India, May 13 -- Older adults often face the pandemic of loneliness. The absence of having someone to talk to, do the mundane routine with, share conversations, can make them feel lonely and deprived. However, according to a new study, social networking can help older adults have a better quality of life, than previously known. Also read | Strategies to combat the impact of loneliness on the mental health of elderly

The study, led by Lissette Piedra, a professor of social work at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and James Iveniuk, a senior research scientist at the University of Chicago's National Opinion Research Center, was published in the Journal of Aging and Health, which observed how three types of social networking can ...