by Louise Rees | Oct 7, 2020 | Loneliness
A recent Age UK and University of Bristol research study explored how older men with different characteristics – heterosexual, gay, from rural and urban areas, carers, and those with hearing loss – experience loneliness, and what helps them to feel...
by Louise Rees | Sep 25, 2020 | Loneliness, News Media, Uncategorised
Author and economist Noreena Hertz talks to RNZ Nine to Noon’s Kathryn Ryan about her new book, ‘The Lonely Century – Coming Together in a World That’s Pulling apart’. From isolated people working from home to elderly people in Japan...
by Louise Rees | Sep 16, 2020 | Loneliness, News Media
This article discusses findings from Auckland University research on the issues of social isolation and loneliness in retirement villages.
by Louise Rees | Aug 25, 2020 | Loneliness, News Media, Stories
Read about how Grandfriends is connecting people across generations for friendship and support. This Daily Encourager article tells about the joy that contact with a surrogate grandparent is bringing to one young family. ...
by Louise Rees | Aug 5, 2020 | Loneliness, News Media, Uncategorised
In this stuff article, single Mum Hayley Stent shares her experiences of shared parenting and...
by Louise Rees | Jun 25, 2020 | Loneliness, News Media
sIn an article for Stuff Holly Walker, deputy director of the Helen Clarke Foundation writes about how digital isolation has contributed to loneliness for many during Covid-19. Read the Foundations “Alone Together” report, published in June, about the risks of...