Building companionship: how better design can combat loneliness in later life

This UK report explores the issue of loneliness in later life: the scale and nature of the problem; the impact on health and potential costs to the state; what is most effective in combating loneliness for older people; and, importantly, why it might be that older people living in specialist age specific housing (retirement housing, extra care, assisted living and so on) tend to feel far less lonely than their counterparts in general housing. The report found that older people living in specialist age-specific housing tend to report being less lonely than their peers.