According to the Nursing Diagnosis Handbook: An Evidence-Based Guide to Planning Care, social isolation is an official nursing diagnosis (Ackley & Ladwig, 2010). There are both objective and ...

To measure their social isolation, the scientists used a tool called the Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS), which helps people report their own functions ...

In today’s world, where aging populations are growing faster than ever, one silent epidemic continues to undermine the wellbeing of older adults: social isolation. Often accompanied by ...

HealthDay News — For older adults with untreated hearing loss, a hearing intervention reduces social isolation, according to a study published online May 12 in JAMA Internal Medicine.

One segment of Americans at particular risk of social isolation, loneliness and their negative impacts are select populations who live in rural areas. “There is an urgent need to take action and ...

Putnam, author of the seminal work on social capital and isolation “Bowling Alone,” believes looking back to… How Zoom and social isolation are challenging the mental health of America’s ...

The researchers found that the mean social network size reduced from ... a hearing intervention reduces social isolation, according to a study published in JAMA Internal Medicine.