[Isl] Dawn Carr talks pets, older adults and loneliness in "Stats & Stories" podcast

[Willard Edmonds]

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Dawn C. Carr, Director of FSU’s Claude Pepper Center, Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology and a Faculty Affiliate of the Institute for Successful Longevity, talks about her research into loneliness in older adults and whether pets can be a way for people to stay engaged in the latest “Stats + Stories” podcast.

You can listen to the podcast here: https://statsandstories.net/.../a-dogs-impact-on-loneliness<https://statsandstories.net/society1/a-dogs-impact-on-loneliness?fbclid=IwAR0c1IY0h-tI7LBUDgz6GSx5kpmaMEpQLVgJIOKmMKfgtAymQm0wdaZ4m-Y>.

At the COVID pandemic’s seeming height, social media were filled with images and stories of people adopting pets. Individuals who might not have had time for a dog or a cat before lockdown suddenly did. Needing to walk a dog also gave people a reason to leave their homes at regular intervals.

For some older adults with dogs, those regular strolls around the neighborhood may have helped keep them from having increased feelings of loneliness. That’s the focus of this Carr’s podcast discussion.
Stats + Stories is a production of the Department of Statistics at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio.

Bill Edmonds, Ph.D.
Institute for Successful Longevity
Florida State University
850-933-7960
btedmond at fsu.edu<mailto:btedmond at fsu.edu>

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