Expanding the power of friendship and connections

Mounting research about the connection between age-related loneliness, isolation, and dementia naturally leads to sad stories about depressed older folks slowly losing their grip on reality.

Staffers at Friends & Co (formerly Little Brothers Friends of the Elderly), a St. Paul-based nonprofit focused on fostering meaningful connections for older adults, have an intimate understanding of those troubling connections, but they’ve chosen to approach the issue from a more optimistic perspective.

Read more about how we are working with all our senior groups @ https://www.minnpost.com/mental-health-addiction/2024/10/expanding-the-power-of-friendship-and-connections-for-older-adults