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Are You Feeling Lonely? Well, You're Not Alone
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Title
Are You Feeling Lonely? Well, You're Not Alone
Creator
Johnston, Marcia Slater
Date
December 13, 2021
Subject
Journalists
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Women
Description
Episode from Ron Roel's 45 Forward podcast featuring Johnston discussing Make Room @ the Table.
Episode description from website: "As we’re gathering once again with family and friends during the holidays, most of us are eager and excited to resume our annual social festivities. Of course. But for many people, especially isolated older adults, this is a very lonely season. And it’s not just these times. Research from the University of California, San Francisco found that 43 percent of adults over 65 say they feel lonely, which puts them at a higher risk for poor health. The COVID-19 pandemic has made social isolation worse, but it didn’t create it; this problem has been growing for years, spreading across nations, as well as across younger adults. In today’s episode, we’ll talk with three distinguished experts about loneliness and social isolation, and what approaches we can we explore to deal with these issues. Eddie Garcia is Executive Director of the Foundation for Social Connection, a non-profit organization that aims to foster evidence-based solutions addressing social isolation and loneliness. Marcia Slater Johnston is a journalist and Founder of Make Room @ The Table, an affinity group whose mission is to develop strategies to alleviate social isolation and loneliness among older people. And Dr. Carla Perissinotto, an Associate Professor in the Division of Geriatrics, Department of Medicine, at the University of California, San Francisco Carla, has gained national and international recognition for her research on the effects of loneliness on the health of older adults. These experts will cover a broad, provocative range of issues: Who’s most at risk for loneliness? How do you define it, as opposed to social isolation, or simply being alone? What’s driving loneliness in the U.S.? (Compared to say, the United Kingdom, which has appointed a Minister of Loneliness.) And how are experts across multiple fields and organizations partnering to analyze these questions and propose solutions? You’ll discover how you can make a difference for yourself and for others to curb loneliness and thrive, whether it’s during the holidays or other times of loneliness and longing."
Biographical/Historical Note
MARCIA SLATER JOHNSTON PAPERS
THE NEWBERRY LIBRARY
45 FORWARD PODCAST:
“ARE YOU FEELING LONELY? WELL, YOU’RE NOT ALONE.”
DECEMBER 14, 2021
BACKSTORY
In December 2021, I was invited to be a guest on the radio show, “45 Forward.”
Forty-five Forward is geared to an audience in the “second half of life.” The host and producer, Ron Roel, invites guests on his show to talk about issues concerned with aging – retirement planning, switching careers, health care and so forth.
The theme of the show on which I appeared was “Are You Feeling Lonely? Well, You’re Not Alone.” As you might imagine, Ron devoted the podcast to looking at the issues of social isolation and loneliness as we age.
In addition to being a journalist, I advise a small family philanthropy that gives seed grants to support pilot programs improving the quality of life for older adults. I was selected for the show because I am one of the Founding Members and the Convener of Make Room @ The Table, an affinity group based in Chicago of social workers, geriatricians, nurses, community leaders, and philanthropists who are active in the field of aging.
The group’s mission is to develop strategies to alleviate social isolation and loneliness for older people.
Make Room @ The Table is a member of the national Coalition to End Social Isolation and Loneliness. Edward Garcia, Co-Chair of the Coalition, and Carla Perissinotto, M.D., a San Francisco geriatrician, and member of the Foundation For Social Connection, joined me on the show.
Marcia Slater Johnston February 2022
Duration
55m7s
Format
Archives
Archival Collection Title
Marcia Slater Johnston papers
Rights Status
Copyright Not Evaluated
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Call Number
Midwest MS Johnston
BibID
9911526783305867
Size
50.47 MB
Original file name
roel121321.mp3
Unique Identifier
NL1O14S
Visibility Class
Public
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