Loneliness · United States
Michigan Medicine: 1 in 3 older adults still experience loneliness and isolation
Six-year trends from the National Poll on Healthy Aging show loneliness back near pre-pandemic levels, but still high.
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Michigan Medicine's release on the National Poll on Healthy Aging reports that loneliness and isolation among Americans aged 50-80 have returned roughly to pre-pandemic levels, but those levels still leave a third of older adults reporting meaningful loneliness.
The poll identifies subgroups at highest risk, including those in fair or poor physical and mental health.
Read the full Michigan Medicine release for the data and policy implications.
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