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Keep Calling
Lilian, who suffers from Parkinson’s disease, sings at home alone and lonely, until Michael, himself suffering mental health challenges, joins a volunteer group phoning the elderly for company. Keep Calling is a beautiful short film about their story.
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.
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