How isolation could be affecting your employees during the COVID-19 pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic has affected everyone differently, but there’s one common experience being shared worldwide: isolation.

With ongoing remote work, widespread school closures and continued restrictions, individuals are finding themselves removed from the social relationships and support they had previously enjoyed. While social distancing and staying at home are crucial to fighting the pandemic and protecting public health, this level of isolation can also prove harmful to physical and mental health.

During a recent Workplace Wellness Insider webinar, Dr. David Batman, a member of the Science Advisory Board for Virgin Pulse, explored the impact of isolation on health outcomes—and some steps that wellness professionals can take to protect employees.

Isolation, he explained, can take many different forms for different people—and it doesn’t always stem from being physically separated from others.