Loneliness, isolation and the health of older adults: Do we need a new research agenda?

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, Supplement

Volumn 105, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 518-522

  Valtorta, Nicole ^a   Hanratty, Barbara ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LONELINESS; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL ISOLATION; UCLA LONELINESS SCALE; AGING; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESEARCH; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED KINGDOM; AGE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; MEASUREMENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LONELINESS; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84872090942     PISSN: 02675331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/jrsm.2012.120128     Document Type: Article

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