What do older people experiencing loneliness think about primary care or community based interventions to reduce loneliness? A qualitative study in England

Health and Social Care in the Community

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 1733-1742

  Kharicha, Kalpa ^a   Iliffe, Steve ^a   Manthorpe, Jill ^b   Chew Graham, Carolyn A ^c   Cattan, Mima ^d   Goodman, Claire ^e   Kirby Barr, Maggie ^f   Whitehouse, Janet H ^f   Walters, Kate ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^f Lay Member   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

community based interventions; loneliness; older people; primary care

Indexed keywords

AGED; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; ENGLAND; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LONELINESS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; THINKING; FEMALE; INDEPENDENT LIVING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PSYCHOLOGY; SINGLE (MARITAL STATUS); SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDEPENDENT LIVING; LONELINESS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SINGLE PERSON; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 85013662065     PISSN: 09660410     EISSN: 13652524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/hsc.12438     Document Type: Article

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