"Supporting Seniors and Families: Helping the Lonely"
This annual address featured Pearl Dykstra, translational researcher in kinship, intergenerational issues, and families. Dr. Dykstra presented “Alleviating loneliness among older adults: What works and what does not work?” Dr. Dykstra is chair of Empirical Sociology at Erasmus University Rotterdam and is an internationally regarded specialist on intergenerational solidarity, family change, aging and the life course, aging societies, and loneliness.