Dimensions of loneliness during aging: empirical evidence for public policy making.

This event is part of the activities of the Apoyo+65 project, an initiative of the Complutense University of Madrid whose objective is to delve into the meaning of social support, loneliness, and the well-being of the elderly in the social scenario resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, which is likely to last over time. 

With the interest of deepening in aspects related to the different experiences of loneliness and social support, a round table with experts who will address the following topics is organized:

• Isolation, loneliness and subjective well-being in Chilean elderly people: a review of its evolution from before, during and post-pandemic COVID-19.
  Soledad Herrera. Center for the Study of Old Age and Aging (CEVE-UC) of the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.
• Sources of social support and loneliness among older people living with a partner, alone or in a nursing home in Spain.
  Esteban Sánchez and Lorena Gallardo Apoyo+65 Project, Complutense University of Madrid. Faculty of Social Work.
• Solitudes: a puzzle under construction.
  Sara Marsillas Researcher at Fundación Matia Institute.
• Family care of people with dementia: a path to unwanted loneliness?
  Laura Gallego-Alberto. Autonomous University of Madrid, Faculty of Psychology. CUIDEMOS research group.

This meeting will take place at the Faculty of Political Science and Sociology of the Complutense University of Madrid (Somosaguas Campus), the next