A young man’s digital life is overflowing, but his real-life connections are missing. He has got thousands of online followers and plenty of people to chat with ...

Older and vulnerable people are being targeted by "cruel" friendship fraudsters online, one of the UK's biggest banks has ...

Japan’s loneliness epidemic is intensifying as solo living rises due to urbanization, work pressure, and delayed marriages.

Older Americans are drinking more than previous generations, often due to loneliness and social isolation, leading to health ...

The U.S. Surgeon General declared loneliness a national epidemic, and older adults are bearing the greatest cost. Here's what ...

Social isolation and loneliness can have a notably adverse effect on a person’s overall health. According to the World Health Organization, roughly 12% of older individuals experience loneliness, ...

No waitlists statewide as MOODRX increases capacity to deliver Medicare-covered mental health therapy by phone or video ...

It’s time to wake up, Grandma!” On the 11th, Lee Geum-nyeo, 80, who lives alone in a house in Seongbuk-gu, Seoul, woke up to a girl’s voice. It was the voice of the robot doll “Hyodol.” After Lee ...

A vintage payphone at a senior living community in Reno is ringing with voices from across the country, part of a new experiment designed to bring two generations together.

A study in Nature Mental Health provides evidence that depression, trauma, and loneliness drive suicidal thoughts in older adults with autistic traits. The findings indicate that targeted mental ...

It’s not so much about older people losing their sense of humour, as about changes in how they can use and enjoy it.