Loneliness Links to Health

Erie Seniors Who Suffer from Loneliness Are At Risk of Health Problems and Premature Death

Lack of Contact with Others is a Serious Issue Among Erie Seniors

Health Problems Associated With Senior Loneliness

Sometimes, a senior has no local network of family and friends, and feels disconnected from his or her community. Other times, a senior may withdraw into isolation as a result of health conditions, depression, or mental illness. Fear of falling can also keep a senior isolated in their home, as can fatigue, chronic pain, or shame over memory problems. As a result, older adults may be alone for days or even weeks without someone to watch over them.
 
Senior Loneliness Health Problems:

• Loneliness Affects Seniors’ Brains and may speed up the onset of dementia.
• Loneliness Harms Seniors’ Hearts. The Journal of the American Medical Association demonstrated a proven link between loneliness and heart disease.
• Loneliness Can Mean a Shorter Lifespan for Seniors

Ways You Can Help Protect Seniors from Loneliness

• Help seniors become more social-media savvy through their use of email, news sites and sites of interest
• Provide companionship with conversation and activities such as cooking and eating together, reading aloud to the senior, playing games, scrapbooking, listening to music, or taking a walk.
• Provide transportation to seniors so they may visit family and friends, go shopping, attend events, and visit outdoor venues such as parks.
• Help a loved one find support and/or social groups at senior centers, YMCAs, places of worship ─ wherever seniors tend to gather.
• Isolation and loneliness are key signs that a senior lacks the support and tools needed to live a healthy, independent life and may be spiraling into decline.

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BrightStar Care of Erie provides a full continuum of in home care services comprised of companionship, personal care, dementia care, transportation and more to improve clients’ health and quality of life.
 
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