Challenging Times: Addressing Loneliness in Older Adults during the COVID-19 Pandemic
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DOI: 10.1080/15323269.2021.1860629
Abstract: The COVID-19 pandemic presented the world with a quick spreading virus. Most of the United States’ population was sent into a sudden lockdown. Physicians’ offices, libraries, senior centers and community centers immediately closed, and outreach… read more here.
Keywords: times addressing; addressing loneliness; loneliness older; older adults ... See more keywords
Predictors Of Loneliness In Older Irish Adults And Its Relationship To Depression
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DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afae178.141
Abstract: Loneliness can affect up to 30% of older adults and is associated with increased morbidity and all cause mortality. Loneliness is also a major risk factor for depression. We aimed to explore the predictors of… read more here.
Keywords: irish adults; predictors loneliness; depression; older irish ... See more keywords
The Direct and Indirect Effects of Hearing Loss on Loneliness in Older Adults
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DOI: 10.1097/aud.0000000000001699
Abstract: Objectives: The objective of this study was to determine if and how hearing loss leads to loneliness in older adults. Design: We examined data from wave 5 (2013, n = 66.188) and wave 6 (2015,… read more here.
Keywords: loneliness; hearing loss; indirect effects; loneliness older ... See more keywords
Using Telehealth Groups to Combat Loneliness in Older Adults Through COVID‐19
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DOI: 10.1111/jgs.16553
Abstract: To the Editor: Loneliness has been a growing public health concern for older adults in recent years. It was suggested that almost one-half of the older adult population will experience chronic periods of loneliness at… read more here.
Keywords: group; loneliness older; circle friends; telehealth ... See more keywords
Implications of COVID-19 on the Loneliness of Older Adults in Residential Care Homes
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DOI: 10.1177/10497323211050910
Abstract: With little understandings on the loneliness of older adults in residential care homes structured by social contact restrictions, the provision of person-centered care was jeopardized during the pandemic. This study employed hermeneutic phenomenology to explore… read more here.
Keywords: older adults; adults residential; care homes; residential care ... See more keywords
Defining loneliness in older adults: protocol for a systematic review
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DOI: 10.1186/s13643-018-0935-y
Abstract: BackgroundSocialization is an important part of the healthy aging process, but natural changes in the lifestyle and health of older people increased risk of loneliness. However, loneliness is not well defined and might differ in… read more here.
Keywords: defining loneliness; systematic review; loneliness older; review ... See more keywords
Fear of COVID-19 is associated with trust, subjective numeracy, and differentially with loneliness in older versus younger adults
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DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1080631
Abstract: Introduction The emotional impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and resulting public health emergency are only beginning to be understood. Methods We assessed the contributions of emotional and cognitive factors and age-related comorbidities to greater COVID-19… read more here.
Keywords: loneliness older; covid fear; subjective numeracy; fear covid ... See more keywords
COVID-19 restrictions promoted the newly occurring loneliness in older people – a prospective study in a memory clinic population
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DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2024.1340498
Abstract: Introduction A high burden and many negative outcomes for older people were associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. Social isolation and loneliness are prevalent health problems impacting well-being and quality of life and may have increased… read more here.
Keywords: covid; newly occurring; older people; loneliness older ... See more keywords
Loneliness in Older Indian Dyads
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DOI: 10.3390/ijerph19095302
Abstract: Background: Loneliness has been recognised as a major public health concern in older adults in developed nations, with little focus on low- and middle-income countries such as India. While the protective nature of social relationships… read more here.
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Relationships between Interpersonal Goals and Loneliness in Older Adults: A Cross-Sectional Study
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DOI: 10.3390/ijerph20031914
Abstract: Loneliness is linked to many physiological and psychological issues and disproportionately affects older adults. Interpersonal goals (compassion and self-image) are essential to interpersonal relationships; however, how they relate to loneliness in older adults is unknown.… read more here.
Keywords: loneliness older; older adults; cross sectional; interpersonal goals ... See more keywords