Changes in levels of social isolation and loneliness among older people in a rural area: A twenty-year longitudinal study

Canadian Journal on Aging

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 115-127

  Wenger, G Clare ^a   Burholt, Vanessa ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aging; Case history; Intervention; Loneliness; Longitudinal study; Rural; Social isolation

Indexed keywords

AGED; CONFERENCE PAPER; FAMILY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LONELINESS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

EID: 3142514188     PISSN: 07149808     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/cja.2004.0028     Document Type: Conference Paper

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