Never underestimate the power of a phone call: Effect of Telephone Calls on Depression and Anxiety Among Adults During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic https://t.co/gMnl4hCpoy via @JAMAPsych part of @JAMANetwork @iFredorg #depression #anxiety #connec
Calling people who are homebound and further isolated by Covid-19 and asking them to talk about their interests eases the burden of loneliness, depression and anxiety. From @uthealthaustin study w/ @mealsonwheels. @JAMANetwork https://t.co/txzHVqk3FX
RT @Atul_Gawande: Fabulous trial reduced loneliness, depression, and anxiety in Meals on Wheels participants who live alone over four weeks…
RT @EndLonelinessUK: Interesting research showing the positive impact a regular phone call can have on feelings of #loneliness, #depression…
RT @Atul_Gawande: Fabulous trial reduced loneliness, depression, and anxiety in Meals on Wheels participants who live alone over four weeks…
RT @Atul_Gawande: Fabulous trial reduced loneliness, depression, and anxiety in Meals on Wheels participants who live alone over four weeks…
RT @Atul_Gawande: Fabulous trial reduced loneliness, depression, and anxiety in Meals on Wheels participants who live alone over four weeks…
RT @ChrisPalmerMD: The power of regular phone calls and just listening to address loneliness, depression, and anxiety. A cheap and simple i…
Interesting research showing the positive impact a regular phone call can have on feelings of #loneliness, #depression and #anxiety in older people who live alone. Can you reach out to someone who is lonely today and give them a call? #BeMoreUs #Loneli
RT @Atul_Gawande: Fabulous trial reduced loneliness, depression, and anxiety in Meals on Wheels participants who live alone over four weeks…
RT @Atul_Gawande: Fabulous trial reduced loneliness, depression, and anxiety in Meals on Wheels participants who live alone over four weeks…
RT @Atul_Gawande: Fabulous trial reduced loneliness, depression, and anxiety in Meals on Wheels participants who live alone over four weeks…
RT @Atul_Gawande: Fabulous trial reduced loneliness, depression, and anxiety in Meals on Wheels participants who live alone over four weeks…
RT @Atul_Gawande: Fabulous trial reduced loneliness, depression, and anxiety in Meals on Wheels participants who live alone over four weeks…
RT @CommunitySolsED: Researchers find just calling homebound Meals on Wheel clients (who are further isolated during Covid19) and asking th…
RT @Atul_Gawande: Fabulous trial reduced loneliness, depression, and anxiety in Meals on Wheels participants who live alone over four weeks…
4 thoughts: — amazing that such weak ties improved emotional outcomes — this shows [again] that perceived > actual personalization — this totally scales, cheaply — connecting and listening matter
The power of simple considerate communication
@davidsamudio14 check this out
YES to this 👏👏🏻👏🏼👏🏽👏🏾👏🏿
RT @Atul_Gawande: Fabulous trial reduced loneliness, depression, and anxiety in Meals on Wheels participants who live alone over four weeks…
RT @mpignone88: Great work from @DellMedSchool @mkahlon !!!! https://t.co/vz6TpbNcWJ
RT @Atul_Gawande: Fabulous trial reduced loneliness, depression, and anxiety in Meals on Wheels participants who live alone over four weeks…
RT @Atul_Gawande: Fabulous trial reduced loneliness, depression, and anxiety in Meals on Wheels participants who live alone over four weeks…
RT @Atul_Gawande: Fabulous trial reduced loneliness, depression, and anxiety in Meals on Wheels participants who live alone over four weeks…
RT @Atul_Gawande: Fabulous trial reduced loneliness, depression, and anxiety in Meals on Wheels participants who live alone over four weeks…
RT @Atul_Gawande: Fabulous trial reduced loneliness, depression, and anxiety in Meals on Wheels participants who live alone over four weeks…
RT @Atul_Gawande: Fabulous trial reduced loneliness, depression, and anxiety in Meals on Wheels participants who live alone over four weeks…
RT @Atul_Gawande: Fabulous trial reduced loneliness, depression, and anxiety in Meals on Wheels participants who live alone over four weeks…
RT @Atul_Gawande: Fabulous trial reduced loneliness, depression, and anxiety in Meals on Wheels participants who live alone over four weeks…
Works for college students, too. My friends and I visited a nearby nursing home 1x/week senior year as part of a volunteer project we started. Some of the most fun we had.
RT @Atul_Gawande: Fabulous trial reduced loneliness, depression, and anxiety in Meals on Wheels participants who live alone over four weeks…
RT @Atul_Gawande: Fabulous trial reduced loneliness, depression, and anxiety in Meals on Wheels participants who live alone over four weeks…
We need to pay people to do more of this kind of work
RT @Atul_Gawande: Fabulous trial reduced loneliness, depression, and anxiety in Meals on Wheels participants who live alone over four weeks…
RT @Atul_Gawande: Fabulous trial reduced loneliness, depression, and anxiety in Meals on Wheels participants who live alone over four weeks…
RT @ChrisPalmerMD: The power of regular phone calls and just listening to address loneliness, depression, and anxiety. A cheap and simple i…
RT @Atul_Gawande: Fabulous trial reduced loneliness, depression, and anxiety in Meals on Wheels participants who live alone over four weeks…
RT @Atul_Gawande: Fabulous trial reduced loneliness, depression, and anxiety in Meals on Wheels participants who live alone over four weeks…
RT @derickwaderehab: Many people are lonely. A 4-week programme of empathy-oriented phone calls delivered by rapidly trained laypeople, abo…
RT @Atul_Gawande: Fabulous trial reduced loneliness, depression, and anxiety in Meals on Wheels participants who live alone over four weeks…
RT @Atul_Gawande: Fabulous trial reduced loneliness, depression, and anxiety in Meals on Wheels participants who live alone over four weeks…
RT @Atul_Gawande: Fabulous trial reduced loneliness, depression, and anxiety in Meals on Wheels participants who live alone over four weeks…
RT @Atul_Gawande: Fabulous trial reduced loneliness, depression, and anxiety in Meals on Wheels participants who live alone over four weeks…
RT @Atul_Gawande: Fabulous trial reduced loneliness, depression, and anxiety in Meals on Wheels participants who live alone over four weeks…
Ogni tanto, la ricerca in medicina ci ricorda cose banali. I contatti umani - anche solo con una telefonata - possono ridurre la depressione e l’ansia. Nonché la solitudine (ma questo risultato era un po’ telefonato, in effetti).
RT @Atul_Gawande: Fabulous trial reduced loneliness, depression, and anxiety in Meals on Wheels participants who live alone over four weeks…
RT @Atul_Gawande: Fabulous trial reduced loneliness, depression, and anxiety in Meals on Wheels participants who live alone over four weeks…
RT @Atul_Gawande: Fabulous trial reduced loneliness, depression, and anxiety in Meals on Wheels participants who live alone over four weeks…
RT @Atul_Gawande: Fabulous trial reduced loneliness, depression, and anxiety in Meals on Wheels participants who live alone over four weeks…
cool study on loneliness in older adults Effect of Telephone Calls on Depression and Anxiety Among Adults During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic https://t.co/qNmUJnjy6i via @JAMAPsych part of @JAMANetwork
Shouldn’t be overstated ... but also shouldn’t be understated! A little empathy and kindness goes a long way!! Small acts, meaningful effects. https://t.co/ETHS8twnAA
RT @Atul_Gawande: Fabulous trial reduced loneliness, depression, and anxiety in Meals on Wheels participants who live alone over four weeks…
And, in Japan, a new Minister of Loneliness: https://t.co/GBP9jfiWLg
This is a pretty cool experiment (idea/design/outcomes) and we can imagine the empathy training, sense of responsibility, and connectedness, also had a profound impact on the youth making the calls.
RT @AllenFrancesMD: "Solitude is fine but you need someone to tell that solitude is fine." Balzac Study shows that a simple empathic phone…
this too, today, reach out when you can: https://t.co/u27BkswQVF
RT @MassHomeCare: Great data here on a initiative to reduce #socialisolation among #MealsonWheels consumers #AAAs #ASAPs @_MealsOnWheels @M…
RT @Atul_Gawande: Fabulous trial reduced loneliness, depression, and anxiety in Meals on Wheels participants who live alone over four weeks…
RT @Atul_Gawande: Fabulous trial reduced loneliness, depression, and anxiety in Meals on Wheels participants who live alone over four weeks…
Thx @Atul_Gawande Like several commenters, my brother too, as siblings do, poked fun at me. Reality is a) there are simple solutions that we miss coz of gravitational pull of healthcare & b) for simple ideas, being effective requires deliberate approac
RT @Atul_Gawande: Fabulous trial reduced loneliness, depression, and anxiety in Meals on Wheels participants who live alone over four weeks…
RT @Atul_Gawande: Fabulous trial reduced loneliness, depression, and anxiety in Meals on Wheels participants who live alone over four weeks…
RT @Atul_Gawande: Fabulous trial reduced loneliness, depression, and anxiety in Meals on Wheels participants who live alone over four weeks…
RT @Atul_Gawande: Fabulous trial reduced loneliness, depression, and anxiety in Meals on Wheels participants who live alone over four weeks…
RT @ChrisPalmerMD: The power of regular phone calls and just listening to address loneliness, depression, and anxiety. A cheap and simple i…
RT @Atul_Gawande: Fabulous trial reduced loneliness, depression, and anxiety in Meals on Wheels participants who live alone over four weeks…
RT @Atul_Gawande: Fabulous trial reduced loneliness, depression, and anxiety in Meals on Wheels participants who live alone over four weeks…
RT @Atul_Gawande: Fabulous trial reduced loneliness, depression, and anxiety in Meals on Wheels participants who live alone over four weeks…
Main message: call your friends and family, engage in your support networks to help those who live alone, are socially isolated, etc.. It's been an absolute delight to get "cold-called" by a friend who was wondering how I've been/thinking of me. And to d
RT @Atul_Gawande: Fabulous trial reduced loneliness, depression, and anxiety in Meals on Wheels participants who live alone over four weeks…
RT @Atul_Gawande: Fabulous trial reduced loneliness, depression, and anxiety in Meals on Wheels participants who live alone over four weeks…
RT @Atul_Gawande: Fabulous trial reduced loneliness, depression, and anxiety in Meals on Wheels participants who live alone over four weeks…
RT @Atul_Gawande: Fabulous trial reduced loneliness, depression, and anxiety in Meals on Wheels participants who live alone over four weeks…
RT @Atul_Gawande: Fabulous trial reduced loneliness, depression, and anxiety in Meals on Wheels participants who live alone over four weeks…
RT @Atul_Gawande: Fabulous trial reduced loneliness, depression, and anxiety in Meals on Wheels participants who live alone over four weeks…
RT @Atul_Gawande: Fabulous trial reduced loneliness, depression, and anxiety in Meals on Wheels participants who live alone over four weeks…
RT @Atul_Gawande: Fabulous trial reduced loneliness, depression, and anxiety in Meals on Wheels participants who live alone over four weeks…
RT @Atul_Gawande: Fabulous trial reduced loneliness, depression, and anxiety in Meals on Wheels participants who live alone over four weeks…
RT @Atul_Gawande: Fabulous trial reduced loneliness, depression, and anxiety in Meals on Wheels participants who live alone over four weeks…
RT @Atul_Gawande: Fabulous trial reduced loneliness, depression, and anxiety in Meals on Wheels participants who live alone over four weeks…
RT @Atul_Gawande: Fabulous trial reduced loneliness, depression, and anxiety in Meals on Wheels participants who live alone over four weeks…
RT @Atul_Gawande: Fabulous trial reduced loneliness, depression, and anxiety in Meals on Wheels participants who live alone over four weeks…
RT @Atul_Gawande: Fabulous trial reduced loneliness, depression, and anxiety in Meals on Wheels participants who live alone over four weeks…
RT @Atul_Gawande: Fabulous trial reduced loneliness, depression, and anxiety in Meals on Wheels participants who live alone over four weeks…
RT @Atul_Gawande: Fabulous trial reduced loneliness, depression, and anxiety in Meals on Wheels participants who live alone over four weeks…
RT @michellecarrin3: Checking in to see if folk are ok has impact
RT @MassHomeCare: Great data here on a initiative to reduce #socialisolation among #MealsonWheels consumers #AAAs #ASAPs @_MealsOnWheels @M…
RT @Atul_Gawande: Fabulous trial reduced loneliness, depression, and anxiety in Meals on Wheels participants who live alone over four weeks…
RT @Atul_Gawande: Fabulous trial reduced loneliness, depression, and anxiety in Meals on Wheels participants who live alone over four weeks…
RT @Atul_Gawande: Fabulous trial reduced loneliness, depression, and anxiety in Meals on Wheels participants who live alone over four weeks…
RT @Atul_Gawande: Fabulous trial reduced loneliness, depression, and anxiety in Meals on Wheels participants who live alone over four weeks…
RT @Atul_Gawande: Fabulous trial reduced loneliness, depression, and anxiety in Meals on Wheels participants who live alone over four weeks…
RT @Atul_Gawande: Fabulous trial reduced loneliness, depression, and anxiety in Meals on Wheels participants who live alone over four weeks…
RT @Atul_Gawande: Fabulous trial reduced loneliness, depression, and anxiety in Meals on Wheels participants who live alone over four weeks…
RT @Atul_Gawande: Fabulous trial reduced loneliness, depression, and anxiety in Meals on Wheels participants who live alone over four weeks…
RT @Atul_Gawande: Fabulous trial reduced loneliness, depression, and anxiety in Meals on Wheels participants who live alone over four weeks…
RT @Atul_Gawande: Fabulous trial reduced loneliness, depression, and anxiety in Meals on Wheels participants who live alone over four weeks…
RT @Atul_Gawande: Fabulous trial reduced loneliness, depression, and anxiety in Meals on Wheels participants who live alone over four weeks…
Moral of the story: call your parents, grandparents, neighbors, friends. We all need someone who shows they care. #wednesdaythought #pandemicfatigue