Singing in Community Choir Can Ease Loneliness, Enliven Older Adults

New research shows that singing in a community choir reduces loneliness and increases interest in life for older adults.
However, participation in the choir did not improve cognition or physical function, according to researchers at the University of California San Francisco.
The research came out of the program Community of Voices, a collaboration between UCSF and the non-profit San Francisco Community Music Center (CMC), as well as the San Francisco Department of Aging and Adult Services (DAAS