Connect – Sabine Wildevuur; Dick van Dijk; Thomas Hammer-Jakobsen; Mie Bjerre; Anne Ayvari; Jesper Lund Favoriet

The prospects are clear: we will probably live longer. The number of people aged 65 and up will increase enormously over the next few decades. Society will change as a result, but in what manner? Europe – and, in fact, probably the world – faces the challenge of preventing loneliness and isolation amongst a growing group of senior people. The oldest part of the population is at particular risk of becoming isolated and lonely as they grow older and their work-related networks erode. While working in the fiel…