Having good relationships with others is important for our wellbeing. So how can we keep up relationships with people we like and enjoy? The responsibilities and time demands of a caring role can mean less time is made for socialising. For our own wellbeing’s sake, how can we avoid becoming socially isolated, or lonely?
Avon Hansen-Beadle and friends get together every week to sing and play the ukelele. They call themselves The Hibiscus Yukes and they meet at a community centre in Orewa, north…