... their household on their own. Older adults Civic engagement Volunteering Everyday care Social support Nursing care Senior citizens’ cooperative Germany Senior citizens’ cooperatives are a form of civic engagement and have been successfully supporting older adults in Germany for 35 years. Here...

... ways?; 3) What protection measures have you adopted to guard yourself against COVID-19 infection; and 4) Do you worry or feel anxious because of the pandemic and lockdown? Nigeria Social network Social support Vulnerable Internal displacement COVID-19 Pandemic Older persons Invisible...

...Julie Fish; Christina Weis Purpose Loneliness is a phenomenon which affects people globally and constitutes a key social issue of our time. Yet few studies have considered the nature of loneliness and social support for older lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) people; this is of particular concern...

... to reach data saturation, and the lack of data on support reciprocity that may influence the respondents’ perceptions of support and non-support. Practical implications The findings of the paper point to possible interventions to improve social support for the older population. The road map for those...

...Nurul Hudani Md. Nawi; Puteri Hayati Megat Ahmad; Dahlan A. Malek; Getrude Cosmas; Habibie Ibrahim; Peter Voo; Norazah Mohd Suki Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the structural relationship between the emotional and social support provided for individuals with caring...

...Karen Burnell; Adrian Needs; Kim Gordon Purpose Informal social support is often sought by veterans to support reminiscence or cope with traumatic memories. However, it can also encourage unhelpful ways of coping, such as avoidance, or may be absent altogether. This project is borrowed from...

...Yagoub Y. Al-Kandari; Douglas E. Crews Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to report data on social support elements and health status differences across three age groups of Kuwaiti elderly. Design/methodology/approach – Examined for this study were 1,427 adults. Social support elements...

..., this study found that club members and volunteers viewed themselves as assets for each other, offering support, advice and friendship – an important finding for service commissioners and providers. Older people Social isolation Social support Friendship clubs Elderly people Mental health...

... Older men Friendship networks Social isolation Social support Keeping the thread: older men s social networks in Sydney, Australia Cerdic Hall, Anthony Brown, Suzanne Gleeson and Jack Zinn Cerdic Hall is Lead Researcher for South Sydney West Area Health Sydney (SSWAHS) (formerly Central Sydney...