by admin | Oct 22, 2024
Cities have been associated with many things – more pollution, crime, inequality and traffic congestion. When they are poorly designed,with high population density, they can also increase social isolation and a sense of loneliness.This insight has been...
by admin | Oct 21, 2024
On the surface, determining a person’s sense of loneliness and social isolation should be straightforward: just ask them how they feel and who they are socially connected with. But the reality is much more complicated, says Professor Chen Yu-chih, Assistant Professor...
by admin | Oct 21, 2024
As many as 40 per cent of middle-aged and elderly adults may suffer from chronic loneliness, meaning there is a discrepancy between their preferred and actual social relations. That puts them at risk for depression. But what is the mechanism that links the two?...
by admin | Oct 21, 2024
When Dr Zohar Lederman was an emergency medicine doctor in Israel, he was struck by how many patients did not want to go home because they had no one to go home to. They often ended up in the hospital longer than their condition warranted, but medical staff were not...
by admin | Aug 1, 2024
A study, led by Research Assistant Professor Dr Naomi Takemura and supervised by Professor Lin Chia-chin, Alice Ho Miu Ling Nethersole Charity Foundation Professor in Nursing, both from the School of Nursing, found that engaging in tai chi regularly enhanced patients’...
