- Despite the world being more connected than ever, we are currently facing a loneliness epidemic
- Why target universities?
- University students meet a lot of people everyday but often struggle to turn these acquaintances into friendships
- The friends you make in university tend to be the friends you continue having for the rest of your life. ref
Data
- Chronic loneliness and social isolation can increase the risk of developing dementia by approximately 50% in older adults.
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- 40 percent of Americans say they “sometimes or always feel their social relationships are not meaningful”
- 20 percent say they are “lonely or socially isolated,” and
- 28 percent of older adults live alone.
- https://global-uploads.webflow.com/62bb5b3b9f6d951110a0d0b0/63e851725b939f2c3b961259_loneliness-in-the-united-states-statistics.webp
- https://i.pinimg.com/736x/f3/50/45/f350454343e309394004ddc5f9293607—the-pyramids-social-thinking.jpg
- https://www.ochealthpsych.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/loneliness-epidemic-graph.png
