| |
Centre for Policy on Ageing | |
 | |
|
Loneliness in old age
— interventions to curb loneliness in long-term care facilities | | Author(s) | Rachel E Brimelow, Judy A Wollin |
| Journal title | Activities, Adaptation and Aging, vol 41, no 4, 2017 |
| Publisher | Taylor and Francis, 2017 |
| Pages | pp 301-315 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/0192478... |
| Keywords | Recreation ; Loneliness ; Isolation ; Care homes ; Nursing homes ; Literature reviews. |
| Annotation | At present, there is little analytical research examining practical interventions to address loneliness in long-term aged care. A review of the literature was conducted to identify and examine the usefulness of current interventions. A broad range of activities was found that would benefit lonely residents. Animal-assisted therapy was the most widely implemented strategy, and was both appropriate and effective for cognitively impaired and non-impaired residents. Collaborative group approaches to improve cognitive ageing were highly beneficial to residents, as was indoor gardening, group use of game consoles, and increased social contact with family or friends mediated via videoconferencing. Continued innovation and adaptation of practices to provide stimulation and increase social connectedness are needed, in conjunction with rigorous research methodologies, to determine effectiveness and appropriateness of those interventions that would reduce loneliness for residents in long-term care facilities. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-180126224 A |
| Classmark | H: DV: TP: KW: LHB: 64A |
Data © Centre for Policy on Ageing |
|
| ...from the Ageinfo database published by Centre for Policy on Ageing. |
| |
|