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Countering Loneliness with Leisure

Meaningful activities can help mitigate loneliness, says therapeutic recreation Professor John Dattilo ’77 Edu, ’77 H&HD.

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By Savita Iyer

Illustration by Richard MiaJanuary / February 2024

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