Social isolation and loneliness among older people: advocacy brief

Overview

This advocacy brief on social isolation and loneliness among older people highlights the growing public health and policy concern about these issues, which have been made more salient by the COVID-19 pandemic. The brief summarizes the scale, impact, and harms of social isolation and loneliness among older people, and outlines what can be done to reduce them. This brief also describes several policy windows that offer opportunities for addressing social isolation and loneliness among older people and proposes a three-point global strategy for tackling these issues.

This advocacy brief is also available in: Korean

The Korean translation was not created by the World Health Organization (WHO). The English version of the advocacy brief remains the binding and authentic edition.