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cord-010965-5jkau3jb	Berg-Weger, M.	Loneliness in Old Age: An Unaddressed Health Problem	2020-01-16		.txt	text/plain	1662	107	53	The longterm (greater than four years) effects of loneliness and social isolation can be even more devastating, including; Increased blood pressure, depression, weight gain, smoking alcohol/ drug use, and alone time (5) and decreased physical activity, cognition, heart health, and sleep, stroke and coronary heart disease, in particular (6). • Cognition (28, 29) • Subjective health (30) • Stress and depression (31) • Decreased quality of sleep (32) • Disability (33, 34) • Cardiovascular disease (6) • Increased use of health care services (29, (35) (36) (37) • Increased mortality (29, 38, 39) • Institutionalization (29) Predictors and risk factors of loneliness and social isolation are numerous, but some may be modifiable. Developed by scholars and practitioners at the Central Union for the Welfare of the Aged at Helsinki University in the early 2000s, Circle of Friends© is built on a model of group rehabilitation with the aim being alleviation and prevention of loneliness in older adults (21) .	./cache/cord-010965-5jkau3jb.txt	./txt/cord-010965-5jkau3jb.txt