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Care of the older person
Evidence-informed and community-based strategies are essential to developing affordable and accessible technology-based interventions to prevent social isolation among older adults and promote their well-being and quality of life
  1. Akhtar Ebrahimi Ghassemi
  1. Independent Researcher, Rochester, New York, USA
  1. Correspondence to Dr Akhtar Ebrahimi Ghassemi, Independent Researcher, Rochester, New York, USA; aghassemi11{at}gmail.com

https://doi.org/10.1136/ebnurs-2023-103711

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    Commentary on: Umoh ME, Prichett L, Boyd CM, Cudjoe TKM. Impact of technology on social isolation: Longitudinal analysis from the National Health Aging Trends Study. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2023 Apr;71(4):1117–1123. doi: 10.1111/jgs.18179. Epub 2022 Dec 15.

    Implications for practice and research

    • Developing and implementing targeted and integrated community-based interventions that supports steady assessment of technology access and use are required to diminish social isolation among seniors and enhance their overall quality of life.

    • Future research should focus on assessing the efficacy of technology-based interventions and advancing digital technologies to reduce social isolation among older adults.

    Context

    Social isolation is a fundamental public health problem, and it has significant negative effect on the healthcare system along with surge in ageing population.1–3 Furthermore, social isolation is linked with increased mortality rate, cognitive and functional decline among older adults.1 …

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    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Provenance and peer review Commissioned; internally peer reviewed.