Targeting Socially Isolated Older Adults: A Process Evaluation of the Senior Centre Without Walls Social and Educational Program

Journal of Applied Gerontology

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 958-976

  Newall, Nancy E G ^a   Menec, Verena H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

intervention; loneliness; older adults; social isolation; telephone programming

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INCOME; KNOWLEDGE; LONELINESS; MALE; PREVALENCE; SENIOR CENTER; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ISOLATION; TELEPHONE INTERVIEW; VERY ELDERLY; WELLBEING; HEALTH STATUS; MANITOBA; MIDDLE AGED; NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TELEPHONE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INCOME; LONELINESS; MALE; MANITOBA; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATIONS, NONPROFIT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SENIOR CENTERS; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TELEPHONE;

EID: 84945550912     PISSN: 07334648     EISSN: 15524523     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0733464813510063     Document Type: Article

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