A new study explored the relationship between loneliness, suicidal thoughts and death ideation in older adults. Overall, feeling lonely was linked with thoughts of wanting to die, according to the ...

New research reveals that childhood loneliness not only shapes emotional wellbeing but also accelerates cognitive decline, ...

Loneliness and isolation among older Americans have mostly returned to pre-pandemic rates, but that still means more than one third of people age 50 to 80 feel lonely, and nearly as many feel isolated ...

A groundbreaking study from University of California, Riverside, reveals that older adults who challenged themselves to learn new skills during the COVID-19 pandemic fared significantly better ...

With how connected smart devices have us, loneliness isn't something that comes to the front of our minds. However, a recent study published by the American Medical Association found that 29.2% of ...

A new study from The University of Texas at Austin and the University of Massachusetts Boston found that regularly helping ...

In-person contact helps lead to lower levels of loneliness in older people, but other ways of staying in touch, such as phoning, emailing or texting, are not as effective in lowering loneliness, a ...

Social isolation and loneliness among seniors has become a prevalent issue, so much so that the Elevance Health Public Policy Institute has issued a white paper showing that this trend can have ...

Older adults who didn't have enough savings to cover emergency expenses during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic faced another surprising problem: higher levels of loneliness. In a new study, ...

Dana Griffin was raised by her grandparents in the Transylvania region of Romania, and she continued to gravitate towards ...

A new national study reveals that many young adults feel lonely even while spending plenty of time with friends.