Preventing Social Isolation
Published on Feb 06, 2016
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Preventing Social Isolation
As We Age
Why reduce social isolaton?
Because socially isolated people tend not to thrive
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What about the pandemic?
We can meet safely online from our own homes and still connect in meaningful ways
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Why care about events?
Because staying involved and active contributes to vitality
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Why do I need to find local services
Because there is more information online than in phone books now
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Why do I need to engage in social activties?
We either become generative or stagnate; build integrity or suffer in despair (Erikson, 1958)
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- Freedom from illness
- Freedom from injury
- Maintain independence
- Maintain friends and family
- Accept the past, enjoy now
- Hope for the future?
Connecting Online Can:
- Reduce isolation
- Inform you of events
- Offer community services
- Enhance leisure opportunties
- Promote successful aging
