Social isolation, loneliness and health in old age: a scoping review

E Courtin, M Knapp - Health & social care in the community, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The health and well‐being consequences of social isolation and loneliness in old age are
increasingly being recognised. The purpose of this scoping review was to take stock of the …

[HTML][HTML] Social prescription interventions addressing social isolation and loneliness in older adults: Meta-review integrating on-the-ground resources

C Paquet, J Whitehead, R Shah, AM Adams… - Journal of Medical …, 2023 - jmir.org
Background Social prescription programs represent a viable solution to linking primary care
patients to nonmedical community resources for improving patient well-being. However …

Loneliness in the United States: A 2018 national panel survey of demographic, structural, cognitive, and behavioral characteristics

LDH Bruce, JS Wu, SL Lustig… - American Journal of …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Purpose: To inform health behavior intervention design, we sought to quantify loneliness
and its correlates, including social media use, among adults in the United States. Design …

Immigration and loneliness in later life

Z Wu, M Penning - Ageing & Society, 2015 - cambridge.org
Although the loneliness of both older adults and immigrants is frequently asserted,
knowledge regarding the implications of immigration for loneliness in later life is limited. In …

Differences in late-life loneliness: a comparison between Turkish and native-born older adults in Germany

T Fokkema, R Naderi - European Journal of Ageing, 2013 - Springer
The aim of this study was (1) to examine whether Turkish older migrants are indeed—as is
often claimed without solid scientific evidence—lonelier than their peers with no migration …

[HTML][HTML] A conceptual review of loneliness in adults: Qualitative evidence synthesis

L Mansfield, C Victor, C Meads, N Daykin… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
The paper reports an evidence synthesis of how loneliness is conceptualised in qualitative
studies in adults. Using PRISMA guidelines, our review evaluated exposure to or …

Immigrants as research partners: a review of immigrants in community-based participatory research (CBPR)

LM Vaughn, F Jacquez, R Lindquist-Grantz… - Journal of Immigrant and …, 2017 - Springer
Community-based participatory research (CBPR) is uniquely suited to engage immigrants in
all aspects of research, from research question development to data collection to …

Being in a Bubble: the experience of loneliness among frail older people

E Taube, U Jakobsson, P Midlöv… - Journal of Advanced …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Aim The aim of this study was to explore the experience of loneliness among frail older
people living at home. Background Loneliness is a threat to the physical and psychological …

The effect of gender and culture on loneliness: A mini review

A Rokach - Emerging Science Journal, 2018 - ijournalse.org
Loneliness is an experience determined by a person's characteristics, her situational
variables, gender, and background. This review article describes the myriad of studies, with …

Aging-in-place and the spatial distribution of older adult vulnerability in Canada

NS Channer, M Hartt, S Biglieri - Applied Geography, 2020 - Elsevier
Rapid population aging is underway across the entirety of Canada. With the proportion of
older adults increasing and the majority of the older generation planning to age in place …