Tag Archives: isolation
Age Cymru Wales forecasts loneliness & isolation epidemic
WAMES is continually being made aware of the isolation people with ME can feel. Unfortunately years of limited contact with friends and family due to poor health can mean that loneliness becomes an even greater issue as people age and friends and family … Continue reading
A robot-avatar: easier access to education & reduction in isolation?
Research abstract: This paper presents a qualitative study of deployment and use of a robot as a sick child’s avatar at school. Many children and youth suffer from a range of chronic illnesses that make them, often for long stretches … Continue reading
Couples’ experiences of interacting with outside others in CFS
Abstract OBJECTIVES Social isolation and stigma are frequently reported by patients with chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis and relationships in the home environment with those close to the patients (their ‘significant others’) may thus be particularly important. Rather little attention has … Continue reading
Adolescents’ experiences of living with CFS
‘Sometimes it feels as if the world goes on without me’: adolescents’ experiences of living with chronic fatigue syndrome Abstract Aims and objectives: To explore the experience of being an adolescent with chronic fatigue syndrome. BACKGROUND Despite ample research, chronic … Continue reading
