The NASEM report focused on ways health care professionals can reach out to older adults to reduce social isolation and loneliness. How have physical distancing, stay-at-home guidelines, and reduced or altered interactions impacted those who were experiencing social isolation and loneliness prior to the onset of the pandemic, and how will the role of the health care system need to change to meet their needs? These and other issues must be addressed by the research community in order to ensure compassionate and humanistic ways of fostering a sense of connection. Given the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, what social and institutional infrastructures are needed to minimize social isolation and loneliness and their negative health effects?.How do social determinants of health contribute to social isolation and loneliness in the context of the pandemic and social upheaval?.
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