{"id":15498,"date":"2020-03-19T11:34:12","date_gmt":"2020-03-19T15:34:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=15498"},"modified":"2020-03-19T11:35:51","modified_gmt":"2020-03-19T15:35:51","slug":"15498","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=15498","title":{"rendered":"How older adults can stay in touch during social distancing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Social distancing is now the byword for the prevention of COVID-19 virus as it spreads across the U.S.\u00a0\u00a0 But for older adults who may already be experiencing loneliness, which can lead to depression, suppressing the immune system, further isolation could be bad for their health. The attached article gives tips on how older adults can feel less isolated during this crisis and still stay safe. \u00a0Read article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newswise.com\/articles\/older-adults-need-to-stay-in-touch-to-avoid-loneliness-during-social-distancing?sc=dwhn\">here\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/dreamstime_m_68090890widow-grief-lonely-thinking-serious-700x467.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7998\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/dreamstime_m_68090890widow-grief-lonely-thinking-serious-700x467-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/dreamstime_m_68090890widow-grief-lonely-thinking-serious-700x467-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/dreamstime_m_68090890widow-grief-lonely-thinking-serious-700x467.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<pre><strong>Notice:<\/strong> The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org.<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Social distancing is now the byword for the prevention of COVID-19 virus as it spreads across the U.S.\u00a0\u00a0 But for<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,17,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15498","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aging","category-emerging-health-issues","category-health-care-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15498","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15498"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15498\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15502,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15498\/revisions\/15502"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15498"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15498"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}