A Narrative Review of Loneliness and Brain Health in Older Adults: Implications of COVID-19

PURPOSE OF REVIEW: This narrative review highlights important factors contributing to loneliness in older adults prior to and during the COVID-19 pandemic and effects on brain health. RECENT FINDINGS: We characterize risk factors for loneliness in older adulthood and the impact of COVID-19. Furtherm...

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Autores principales: Beadle, Janelle N., Gifford, Angela, Heller, Abi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer International Publishing 2022
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Geropsychiatry and Cognitive Disorders of Late Life (PA Newhouse, Section Editor)
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9187924/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35729992
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40473-021-00237-6
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description PURPOSE OF REVIEW: This narrative review highlights important factors contributing to loneliness in older adults prior to and during the COVID-19 pandemic and effects on brain health. RECENT FINDINGS: We characterize risk factors for loneliness in older adulthood and the impact of COVID-19. Furthermore, we discuss the implications of loneliness for older adults’ brain health. SUMMARY: Understanding the multifactorial causes of loneliness in different subpopulations of older adults both before and during the COVID-19 pandemic will provide insights for the development of interventions targeted to reduce loneliness in older adults based on their specific risk factors.
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spelling pubmed-91879242022-06-17 A Narrative Review of Loneliness and Brain Health in Older Adults: Implications of COVID-19 Beadle, Janelle N. Gifford, Angela Heller, Abi Curr Behav Neurosci Rep Geropsychiatry and Cognitive Disorders of Late Life (PA Newhouse, Section Editor) PURPOSE OF REVIEW: This narrative review highlights important factors contributing to loneliness in older adults prior to and during the COVID-19 pandemic and effects on brain health. RECENT FINDINGS: We characterize risk factors for loneliness in older adulthood and the impact of COVID-19. Furthermore, we discuss the implications of loneliness for older adults’ brain health. SUMMARY: Understanding the multifactorial causes of loneliness in different subpopulations of older adults both before and during the COVID-19 pandemic will provide insights for the development of interventions targeted to reduce loneliness in older adults based on their specific risk factors. Springer International Publishing 2022-06-11 2022 /pmc/articles/PMC9187924/ /pubmed/35729992 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40473-021-00237-6 Text en © The Author(s) 2022 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) .
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topic Geropsychiatry and Cognitive Disorders of Late Life (PA Newhouse, Section Editor)
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