Social Isolation and Mental Well-Being
摘要
Our previous chapter on Social Interaction explored ways that technology can support people to find channels to connect with their existing social networks. In contrast, this chapter focuses on those people who for many different reasons might have become isolated from society, and who could use support to reconnect. Again, technology can play many different roles in this process; from being a conduit by which people can form new connections or relationships, all the way through to providing a presence within the home environment.