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Loneliness has been defined by social researchers as ‘the subjective, unwelcome feeling of lack or loss of companionship’.
American researchers state that loneliness is an emotion that may have been caused through evolution to ensure humans remain in close contact with each other. Social research over the past few decades has shown that an average of 10% of older people feel ‘always’ or ‘severely’ lonely.
This figure has remained the same over decades despite a large number of organisations...
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