Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the association between aspects of social
capital and loneliness among the very old living at home and in institutional settings …

Background Previous studies of loneliness have largely focused on establishing risk factors
in specific age groups such as in later life or in young people. Researchers have paid less …

Background: Emotional loneliness and social isolation are major problems in old age. These
concepts are interrelated and often used interchangeably, but few studies have investigated …

Purpose: Loneliness and social isolation have detrimental effects on health in old age;
however, the prospective associations with quality of life (QoL) remain unclear. Furthermore …

Objectives: The understanding of social phenomena is enhanced if individuals can be
studied over longer periods. Regarding loneliness in old age, there is a general lack of …

Objectives This study sought to examine demographic, health, and psychosocial correlates
of loneliness in Czech older adults using Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in …

Purpose The aim of the present study is to analyze the role of age in the association
between socio-economic status (SES) and loneliness as well as the role of neighborhood …

Previous research implies that the extent of welfare state regime provision plays an
important indirect role in the prevalence of loneliness in later life. The aim of this study was …

Aims: This study examined the prevalence of loneliness among the oldest old within a 10-
year period and studied the influence of various sociodemographic, social and health …

Using a created typology, we explore the conjoint conditions of emotional and social
isolation with respect to age, sex, labor force status, perceived health status, and adequacy …