Objectives Contemporary societal views on old age as well as a rise in retirement age raise
the question whether patterns of stability and/or decline in network size as found in earlier …

In studying ageing and personal networks, the dominant focus has been towards a
presumed reduction in social ties over the later stages of the life course. Life events such as …

Objectives: The aim of this study is to increase our understanding of declining network size
with aging by differentiating between processes of loss and gain and studying the …

This article examines changes over time in social network composition among a sample of
people aged 85 and over at baseline interview in 1987, who were followed-up two and a …

Objectives To examine patterns of change in later-life social connectedness:(a) the extent
and direction of changes in different aspects of social connectedness, including size …

Abstract Background The National Social Life, Health, and Aging Project (NSHAP) has
collected 3 rounds of data on older adults' egocentric social networks. We describe the …

This chapter describes recent developments in gerontological network research. After a brief
introduction, we distinguish three main theoretical approaches: convoy, social exchange …

Objectives. Previous studies have shown that most older people have a significant number
of relationships. However, the question of whether the aging of old people produces losses …

Objectives. This article describes new longitudinal data on older adults' egocentric social
networks collected by the National Social Life, Health, and Aging Project (NSHAP). We …

Scholars who study how social networks affect older adults' health are often concerned with
the prospect of declining social connectedness in late life. This paper shifts the focus to older …