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Social Isolation as it Affects Older People in Rural Areas

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Author(s): Brooks E

Publication type: Online Publication

Publication status: Published

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Year: 2012

Publisher: Commission for Rural Communities

Place Published: Gloucester

Type of Medium: electronic paper

Contents: Contents 1.0 Introduction 1.1 Later life social networks, social isolation and loneliness 1.2 Ageing rural places: rate and proportions of older people 1.3 Place qualities that affect social isolation 1.4 Elders’ accounts of changing rural places 1.5 Age-related qualities and social isolation 1.6 Rural elders’ accounts of social isolation 1.7 What services can do for socially isolated rural elders 1.8 Conclusion: the role of services in elder’s isolation References

URL: http://www.defra.gov.uk/crc/social-isolation-experienced-by-older-people-in-rural-areas/

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