Understanding and addressing older adults' loneliness: the social relationship expectations framework

SC Akhter-Khan, M Prina, GHY Wong… - Perspectives on …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Loneliness is an experience resulting from a perceived discrepancy between expected and
actual social relationships. Although this discrepancy is widely considered the “core …

How to utilize neighborship: the role of residents' social capital in the neighborhood renewal in China

R Huang, G Liu, K Li, A Shrestha, X Fu, K You… - Environmental Impact …, 2023 - Elsevier
Neighborhood renewal projects in China have distinct characteristics. Unlike other
government-led public affair, these projects entail extensive participation from the residents …

Understanding older adults' social capital in place: Obstacles to and opportunities for social contacts in the neighbourhood

D Lager, B Van Hoven, PPP Huigen - Geoforum, 2015 - Elsevier
Social capital has been a popular concept used in research and policy to stress the value of
social contacts for the health and well-being of older adults. However, not much is known …

Older people as assets in disaster preparedness, response and recovery: lessons from regional Australia

A Howard, T Blakemore, M Bevis - Ageing & Society, 2017 - cambridge.org
This article reports on findings from a qualitative research study on natural disaster
preparedness in 'at risk'population groups in regional Australia, and in particular on findings …

[HTML][HTML] Liderazgo transaccional y transformacional de voluntarios jóvenes y adultos de Mar del Plata

Y Silva Peralta, C Olsen, L Pezzi, N Sanjurjo - Psicoperspectivas, 2016 - SciELO Chile
Esta investigación exploratoria-descriptiva-comparativa tuvo como finalidad caracterizar el
liderazgo transaccional y transformacional en voluntarios de la ciudad de Mar del Plata y …

A study on the factors influencing the community participation of older adults in C hina: based on the CHARLS 2011 data set

W Lin - Health & Social Care in the Community, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Many communities provide older people with various opportunities to participate in the
society. The 2010 Chinese census reveals that the majority of the older adults in China are …

Regional variation in social isolation amongst older Australians

A Beer, D Faulkner, J Law, G Lewin… - Regional Studies …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Regional studies globally has a strong focus on understanding the causes of variation in the
economic performance and well-being of regions and this emphasis acknowledges that the …

Involving rural older people in service co-production: Is there an untapped pool of potential participants?

SA Munoz, J Farmer, J Warburton, J Hall - Journal of rural studies, 2014 - Elsevier
Co-production is currently promoted by governments as a response to public service reform
in conditions of austerity and, within a neoliberal ideology, to compel individual and …

Life space and mental health: a study of older community-dwelling persons in Australia

JE Byles, L Leigh, K Vo, P Forder… - Aging & mental health, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Objectives: The ability of older people to mobilise within and outside their community is
dependent on a number of factors. This study explored the relationship between spatial …

Men's Sheds: enabling environments for A ustralian men living with and without long‐term disabilities

NL Hansji, NJ Wilson, R Cordier - Health & Social Care in the …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The health of A ustralian men has recently received greater attention. Men's Sheds are
named in national policy as an exemplar community‐based organisation for the betterment …