Social Isolation: Avoiding and Understanding the Unintended Consequences

Social Isolation: Avoiding and Understanding the Unintended Consequences
While COVID-19 has brought into focus additional risk factors for morbidity and mortality, it has also amplified one of the least talked about determinants of health, social isolation.   Social isolation is attributed to physical health, and many aspects of our total health.

Research tells us caregivers, older adults and people who reside in smaller cities and rural areas are at increased risk for the negative effects of our lack of connectedness. Social isolation threatens our physical health, our mental health, our brain health, our overall well-being and quality of life.