The Goal: Longer Life With Less Loneliness

When older patients feel more connected, they often stay healthier; now health-care providers are taking steps to help them feel less alone CareMore, a health-care provider, is screening its elderly patients for loneliness. Chair volleyball is a popular offering at CareMore's Nifty After Fifty gyms, which are attached to many of its health clinics, including this one in Modesto, Calif.