by Louise Rees | Mar 2, 2023 | Loneliness, Uncategorised
The recent cyclone and floods, coming on top of three years of Covid, mean that this is a stressful time for many New Zealanders. It’s normal to feel anxious during stressful times, and Anxiety New Zealand advise that, ‘When anxiety starts to impact our...
by Louise Rees | Jan 31, 2023 | Loneliness, News Media
Residents at a dementia care home were treated to a visit from some furry friends this week as part of their therapy. Pendine Park’s Bryn Seiont Newydd, the dementia centre of excellence on the outskirts of Caernarfon hosted the trio of three-year-old Sky Terriers who...
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...
