by Louise Rees | May 11, 2022 | Loneliness
This week is Mental Health Awareness week in the UK, and the Mental Health Foundation’s focus this year is on loneliness. They write: “One in four adults feel lonely some or all of the time. There’s no single cause and there’s no one solution. After all,...
by Louise Rees | May 2, 2022 | Loneliness, News Media
Many people moving halfway across the country to settle into a new town may find leaving old friends and making new ones a bit of a struggle. So when Dr Vicky Parlour and her husband Malcolm moved to Blenheim from Northland a few weeks before their child Amelia’s...
by Louise Rees | Apr 26, 2022 | Loneliness
With the relaxation of government rules on scanning, vaccine passes, gathering limits, and vaccine mandates, New Zealanders can theoretically get back to more normal patterns of social interaction. Unfortunately, it’s not that simple. Getting back together will...
by Louise Rees | Apr 11, 2022 | Loneliness, News Media
During the past two years, whenever there’s been a gap in Covid-19 gathering restrictions, Liz Henry’s been quick to act. In amongst the global pandemic, Henry has tried her best to keep the Invercargill Park Run operating when restrictions have allowed....
by Louise Rees | Apr 6, 2022 | Loneliness, News Media
If you have ever heard your parents and friends complain about your complacency or the listlessness with which you navigate your days without any particular goal or perspective, you aren’t the only one. A 38-year-old Japanese man, Shoji Morimoto, had also heard the...
by Louise Rees | Apr 4, 2022 | Loneliness, News Media, Uncategorised
Frances Sheehy, 76, is not someone you can easily triumph in a game of Bridge. She has been playing the game for 55 years, represented New Zealand at tournaments four times and been an Otago representative 20 times. But these days Sheehy is no longer showing off her...
