Loneliness
‘Oracle of Wall Street’ on why the ‘crisis of the American male’ will send home prices crashing 30%: Gaming, loneliness, and not enough single women buyers
Meredith Whitney, the one-time “Oracle of Wall Street” who predicted the Great Financial Crisis, doesn’t mince her words. Young single men living at home and playing video games are behind a “crisis of the American male,” she explained in an interview with Fortune. Her theory about dateless, spiraling young men ends with home prices declining …
New analysis reveals direct links between chronic loneliness and mental health distress
New research published today by the Government has identified direct links between chronic loneliness and mental health distress. The findings, which coincide with the start of Loneliness Awareness Week, analyzed mental health wellbeing and the impacts of loneliness over a sustained period, with results showing that chronic loneliness played a significant role in the onset …
COVID-19 drives technology research, from food robots to an app for loneliness
From adapting robots to decontaminate surfaces and deliver food to developing kiosks that can measure vital signs, experts across the globe are using innovative technology to solve complications brought on by COVID-19. In Arizona, the push for new technology has led to innovations to help curb loneliness, improve access to health care and track the spread of the disease. Cronkite News …
The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Employee
Sarah Green Carmichael is an editor with Bloomberg Opinion. She was previously managing editor of ideas and commentary at Barron’s, and an executive editor at Harvard Business Review, where she hosted the HBR Ideacast. Read more opinion Follow @skgreen on Twitter Photographer: Daniel Acker/Bloomberg Photographer: Daniel Acker/Bloomberg The Great Work From Home Experiment of 2020 …
Missed milestones, loneliness take a toll on teens’ mental health
Stuck at home during the coronavirus pandemic, teenagers are facing a sense of loss that adults removed from the high school experience might not fully understand: the disappointment of missing out on milestones. Senior spring break trips. Final theater performances. Spring sports seasons. Prom. Graduation ceremonies. 2020Getty Images The abrupt cancellation of these rites of passage …
Technology, loneliness a challenge for Lakelands elderly | COVID-19
Being older and alone can be a daily struggle for many senior adults. Add in the lack of visitors because of fears of spreading the new coronavirus, that daily struggle becomes even harder. “I feel like the elderly population are fearful,” said Kerianne Hammond, director of care and marketing at Senior Helpers. The COVID-19 pandemic …
Former Surgeon General Reveals What This Means For You
Dr. Vivek H. Murthy, 19th Surgeon General of the United States, describes a loneliness epidemic … [+] sweeping today’s workplace. 2015 Getty Images Dr. Vivek Murthy, the 19th U.S. Surgeon General under the Obama administration, had one of the most important and visible jobs in the nation, yet as a young boy he was one …
Loneliness Affecting Health of Senior Citizens
Please enable Javascript to watch this video ALTOONA, Iowa — There’s an epidemic hitting our senior citizens, loneliness. According to an USCF study, more than 40 percent of people 65 years or older experience isolation regularly. Experts say that chronic loneliness can lead to some serious health consequences. It can put senior citizens at a …
Loneliness Epidemic: Can technology solve the touch crisis?
The Compression Carpet is a machine created by Los Angeles-based artist Lucy McRae that simulates a hug to a person craving intimacy. Research indicates that nearly half of Americans lack daily meaningful interpersonal interactions with a friend or family member. This loneliness epidemic is accompanied by a touch crisis. McRae’s art and neuroscience suggest is …
Can a radical new plan to end Britain’s loneliness epidemic using technology work?
“I’ve had all kinds of people in my car, from millionaires to people on pension credits,” Patrick Harkness laughs. The financial consultant is one of 350 volunteers working on an ambitious new project in Monmouthshire, which could soon become Britain’s blueprint to end an epidemic of loneliness. Harkness started volunteering two years ago, when he scaled back his work and wanted to find …
