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1Is a senior fellow and writer based at the Institute of Healthcare Policy, Management and Evaluation and at Massey College in the University of Toronto in Toronto, ON. He is a Fields Institute fellow and senior academic advisor to the Investigative Journalism Bureau at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto. His new book is Accelerated Minds: Unlocking the Fascinating, Inspiring, and Often Destructive Impulses that Drive the Entrepreneurial Brain (Sutherland House Books). He can be reached by e-mail at neil.seeman@utoronto.ca.
Abstract:
Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, two interdisciplinary pan-Canadian research initiatives have illuminated the social isolation and loneliness of seniors who age at home. The National Institute on Ageing at Toronto Metropolitan University and the Canadian Coalition for Seniors' Mental Health are exemplars in how to treat healthcare innovations as opportunities to create a sustainable high-quality healthcare system. Knowledge translation and communication with the public are core to the values and strategy of both organizations. Clinician leaders at these organizations take a holistic approach to understanding and communicating the importance of social isolation and loneliness among seniors.
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