Why more people than ever are living alone – and what this means for the environment

As households shrink, carbon footprints expand.

Milena Buchs, Associate Professor in Sustainability, Economics, and Low-Carbon Transitions, University of Leeds • conversation
March 3, 2021 • ~6 min

The loneliness of social isolation can affect your brain and raise dementia risk in older adults

The social isolation older adults are experiencing as they try to stay safe from the coronavirus pandemic is raising new mental health risks, but people can take steps to protect themselves.

Martin J. Sliwinski, Professor of Human Development and Family Studies, Director of the Center for Healthy Aging, Pennsylvania State University • conversation
Aug. 4, 2020 • ~9 min

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