Objective The aim of this study was to evaluate the 1-year effect of the health-promoting
intervention “senior meetings” for older community-dwelling persons regarding loneliness …

Background Supporting older adults' health and wellbeing in the community is an important
policy goal that can be supported by health promotion. Despite widespread acceptance of …

Preventing and alleviating social isolation and loneliness among older people is an
important area for policy and practice, but the effectiveness of many interventions has been …

Purpose To evaluate the effects of a community-based educational program designed to
promote health by enhancing older adults' mastery while decreasing loneliness and stress …

While many researchers have asserted that social participation enhances psychological well-
being among the elderly, few empirical investigations have studied this relationship by …

Background: Social disengagement among older persons may result from accumulated
physical impact and social stressors experienced throughout life. Conversely, interventions …

Background The proportion of older people has dramatically increased in recent decades.
Moreover, social and demographic trends show a global increase of older people at risk of …

Background. Villages represent an emerging consumer-driven social support model that
aims to enhance the social engagement, independence, and well-being of community …

Social networks and improved health outcomes are strongly connected, yet many elders
face isolation and loneliness. This article presents a study of an elder cohousing community …

Background. Social engagement is a key indicator of older adults' later life quality and health
status, but few studies have comprehensively examined social engagement patterns of US …