• Several risk factors for loneliness exist
• Knowing these will help the healthcare provider recognize clients at risk for developing loneliness and alert them to the need for further evaluation
  
• Loneliness is most prevalent in
  • females
  • the very old
  • African-Americans
  • those with low incomes
  • those with less education
  • those who have recently lost a spouse
  • those with poor health or perceived poor health or disability

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