Approaches to counter loneliness and social isolation

Nursing Older People

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 31-39

  Price, Bob ^a  

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Author keywords

Comprehensive geriatric assessment; Loneliness; Social change; Social isolation; Social networks; Suicide

Indexed keywords

AGED; COMMUNITY CARE; HUMAN; LONELINESS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TEACHER; UNITED KINGDOM; VOLUNTEER;

AGED; COMMUNITY NETWORKS; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LONELINESS; MENTORS; SELF EFFICACY; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL NETWORKING; SOCIAL SUPPORT; VOLUNTEERS;

EID: 84945292633     PISSN: 14720795     EISSN: 20478941     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.7748/nop.27.7.31.e722     Document Type: Article

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