by Louise Rees | Dec 6, 2022 | News Media, Stories
Fourteen-year-old Mya Taylor from Christchurch has become her nan’s very own ‘techspert, “like most people my age”, she says. Devices like smart phones and laptops should make navigating our ever-increasing digital world easier. But for the...
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...
by Louise Rees | Nov 10, 2022 | Loneliness, News Media
Connections Matter, a report by KPMG Australia in collaboration with the Groundswell Foundation, reveals the prevalence of loneliness in Australia. Key findings are: Loneliness is experienced by more than one quarter of Australians and most Australianswill experience...
by Louise Rees | Oct 18, 2022 | Loneliness, News Media
Sometimes another person is not the best protection against loneliness. Those single people who love being single–what are they really like? I’ve been studying people powerfully drawn to single life for many years. I call them “Single at...
by Louise Rees | Sep 30, 2022 | Loneliness, News Media
Summary: Loneliness, restless sleep, and unhappiness have a significant effect on biological aging, a new study reports. Molecular damage accumulates and contributes to the development of aging-related frailty and serious diseases. In some people these molecular...
