loneliness
‘Critical’ role of connection
Pharmacist marks Social Prescribing Day, noting that the profession often encounters health challenges that cannot be treated with medication The founder of PALS (Pharmacy Addressing Loneliness and Social-isolation) has marked …
Pharmacists in social prescribing needs piloting and evaluating: experts
Could a change to prescriptions see pharmacists providing easier access to social prescribing? Pharmacists from the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia NSW and Pharmacy Addressing Loneliness and Social Isolation (PALS) have …
PALS program tackles leading health risk
Hundreds of pharmacists have signed up to a world-first training program on loneliness in less than one week since its launch Pharmacists are showing interest in supporting their patients and …
The week in review
Well, what a week it’s been. Sixty-day dispensing was again the topic of the day, with events moving swiftly every day and strange scenes at Parliament House The week began …
How community pharmacy can combat loneliness
Community pharmacy is “poised” to help reduce loneliness in the community, one pharmacist has told Parliamentary Friends of Ending Loneliness Pharmacist and health coach Jennifer Kirschner has presented to a breakfast …
How scope of practice can reconnect us
Here’s why expanding scope of practice for pharmacists would shrink the loneliness crisis, writes Jenny Kirschner Connection Matters is the theme for Loneliness Awareness Week this June 12-18th 2023.[1] Loneliness …
An unlikely connection: loneliness and medication adherence
We need an evolution of pharmacy practice that deeply appreciates the effects of loneliness and social isolation on medication adherence, writes Jenny Kirschner Experienced pharmacists scan patients for medication adherence …
The other Covid jab: Loneliness
This R U (really) OK? Day, it’s appropriate to ask about loneliness, writes pharmacist Jenny Kirschner For many it causes pain and it has some serious side effects too. Loneliness …
An elixir for loneliness
Social health clinics in community pharmacy are one way to address the issue of loneliness in the era of digital healthcare, writes Jenny Kirschner We are witnessing a seismic shift …
A pharmacist’s concern about the loneliness epidemic
Despite being the most technologically connected society in history, we are the loneliest, writes Jenny Kirschner I have always noticed the unspoken pain of loneliness in my patients. Maybe this …
A pill for loneliness? If only it were that simple
Christina Victor, Brunel University London, takes a look at loneliness and its medicalisation Loneliness affects people of all ages, young as much as old. It’s now seen as so serious it’s …