"Social Distancing" Amid a Crisis in Social Isolation and Loneliness

J Am Geriatr Soc. 2020 Jun;68(6):E27-E29. doi: 10.1111/jgs.16527. Epub 2020 May 15.

Authors

Thomas K M Cudjoe¹, Ashwin A Kotwal^{2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Division of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
² Division of Geriatrics, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California.
³ Geriatrics, Palliative, and Extended Care Service Line, San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Francisco, California.

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

Aging
COVID-19 / psychology*
Humans
Loneliness / psychology*
Mental Health
Physical Distancing*
Social Isolation / psychology*

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