Alspach (2013) defined social isolation as “the absence of relationships with family or friends on an individual level, and with society on a broader level” (p. 9). That said, an individual has contacts that are minimal to none and may not be capable of having a social relationship. Being socially connected is important to health because friends and families help boost emotional status of the patient. We often include the family or any support system of the patient not only to educate them of the patient’s illness, but also to help encourage the patient participate in their care. Social isolation is different from loneliness as Weinstein, Sirow, and Moser (2016) emphasized that “loneliness is the discrepancy between one’s achieved and desired
