim, Mahdi Rezaeisharif, Ali Kamran, Aziz Dement Geriatr Cogn Dis Extra Review Article Loneliness is a major risk factor for the elderly and can double their problems. When COVID-19 started, things became more difficult for the elderly. The news that the elderly are at a higher risk for severe COVID-19 than others made the elderly lonelier. This is a library type study that was conducted over 2 months using valid scientific sources and books. Based on the findings of this study, we believe that focusing on education and reminding people of the necessary dos and don'ts of illness, modifying their diet, emphasizing masking, and even familiarizing the elderly with social media and virtual activities will prevent them from suffering loneliness. S. Karger AG 2021-02-16 /pmc/articles/PMC7989766/ /pubmed/33790937 http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000514181 Text en Copyright © 2021 by S. Karger AG, Basel http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This article is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC-ND) (http://www.karger.com/Services/OpenAccessLicense). Usage and distribution for commercial purposes as well as any distribution of modified material requires written permission.
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