1st Edition
Loneliness and Social Isolation in Old Age Correlates and Implications
Preface
André Hajek, Steffi G. Riedel-Heller and Hans-Helmut König
Part One - Concepts: Loneliness and social isolation
Chapter One – The concepts and measurement of social isolation and loneliness
Theo G. van Tilburg and Jenny de Jong Gierveld
Part Two – Correlates of loneliness and social isolation in old age: Overview
Chapter Two – Impacts of loneliness and social isolation on healthy longevity in older adults
Chih-Kuang Liang, Che-Sheng Chu and Liang-Kung Chen
Part Three – Correlates of loneliness and social isolation in old age: Socioeconomic factors
Chapter Three – Socioeconomic correlates of loneliness and social isolation in late life
Till Kaiser and Maike Luhmann
Chapter Four – Correlates of loneliness and social isolation in old age: Poverty
Thomas K.M. Cudjoe
Chapter Five – Culture, social isolation and loneliness in later life
Vanessa Burholt
Part Four – Correlates of loneliness and social isolation in old age: Lifestyle-related factors
Chapter Six – Loneliness and Social Isolation Among Older Informal Caregivers: A Review of the Evidence From Longitudinal Investigations
Snorri Bjorn Rafnsson
Chapter Seven – Grandchild care and loneliness
Feng-jen Tsai and Tuo-Yu Chen
Chapter Eight – Pet ownership, Loneliness and Social Isolation
Benedikt Kretzler, Hans-Helmut König and André Hajek
Chapter Nine – Online social media use, loneliness and perceived social isolation in later life: A short overview and some empirical evidence
André Hajek and Hans-Helmut König
Chapter Ten – Lifestyle-related factors in loneliness and social isolation of older persons: A Ghanaian study
Razak M. Gyasi, Gloria Chepngeno Langat, Anokye M. Adam and David R. Phillips
Part Five – Correlates of loneliness and social isolation in old age: Health-related factors
Chapter Eleven – Health comparisons and loneliness and perceived social isolation: A brief overview and empirical evidence
André Hajek and Hans-Helmut König
Chapter Twelve – Obesity and loneliness in old age: Associations with weight stigma
Claudia Luck-Sikorski and Franziska Jung
Chapter Thirteen – Frailty and loneliness/social isolation in late life
Gotaro Kojima and Marianne Tanabe
Chapter Fourteen – Multimorbidity, Loneliness, and Social Isolation. A Systematic Review
André Hajek, Benedikt Kretzler and Hans-Helmut König
Chapter Fifteen – Social Isolation, Loneliness and Mental Health in Old Age
Janine Stein and Steffi G. Riedel-Heller
Part Six – Policy implications and future of loneliness and social isolation
Chapter Sixteen – Public Policy and the Reduction and Prevention of Loneliness and Social Isolation
Louise Hawkley
Chapter Seventeen – Loneliness during the COVID-19 pandemic
Lena Dahlberg
Part Seven – Overview: Longitudinal aging studies around the world available to researchers
Chapter Eighteen – Overview: Loneliness and social isolation in longitudinal aging studies around the world
André Hajek and Hans-Helmut König
Biography
André Hajek is Professor for Interdisciplinary Health Care Epidemiology, Department of Health Economics and Health Services Research at the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany.
Steffi G. Riedel-Heller is Professor of Social Medicine and Public Health, and Director of the Institute of Social Medicine, Occupational Health and Public Health (ISAP), University of Leipzig, Germany.
Hans-Helmut König is Professor of Health Services Research and Health Economics, and Director of the Department of Health Economics and Health Services Research at the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany.
