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> Many elderly people die of loneliness.

How does this work exactly? Medically speaking.




Depression -> not eating -> weakness -> accident or opportunistic infectious disease.

It's also underappreciated how often depression in the elderly can lead to confusion or even psychosis. Which can also lead to a fatal accident.




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