...Roser Beneito-Montagut; Nizaiá Cassián-Yde; Arantza Begueria Purpose Social isolation and loneliness are recognised social, health and wellbeing problems that particularly affect later life. They have been the subject of many recent studies. Studies examining the role of the internet in addressing...

...Clive P. Mitchell; Gareth Morgan; John Gallacher Purpose The evaluation of primary and other care services for older people remains difficult due to the challenges of cost‐effective sampling and assessment of older people's views. The internet is an increasingly attractive option for evaluation...

...Alison Ballantyne; Luke Trenwith; Samara Zubrinich; Megan Corlis This paper presents the findings from a qualitative pilot project that implemented an internet social networking intervention and evaluated the effect it had on older people's experience of temporal loneliness. The project...

... and for experienced health professionals to increase their mutual understanding about older people and their need for comprehensive care. The internet offered several health professionals with their different perspectives a place to meet and communicate. Lecturers who had advanced knowledge about specific areas...