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ReviewThe Lancet. Public health2026

Rethinking health-care systems to tackle social isolation and frailty.

Fereshteh Mehrabi, Mary Louise Pomeroy, Emiel O Hoogendijk, Thomas K M Cudjoe, Mark Oremus, Karen Bandeen-Roche, Charity Oga-Omenka

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Review in The Lancet. Public health, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Fereshteh MehrabiDepartment of Psychology, Concordia University, Montreal, QC, Canada.
Mary Louise PomeroyCenter for Equity in Aging, Johns Hopkins School of Nursing, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Emiel O HoogendijkDepartment of Epidemiology & Data Science, Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, Netherlands. Electronic address: e.hoogendijk@amsterdamumc.nl.
Thomas K M CudjoeDivision of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA; Center on Aging and Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Mark OremusSchool of Public Health Sciences, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada.
Karen Bandeen-RocheDepartment of Biostatistics, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA; Center on Aging and Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Charity Oga-OmenkaSchool of Public Health Sciences, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada.

Funding

Technological Assessment and Solutions Core - RC4P30AG021334 · NIA · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI Jeremy D Walston · 2003 to 2026
$33.2M
NIA NIH HHS P30 AG021334
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ageing populations face increasing burdens from frailty and social isolation, which are two inter-related public health challenges that increase the risk of dementia, hospitalisation, and mortality. Despite health systems' potential to intervene, the co-occurrence of frailty and social isolation remains overlooked in policy, research, and routine care, leading to fragmented and insufficient responses. Structural barriers (eg, cultural and linguistic obstacles, low health literacy, complex system navigation, financial constraints, geographical isolation, and care coordination) further limit access. In this Viewpoint, we highlight four priorities to address these challenges: (1) screening in primary and acute care; (2) integrated medical and social care; (3) social prescribing; and (4) equity-focused policy and research within ageing strategies. Coordinated and cross-sector action that addresses social determinants of health and embeds frailty prevention and social wellbeing as core health system functions is urgently needed to enable healthy ageing.

Indexed as

Delivery of Health CareFrail ElderlySocial IsolationAgedDelivery of Health Care, IntegratedHealth EquityHealth Services AccessibilityHumansPrimary Health CareSocial PrescribingSocial Support

Identifiers

PMID41662853
PMCPMC13159021

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