Consensus statement: loneliness in older adults, the 21st century social determinant of health?

• Mark Tully,
• Christina Victor,
• Thomas Prohaska,
• Vanessa Burholt,
• Annette Burns,
• Jeannette Golden,
• Louise Hawkley,
• Jim Lubben,
• Roger O'Sullivan,
• Carla Perissinotto,
• Theo van Tilburg,
• Linda Fried

Affiliations

Mark Tully

Institute of Mental Health Sciences, School of Health Sciences, University of Ulster, Newtownabbey, UK

Christina Victor

College of Medical Health and Life sciences, Brunel University College of Health and Life Sciences, Uxbridge, UK

Thomas Prohaska

College of Health and Human Services, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, USA

Vanessa Burholt

School of Nursing/School of Population Health, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

Annette Burns

Institute of Public Health in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland

Jeannette Golden

Mercer's Institute for Successful Ageing, Saint James's Hospital, Dublin, Ireland

Louise Hawkley

Academic Research Centers, NORC at the University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Jim Lubben

School of Social Work, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, USA

Roger O'Sullivan

Institute of Public Health in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland

Carla Perissinotto

Division of Geriatrics, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA

Theo van Tilburg

Department of Sociology, Faculty of Social Sciences, University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Linda Fried

Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA