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  • Professor - Convenor, Social Work discipline, UNSW
Social isolation in old age is linked to an increased risk of early death, the study found. EPA/DENNIS SABANGAN

Social isolation trumps loneliness as early death indicator in old age

Carley Tonoli, The Conversation and Sunanda Creagh, The Conversation

Social isolation in old age significantly increases the risk of an early death and outstrips loneliness as a factor associated with mortality, a UK study has found. The new findings, published in the journal…

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