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Research

PHONE CONVERSATION IS PROVEN TO BENEFIT SENIORS

Isolation creates serious long-term emotional and physical health risks for seniors including depression, obesity, and heart disease

National Institute on Aging/National Institute of Health, 2019


Loneliness has been called the “silent killer”

AARP, USA Today, 2020


Just 10 minutes of talking improves memory

University of Michigan, 2007 


Talking improves mood and emotional resilience 

University of Arizona, 2010


Isolation is deadly for older adults

Yale University, 2021


Effect of Layperson-Delivered, Empathy-Focused Program of Telephone Calls on Loneliness, Depression, and Anxiety Among Adults During the COVID-19 Pandemic

JAMA Psychiatry, 2021


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