Loneliness in Older Adults: Effects, Prevention, and Treatment

Loneliness in Older Adults: Effects, Prevention, and Treatment is a comprehensive book that examines loneliness from an interdisciplinary perspective, focusing on older people from diverse backgrounds. It provides scientific knowledge and practical tools for professionals to combat loneliness, including intervention protocols and digital resources. The book covers psychological, neurological, social, and health dimensions and is aimed at researchers, academics, and professionals in social and behavioral sciences, as well as health sciences.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 214 pages
Publication date: 01 March 2022
Publisher: Elsevier Science & Technology

Loneliness in Older Adults: Effects, Prevention, and Treatment delves into the intricate nature of loneliness, considering the latest insights from neuroscience, psychology, medicine, and sociology. This comprehensive volume presents the phenomenon of loneliness from an interdisciplinary perspective, with a special focus on older individuals from diverse backgrounds, including older people in general, older immigrants, older women, older LGBTQ+ individuals, and more. In response to the growing significance of this emerging issue, this book offers a thorough understanding of loneliness, contributing scientific knowledge to evidence-based practices. Additionally, it provides practical tools for professionals, offering intervention protocols with discussions and proposals, as well as effective digital resources to combat loneliness. Tables, images, and tools accompany the text, guiding students, academics, and professionals step-by-step in addressing the cases presented, through an integrated practice. There is no other work that explores this theme from such a plural and pragmatic perspective, encompassing all dimensions of loneliness across psychological, neurological, social, and health-related axes. Readers are provided with feedback for all the knowledge gained, fostering a comprehensive scientific understanding based on evidence. Furthermore, the book equips readers with the necessary instrumental skills related to social interactions and brain functioning. This book is designed for a diverse audience of researchers, academics, and professionals in the social and behavioral sciences, including psychologists, sociologists, social workers, anthropologists, and healthcare professionals, among others.

Weight: 450g
Dimension: 229 x 152 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780323916592