Social Connection as Medicine:  How Making a Connection Plan Can Mitigate Loneliness

At the conclusion of this presentation participants should be able to:

1. Identify the three components of the cognitive-behavioral model of loneliness

2. Describe at least three local resources that can incorporated into Connection Plans

3. Create a Connection Plan with an older client/patient

Presented by Abigail Zang Hoffman, MDiv, LMSW

Research Assistant, Helping Older People Engage (HOPE) Lab

PhD Student, University of Rochester