Background There is increasing evidence of an association between social relationships
and morbidity in general, and cardiovascular disease in particular. However, recent …

Objectives To investigate associations between level and changes in social isolation and in
memory in older men and women. Methods The sample included 6,123 women and 5,110 …

Social network analysis is a collection of methodological tools that provide a variety of
measures and models for describing relationships among social actors embedded in …

This study examines loneliness and its correlates—health, residential care, partner status,
and network size—over a seven-year period among adults born between 1908 and 1937 …

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 …

What is quality of life? What is quality of life in older age? How can quality of life in older age
be improved? This book explores concepts of quality of life in older age in the theoretical …

Socioemotional selectivity theory contends that as people become increasingly aware of
limitations on future time, they are increasingly motivated to be more selective in their choice …

From the laughing clubs of India and robotic granny minders of Japan to the" Flexsecurity"
system of Denmark and the elderscapes of Florida, experts in this collection bring readers …

This paper considers the processes and circumstances that create vulnerability among older
people, specifically to a very poor quality of life or an untimely or degrading death. Models of …

The purpose of this paper was to identify predictors of social isolation and loneliness for very
old rural and urban adults. With data from the 1996 Aging in Manitoba Study (N= 1,868; age …