Efforts to integrate health and social care need to encompass social isolation and loneliness in order to truly attend to what matters most for patients, families, and communities.
CHaSCI team members recently collaborated with Diana Mason, PhD, RN, chair of CHaSCI’s National Advisory Board, to explore this imperative in a piece on the JAMA Forum:
Escalante E, Golden RL, Mason DJ. Social Isolation and Loneliness: Imperatives for Health Care in a Post-COVID World. JAMA Health Forum. Published online December 29, 2020. doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2020.1597
You can read the blog directly at https://jamanetwork.com/channels/health-forum/fullarticle/2774708.