by Louise Rees | Jan 31, 2023 | Loneliness, News Media
In the early days of the pandemic, many of us got used to solitude. It’s a habit we need to break. Communities can be amazingly resilient after traumas. Londoners banded together during the German Blitz bombings of World War II, and rebuilt the city afterward. When I...
by Louise Rees | Jan 16, 2023 | Loneliness, News Media
Loneliness is on the rise in Australia and it’s leading mental health advocates to ask, what can people do about it? Surveys have found more than 50 per cent of people report greater feelings of loneliness since the start of the...
by Louise Rees | Nov 30, 2022 | Loneliness
Our Coalition partners Carers New Zealand have launched the WeConnect discovery portal to help people to explore, reflect, and find things to do locally or via the internet. Initially funded with a grant from the Ministry of Social Development, weconnect.nz is now...
by Louise Rees | Nov 29, 2022 | Loneliness
Not feeling the holiday cheer this year? The gap between expectations and reality can leave people feeling lonely. But older people in particular may have certain relationship expectations that have gone overlooked in efforts to measure and fight loneliness, experts...
by Louise Rees | Nov 29, 2022 | Loneliness, News Media
Many parts of our daily lives have changed since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. For some, there was a silver lining to saying goodbye to the office and culling events from our social calendars. But even the most introverted of us would admit we were feeling...
by Louise Rees | Nov 29, 2022 | Loneliness, News Media
Imagine someone living alone, loosely tethered to their community, with family far away. Maybe this person wouldn’t say they are lonely – maybe they know how to muffle it, making cheery conversation in the grocery line – but the feeling is there, a moon tugging the...
