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how older people can cope with loneliness during the coronavirus crisis

  • Written by Bridget Laging, Senior Research Fellow, Aged Care PhD, Australian Catholic University
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Social distancing is rapidly becoming a way of life as Australia fights the outbreak of COVID-19.

This is especially important when it comes to protecting the older and disabled members of our community living in residential aged care. In these facilities, communal living, chronic disease and advanced age combine to make the threat...

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