The COVID-19 pandemic has led to implementation of unprecedented “social distancing”
strategies crucial to limiting the spread of the virus. In addition to quarantine and isolation …

Objectives: Pandemics and their public health control measures have generally substantially
increased the level of loneliness and social isolation in the general population. Because of …

The COVID-19 pandemic has direct effects on people's health and the number of deaths due
to the virus has reached more than a million (WHO, 2020a). In addition, the pandemic and …

The COVID-19 pandemic is a serious global burden. Epidemiological data suggest that the
severity of COVID-19, in particular its case fatality rate, rises strongly with age. It is possible …

Objectives The global COVID‐19 pandemic has caused rapid and monumental changes
around the world. Older people, who already experience higher rates of social isolation and …

We are experiencing a historical moment with an unprecedented challenge of the COVID-19
global pandemic. The outbreak of COVID-19 will have a long-term and profound impact on …

Due to the COVID-19 crisis, older adults may face with what some have called a “loneliness
epidemic”(Palgi et al., 2020). Complications from loneliness can include morbidity and death …

Old-age loneliness is a global problem with many members of the scientific community
suspecting increased loneliness in the elderly population during COVID-19 and the …

Background Social isolation has been recommended for reducing older adults' mortality and
severe cases of COVID illness. That has resulted in unavoidable consequences of mental ill …

The COVID-19 pandemic has created a global context in which social isolation has become
normative in order to reduce the risk of COVID-19 transmission. As a result of social …