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Together Apart: Findings from the Social Isolation Impact Summit
In July 2020, the Motion Picture and Television Fund (MPTF) and the Milken Institute Center for the
Future of Aging convened the Social Isolation Impact Summit.
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Loneliness as a Risk Factor: Making Connections to Improve Health
Loneliness and social isolation are on the rise, leading many to call these phenomena a public hea
lth epidemic in the United States. Loneliness is an emerging risk factor that has huge implications for personal, economic and societal well-being.
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Life in Isolation: How to Fight the Loneliness Epidemic
In the midst of a global pandemic, another hidden public health crisis has emerged: loneliness. Lo
neliness affects people of all ages, but it is particularly prevalent among older adults.
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article
COVID-19 and the Future of Aging: A Public Health Forecast
What this thought leader thinks could improve the US response to the pandemic
In this interview ser
ies from the Milken Institute Center for the Future of Aging and PBS' Next Avenue, experts from the Center's
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Why Empathy Is Crucial for Communication
Six-time Emmy Award and Golden Globe winner, Alan Alda, wants people to have bet
ter conversations.
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Life in Isolation: How to Fight the Loneliness Epidemic
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Life in Isolation: How to Fight the Lon
eliness Epidemic
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Take a ‘Social in All Policy’ Approach to Bring Better Health to More People
Globally, simultaneous health crises have prompted a heightened focus on improving population health
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Social health is more than just a personal issue.
, By operating in crisis mode, we tend to focus on the problem rather than the goal. Notably, the evidence points to a social gradient, so instead of a dichotomy of being lonely or not, we are all somewhere along a continuum of social connection.
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How to Make U.S. Cities Blue Zones for Healthy Longevity
New York Times bestselling author, Dan Buettner has traveled the globe visiting the places in the wo
rld where higher percentages of people enjoy long, full lives, areas dubbed “Blue Zones.” He founded Blue Zones LLC to help people live longer, healt
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