Loneliness and Social Isolation of the Elderly from Drobeta-Turnu Severin during the COVID-19 PandemicVulcnescu, Marinela IleanaVlaicu, Florina LuizaBlu, Dnu SorinJivanov, GabrielaSocial Work Review / Revista de Asistenta Sociala
Loneliness and social isolation (SI) are well-established as factors contributing to the development of a range of chronic health conditions including dementia, cardiovascular diseases and depression [1,2]. Articles have found that the health implications of loneliness and SI are comparable to well-a...
Moreover, contact with prison personnel is limited and lack social capital (e.g. trust). Conclusion To our knowledge, this study is one of the first to present incarcerated persons’ perspective on loneliness, social isolation and poor social capital in the Swiss prison setting. These has been...
Loneliness and social isolation are growing public health concerns in our ageing society. Whilst these experiences occur across the life span, 50% of individuals aged over 60 are at risk of social isolation and one-third will experience some degree of loneliness later in life. The aim of this ...
Rosenbloom, C. A., & Whittington, F. J. (1993). The effects of Bereavement on eating behaviors and Nutrient intakes in Elderly widowed persons.Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences,48(4), 223–229.http://geronj.oxfordjournals.org/ ...
Loneliness and social isolation have been identified as important predictors of various health outcomes, but little research has investigated their influence on falls. This study aimed to investigate the longitudinal association between loneliness, socia
(HealthDay)—Elderly people who are socially isolated and lonely may be at greater risk of early death, British researchers report. Lack of social contact might be an even bigger risk factor thanloneliness, they added. Why, however, isolation is such a powerful predictor of death isn't clear...
Facets of support related to well-being: quantitative social isolation and perceived family support in a sample of elderly women. The purpose of this study was to examine the independent and interactive relationships of measures of network embeddedness and perceived social support wit... MG Thompson...
And all of the above factors can affect the loneliness of the elderly to varying degrees [43]. Because children were busy with work and had less companionship and communication with the older adults, the older adults mostly regarded their spouses as daily communication objects. However, the ...
During the COVID-19 pandemic, mobile phone dependence (MPD) became a common addictive behavior among adolescents because of social isolation. To understand the underlying mechanisms of the impact of social isolation on MPD, this study examined the mediating role of loneliness and the moderating role...