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The Connecticut Collaborative to End Loneliness

An alliance to foster social connection across CT

An alliance to foster social connection across CTAn alliance to foster social connection across CTAn alliance to foster social connection across CT

Patient loneliness

CT healthcare providers, health insurers, and public health workers are collaborating to make loneliness a standard component of annual physical examinations for people of all ages and to develop standard protocols, referral solutions, and best practices for handling patient loneliness.  

Healthcare Professionals, Insurers, & Public Health Leaders

Healthcare Professionals, Insurers, & Public Health Leaders

  1. Working together to determine criteria and create mechanisms to identify patient loneliness. 
  2. Collaborating to develop standard protocols and identify possible referral solutions.
  3. Publishing recommendations to ensure an updated database of interventions is maintained and available to providers statewide. 
  4. Publishing recommendations for healthcare providers across CT to implement best practices for handling patient loneliness in their practice.

Workgroup Members

Nicole Cornell - Workgroup Co-Chair

Director, Population Health and Integrated Care Management, CarePartners of Connecticut          

Karina Berg, MD

Geriatrician, UConn Center on Aging

Rachel Boxwell, LCSW

Social Worker, UConn Health

Ebony Jackson-Shaheed

Director of Health & Human Services, City of Hartford

Sowmya Kurtakoti, MD

Medical Director of Geriatrics, Hartford Healthcare Medical Group & Chief of Geriatrics at Hartford Hospital 

Maureen McIntyre

Executive Director, North Central Area Agency on Aging

Shauna Pangilinan

State of Connecticut Dept. of Public Health

Adam Perrin, MD

Associate Professor of Family Medicine, Faculty Co-Director of Student Affairs & Director of Student Wellness, UConn School of Medicine

Amina Weiland

Resource Coordinator, Hartford HealthCare Center for Healthy Aging

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