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Social connection as the foundation of our health
Manage episode 426086085 series 1162310
Even before the pandemic, half of all adults reported experiencing measurable levels of loneliness. In 2023, a report from Surgeon General Vivek Murthy showed that loneliness and isolation has physical consequences like increased risk of heart disease, stroke and dementia.
Murthy stressed how social connection is the key to individual and community health and well being. This idea of social connection is something that today’s guest has spent a lot of time focused on.
Deb Bibbins is the Founder and CEO of For All Ages, an organization uniting older adults and younger generations, and its statewide initiative; the Connecticut Collaborative to End Loneliness.
We spoke to her at the International Festival of Arts and Ideas in New Haven. She talks about how social connection is the foundation of our health.
GUESTS:
Deb Bibbins: Founder and CEO of For All Ages and the Connecticut Collaborative to End Loneliness
Listen back to our additional coverage on loneliness:
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Chapters
1. Social connection as the foundation of our health (00:00:00)
2. Marker 03 (00:15:09)
3. Marker 02 (00:32:55)
1924 episodes
Manage episode 426086085 series 1162310
Even before the pandemic, half of all adults reported experiencing measurable levels of loneliness. In 2023, a report from Surgeon General Vivek Murthy showed that loneliness and isolation has physical consequences like increased risk of heart disease, stroke and dementia.
Murthy stressed how social connection is the key to individual and community health and well being. This idea of social connection is something that today’s guest has spent a lot of time focused on.
Deb Bibbins is the Founder and CEO of For All Ages, an organization uniting older adults and younger generations, and its statewide initiative; the Connecticut Collaborative to End Loneliness.
We spoke to her at the International Festival of Arts and Ideas in New Haven. She talks about how social connection is the foundation of our health.
GUESTS:
Deb Bibbins: Founder and CEO of For All Ages and the Connecticut Collaborative to End Loneliness
Listen back to our additional coverage on loneliness:
Where We Live is available as a podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, TuneIn, Listen Notes, or wherever you get your podcasts. Subscribe and never miss an episode.
Support the show: http://wnpr.org/donate
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Chapters
1. Social connection as the foundation of our health (00:00:00)
2. Marker 03 (00:15:09)
3. Marker 02 (00:32:55)
1924 episodes
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