Loneliness of the old age and ways to overcome it
The article is devoted to the analysis of elderly loneliness and its features. The difference between loneliness and isolation and solitude is determined. Types of loneliness and its direct and indirect factors are described. The results of various studies of the levels of loneliness of elderly peop...
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2022-06-01
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| description | The article is devoted to the analysis of elderly loneliness and its features. The difference between loneliness and isolation and solitude is determined. Types of loneliness and its direct and indirect factors are described. The results of various studies of the levels of loneliness of elderly people and its dependence on different social characteristics are analyzed.
The dependence of the level of loneliness on a person’s sex, features of his/her social situation and life conditions like place of residence, education, or professional employment is revealed. The social and psychological consequences of the elderly loneliness are described. Means to overcome loneliness in the old age has been identified. The tasks of social policy at the national and regional levels to overcome the problem is formulated. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-65d2adc8546b40a7bb0da4e896da67af2025-08-20T03:52:28ZdeuŁukasiewicz Research Network – The Institute for Sustainable TechnologiesEdukacja Ustawiczna Dorosłych1507-65632391-80202022-06-01117210912410.34866/bqsp-k659Loneliness of the old age and ways to overcome itOlena Kovalenko0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5395-2329Pedagogical University of KrakowThe article is devoted to the analysis of elderly loneliness and its features. The difference between loneliness and isolation and solitude is determined. Types of loneliness and its direct and indirect factors are described. The results of various studies of the levels of loneliness of elderly people and its dependence on different social characteristics are analyzed. The dependence of the level of loneliness on a person’s sex, features of his/her social situation and life conditions like place of residence, education, or professional employment is revealed. The social and psychological consequences of the elderly loneliness are described. Means to overcome loneliness in the old age has been identified. The tasks of social policy at the national and regional levels to overcome the problem is formulated.https://edukacjaustawicznadoroslych.eu/images/2022/2/09_2_2022.pdfisolationsolitudeelderly peoplefactors of lonelinessloneliness |
| spellingShingle | Olena Kovalenko Loneliness of the old age and ways to overcome it Edukacja Ustawiczna Dorosłych isolation solitude elderly people factors of loneliness loneliness |
| title | Loneliness of the old age and ways to overcome it |
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