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9 December 2022

Understanding and defining loneliness and social isolation

This resource sheet explores how we understand social isolation and loneliness and provides common definitions to support practitioner understanding of people…

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Media release Mar 2015

Many Australians live alone

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Research report Mar 2015

Demographics of living alone

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Research report Nov 1983

Singles in Australian society

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