Prevalence and determinants of loneliness among the oldest old living in institutionalized settings
Hajek, A.; Zwar, L.; Gyasi, R.M.; Kretzler, B.; König, H. · Zeitschrift für Gerontologie und Geriatrie · 2023 · Heft 6 · S. 214 bis 219
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Zusammenfassung
FormalPara Brief introduction. In very late life various adverse life events, such as spousal loss, commonly occur. Often due to a lack of data availability, individuals living in nursing or old age homes are neglected in research. For example, the prevalence and determinants of loneliness in oldest old residents of nursing or old age homes are largely unknown. Such knowledge is of great relevance to better understand the significance of loneliness among the oldest old residing in institutionalized settings. This, in turn, is of great importance because loneliness predicts morbidity and premature death. Introduc…
