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Erlangen – Older people with cognitive impairments are apparently at high risk of being socially isolated from friends and family members. This was discovered by an interdisciplinary research team based on data from the Digital Dementia Register Bavaria (PLOS ONE 2024; DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0306447). “On the one hand, older people tend to withdraw, and on the other hand, their circle of friends often becomes smaller,…