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| Social networks and the prediction of elderly people at risk | | Author(s) | G Clare Wenger |
| Journal title | Aging & Mental Health, vol 1, no 4, November 1997 |
| Pages | pp 311-320 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Informal care ; Living in the community ; At risk ; Social contacts ; Isolation ; United Kingdom. |
| Annotation | The relationship between social support and risk has been well documented. This paper presents a typology of support networks found amongst older people living in the community, from a United Kingdom (UK) perspective. The distinguishing features of five different types of networks are described and a risk profile for each network type is presented. It is shown that different networks have different strengths and weaknesses and that the nature of potential risk is related to the type of support network. Further, the paper addresses the significance and identification of support network for practice, decision making and intervention with particular reference to: social isolation, hospital discharge, admissions to residential care and mental illness. |
| Accession Number | CPA-980325237 A |
| Classmark | P6: K4: CA3: TOA: TP: 8 |
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