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The Erasmus+ funded Alone project has officially come to an end and the last steps took place. FINAL TRANSNATIONAL PARTNERS MEETING: The consortium met for the final transnational partners online, on the 11th of April 2022. In that occasion partners had the chance to finalize the last project outputs, make the point on the achieved results and the last upcoming tasks. TRAINING CURRICULUM ON EXISTENTIAL LONELINESS AMONG OLDER PEOPLE FOR HEALTH CARE AND SOCIAL PROFESSIONALS: RESULTS OF THE PILOTINGS IN THE DIFFERENT PARTNERS COUNTRIES In the last months partners have been involved in the piloting of the training curriculum on existential loneliness among older people addressed to health care and social professionals. This innovative training aimed at raising awareness and giving information on loneliness, and more specifically on existential loneliness,…

Loneliness among older people is a growing issue globally, even if the numbers are difficult to estimate as loneliness most commonly is measured as social loneliness only. Social loneliness embraces social aspects needs for human relationships and is often measured in the form of the number of contacts someone has, how extensive the social network is, cohabitation or not, etc. Loneliness is, however, a complex concept that also involves physical as existential dimensions. The physical dimension involves the need closeness and touch, while loneliness in its existential form runs much deeper than social and physical loneliness and is described as an unavoidable condition of humanity. This means that even if other people surround you, you can experience profound loneliness in its existential form. Existential loneliness is usually described in association with death, dying, and cancer when questions about the…