‘Social prescribing’ by healthcare staff could ward off risks of early death and depression in older people who are isolated and friendless, as Nick Triggle hears
NURSES AND other front line health staff are being urged to be on the lookout for people who are lonely, following the publication of new figures that suggest numbers are on the rise.
Nursing Older People. 26, 5, 9-9. doi: 10.7748/nop.26.5.9.s9
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