Perceived age discrimination and social isolation mediate the relationship between disasters and loneliness: results from Wave 1 of the Longitudinal Ageing Study of India

By highlighting the negative role of disasters on older persons' loneliness and social isolation and identifying a potential mechanism that possibly explains this link, we also highlight a window of possibilities. Addressing age discrimination at the institutional level via rules and regulations and at the interpersonal level via educational interventions and intergenerational contact can result in lower social isolation and lower levels of loneliness in older persons.