{"id":6699,"date":"2017-05-08T11:29:51","date_gmt":"2017-05-08T15:29:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=6699"},"modified":"2017-05-08T11:29:51","modified_gmt":"2017-05-08T15:29:51","slug":"loneliness-in-seniors-a-medical-problem-this-provider-thinks-it-can-solve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=6699","title":{"rendered":"Loneliness in seniors: A medical problem this provider thinks it can solve"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(By Bob Tedeschi for ST<em>A<\/em>T)<\/p>\n<p class=\"big-cap-wrap danger-zone\"><span class=\"big-cap\">C<\/span>linicians are starting\u00a0to look at the role that poverty, race, and other social determinants play in a person\u2019s health, but what about social connectedness \u2014 how do friendship, family, and<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/2016\/11\/16\/loneliness-health\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">loneliness<\/a>\u00a0play into a person\u2019s medical needs? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/2017\/05\/08\/loneliness-seniors-anthem-caremore\/?_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_97Xz_lcbdurdAASDSxmqRUkebLM3cRCX7R9_4dMsdUXghSXq94CmMSqICXxTqXWhCpYLtq_AD85jM-aOPyvuNSBkcxQ&amp;_hsmi=51642490\" target=\"_blank\">Continue reading article here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"big-cap-wrap danger-zone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/STAT-Logo.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4372\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/STAT-Logo-300x32.png\" alt=\"stat-logo\" width=\"300\" height=\"32\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/STAT-Logo-300x32.png 300w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/STAT-Logo.png 453w\" 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<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(By Bob Tedeschi for STAT) Clinicians are starting\u00a0to look at the role that poverty, race, and other social determinants play<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6699","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aging"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6699","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=6699"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6699\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6700,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6699\/revisions\/6700"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6699"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6699"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6699"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}