Mental Health: How To Beat Loneliness And Social Isolation In Old Age – Expert Shares Tips

While physical health issues like aches and pains, declining cognition, and challenges to mobility are key problems in old age, what often gets overlooked is mental health. An acute sense of loneliness can be debilitating for the elderly and it’s essential to take steps to combat the issue.

Life is never a bed of roses and every phase of life comes with its unique set of challenges. When we think of old age, the first thing that comes to our mind is failing health and reduced immunity. While health challenges are real, one thing that often gets overlooked is the acute sense of loneliness that comes with old age. Prakriti Poddar, Global Head, Mental Health and Wellbeing, Roundglass Living app, shares, “Every phase of life comes with its unique challenges and old age is no different. There are aches and pains, declining cognition, and challenges to mobility. But ask any person older than 70 years of age what is the most difficult part of getting old and chances are they will say, ‘loneliness’.”