Social isolation and loneliness among older people: issues and future challenges in community and residential settings.
Linda Grenade,Duncan Boldy +1 more
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The need to conduct more residential care-focused research; the importance of addressing a variety of methodological concerns; and the need for practitioners to develop intervention programs that are appropriately targeted, evidence-based and evaluated are identified.Abstract:
Although often associated with older age, loneliness and social isolation are not well understood in terms of their prevalence, risk and protective factors. Evidence suggests that only a minority of community-dwelling older people are "severely" lonely or isolated, however a number of factors need to be considered to fully understand the extent and significance of the problem. Community-based studies have identified a variety of risk factors for loneliness/isolation including widowhood, no (surviving) children, living alone, deteriorating health, and life events (eg, loss and bereavement). Having a confidant has been identified as a protective factor for loneliness. However, evidence is often unclear or inconclusive, especially within residential settings. We identified the need to conduct more residential care-focused research; the importance of addressing a variety of methodological concerns; and the need for practitioners to develop intervention programs that are appropriately targeted, evidence-based and evaluated.read more
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Development of a community's self-efficacy scale for preventing social isolation among community-dwelling older people (Mimamori Scale).
TL;DR: The CSES demonstrated adequate reliability and validity for assessing a community’s self-efficacy to aid in its preventing social isolation among older people and contribute to overall well-being in aging societies in Japan and abroad.
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Differences in social isolation between young and old elderly in urban areas of Beijing, China: A cross-sectional study.
TL;DR: The study indicated that different ages of older adults experienced different aspects of social relationships and proposed that nursing interventions for the elderly should focus on individualized social support as a protective factor to help older adults avoid being socially isolated.
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How the perspectives of nursing assistants and frail elderly residents on their daily interaction in nursing homes affect their interaction: a qualitative study.
Chi-chi Lung,Justina Y. W. Liu +1 more
TL;DR: The findings showed that with good intentions to establish closer rapport, both NAs and residents did favors for each other and all of those favors were easily integrated in the care provided to the residents without increasing the workload of the NAs.
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Association Between Social Isolation and Smoking in Japan and England.
Takaaki Ikeda,Takaaki Ikeda,Noriko Cable,Masashige Saito,Shihoko Koyama,Taishi Tsuji,Taiji Noguchi,Katsunori Kondo,Ken Osaka,Jun Aida,Jun Aida +10 more
TL;DR: Older people who were less socially isolated were more likely to quit smoking in England than in Japan, possibly explained by the strict tobacco control policies in England.
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Persuasive dialogue for older adults: promoting and encouraging social interaction
John Paul Vargheese,Somayajulu Sripada,Judith Masthoff,Nir Oren,Patricia Schofield,Vicki L. Hanson +5 more
TL;DR: A persuasive dialogue component for promoting and encouraging social interaction for older adults is described and a model using rules for assessing older adult profiles and applying persuasive strategies is developed.
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