AdvertisementEasing Old People's Loneliness Can Help Keep Them HealthyJanuary 01, 2017Anna GormanfacebookEmailEmil Girardi, 83, and Shipra Narruhn, 67, chat in Girardi's San Francisco apartment. They were paired through a nonprofit called Little Brothers, Friends of the Elderly, which aims to relieve isolation and loneliness. (Anna Gorman/KHN)