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Old House Life started as a Facebook page and has grown into a hub for people who love historic houses and the preservation of history. We travel the nation touring and exploring historic sites and properties.
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The pandemic brought the longstanding issue of loneliness and isolation in the lives of older people back into the public consciousness. When COVID-19 hit, we had only just completed the 80 in-depth interviews which formed the dataset for what we called The Loneliness Project– a large-scale, in-depth exploration of how older people experience lonel...
For many, ageing brought about an inevitable accumulation of losses. Put simply, some of the people we spoke to had lost things that had previously been a major part of feeling connected to something bigger than themselves. Loss of a spouse or long-term partner (over half of our sample had lost their long-term spouse) was particularly palpable and ...
Studies of lonelinesshave highlighted how an inability to communicate can bring about a feeling that “the soul is incarcerated in an insufferable prison”. This was reflected in our study too. Many of our participants said they had trouble communicating because they simply didn’t have the tools required to convey such complicated emotions and deeper...
The burden of loneliness for older people is intimately connected to what they are alone with. As we reach the end of our lives, we frequently carry heavy burdens that have accumulated along the way, such as feelings of regret, betrayal and rejection. And the wounds from past relationships can haunt people all their lives. Gerontologist professor, ...
Thinking about how older people can be supported must involve a fuller understanding of what loneliness really means for them. Some of our own efforts have focused on ways of helping older people retain a sense that they are valued in the world and that they matter. For example, the Extraordinary Lives Projectsought to listen to older people’s reco...
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The history of life on Earth traces the processes by which living and fossil organisms evolved, from the earliest emergence of life to present day.
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