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Nature of contact adjusted for aged-care services
An Otago Daily Times article gives service provider perspectives on how contact with older people has changed since the first lockdown.
‘The assignment made me gulp’: Could talking to strangers change my life?
Journalist Jamie Waters writes about his experiences during a 2-week assignment of talking to as many strangers as possible.
The Dalai Lama says community is the answer to climate change, grief, and the pandemic
In a special audience, His Holiness the Dalai Lama met with Action for Happiness to celebrate their 10th anniversary. Find out more here.
Taking steps to be less lonely
In a blog for Pyschology Today, Karyn Hall Ph.D. writes about how first steps to overcoming discomfort with being around others that can perpetuate loneliness.
A US survey suggests that men have fewer friends than ever before
In an interview with Seven Sharp, psychologist Dougal Sutherland discusses a US study finding that men have fewer friends than they used to have, and suggests ways that men can find and develop new friendships.
Elder abuse rising in Indian/South Asian community, case numbers double in past year
Shanti Niwas Charitable Trust general manager Nilima Venkat talks about rising levels of elder abuse in the South Asian community, and the many services that Shanti Niwas provides to support older people.
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