The Loneliness Epidemic: Your Library's Role in Socialization

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(This webinar and recording is only available to library staff in California. The recording will be available under the CALL Academy People Connect Institute category one week after delivery.)

Loneliness has been deemed a public health crisis, and libraries might be poised to help resolve it. Libraries are generally recognized as places where we can gain knowledge and better ourselves. Can that include libraries playing a role in decreasing loneliness and improving our health through socialization?

As pillars of the community, libraries help build community, which supports our health and well-being.

Loneliness has been linked to an increased risk for heart disease, dementia, anxiety, obesity, and addiction at the personal level. At the community level, social isolation can lead to polarization and less cooperation.

This program will discuss the heath detriments of loneliness and ways libraries are already viewed as resources that can combat this.

As a result of this program attendees will:

• name 5 possible health detriments linked to loneliness
• explain how libraries can foster community engagement and lessen social isolation

Presenter:

Laura Greco, RN, MEd is a certified wellness coach and speaker who facilitates learning and changing habits. She helps professionals eliminate burnout, manage stress, create life balance, and rekindle their sense of purpose and joy. Self-care (body, mind, and spirit) is the basis for well-being and we all have the capacity to make positive lifestyle changes are 2 of her foundational beliefs. She is the author of Wellness Made Simple. For more information, please visit her website http://www.YouBloomWellness.com .

CALL Training Partner for this Event: PCI