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8 Powerful Ways to Turn Loneliness Into Deep Connection
Emma Seppala, PhD
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Increased Caregiving Needed as Adults Near End of Life, Study Says
United Press International
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The Missing Men
The Atlantic
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Baby Boomers Join 'Aging-at-Home Villages' for Yoga, Happy Hour, Cooking Classes and Biking
The Washington Post
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What Religion is For
Huffington Post
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Using Baby Talk With Seniors Is Insulting, Not Cute
Huffington Post
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Family and Other Unpaid Caregivers and Older Adults With and Without Dementia and Disability
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
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Good Genes are Nice, But Joy is Better
Harvard University
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5 Ways Senior Living Communities are Evolving to Attract Active Baby Boomers
McKnight's Senior Living
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Young Adults Need More Social Support After Cancer
Oncology Nursing News
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National Volunteer Month: How Giving Back Boosts Seniors' Health
Sunrise Senior Living
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Church Kids Fare Better Than Nonattenders: Will Today's 'Cultured Despisers' of Religion Pay Heed?
CNS News
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Underlying Motivations of Volunteering Across Life Stages: A Study of Volunteers in Nonprofit Organizations in Nevada
Journal of Applied Gerontology
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Mad Volunteer Scientists: Do You Know the Way To San Jose?
California Health Report
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Hey Guys, Put a Ring on It
National Review
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8 Signs the Shortage in Paid Caregivers is Getting Worse
The Huffington Post
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Exceptional patients: Narratives of connections
Cambridge University Press
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U.S. economy adds 227,000 jobs in January, but wage growth lags
The Washington Post
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All You Need Is Facebook Friends? Associations between Online and Face-to-Face Friendships and Health
Frontiers in Psychology
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Turns Out That Opposites Don’t Attract After All
Stanford Graduate School of Business
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As World Grays, Seniors Step Up to Create an 'Age-Friendly' Future
The Christian Science Monitor
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Bingo? Pass. Bring on Senior Speed-Dating and Wine-Tasting.
The New York Times
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Do you know your next door neighbor?
New York Magazine
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Another Possible Benefit of Going to Church: A 33 Percent Chance of Living Longer
The Washington Post
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New Challenge for Caregivers: The Internet
Science Daily
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Successful Aging in the Context of the Disablement Process: Working and Volunteering as Moderators on the Association Between Chronic Conditions and Subsequent Functional Limitations
Journal of Gerontology
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The Third Age of Life: Leveraging the Mutual Benefits of Intergenerational Engagement
Oxford Journals
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The Voluntourist’s Dilemma
The New York Times
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Joining a Book Club, Church or Sports Group Linked to Longer Life After Retirement
The Washington Post
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Applying Western models of volunteering in Hong Kong: The role of empathy, prosocial motivation and motive-experience fit for volunteering
Asian Journal of Social Psychology
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The Physiological Power of Altruism
The Atlantic
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Understanding the Association Between Time Spent Caregiving and Well-Being Among Employed Adults: Testing a Model of Work–Life Fit and Sense of Community
Community, Work & Family
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Digital Dating: Online Profile Content of Older and Younger Adults
The Journals of Gerontology
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Math Says This Is the Perfect Age to Get Married
A new study suggests that people should get married between the…
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Job Satisfaction among Care Aides in Residential Long-Term Care: A Systematic Review of Contributing Factors, Both Individual and Organizational
Nursing Research and Practice
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Rethinking Job Satisfaction in Care Work: Looking Beyond the Care Debates
Work, Employment and Society
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Physical and Mental Health Effects of Family Caregiving
National Institutes of Health