A profile of social isolation and the influence of demographics in older persons living in residential care, Durban, South Africa

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dc.contributor.authorChipps, Jennifer
dc.contributor.authorRamlall, Suvira
dc.contributor.authorJarvis, Mary Ann
dc.date.accessioned2021-04-20T15:06:55Z
dc.date.available2021-04-20T15:06:55Z
dc.date.issued2020-12-02
dc.description.abstractIntroduction: Residential care settings have shown high social isolation rates with incumbent risks necessitating measurement to formulate health promotion policies. Objective: To measure social isolation levels in older persons living in a lower socio-economic residential care setting in South Africa. Method: A cross sectional survey with older persons from four inner city residential care facilities. A researcher administered questionnaire was developed based on the Working Paper No.66, Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative. Data were analysed to describe social isolation and assess the influence of demographics. Results: The response rate was 72.14% (n = 277) and representative of the residential care population for age and gender. Nearly half of the respondents (47.3%) met criteria for social isolation in terms of social network support and density and almost 20% for perceived isolation through decreased levels of friendship. Conclusion: Although residential care does not prevent social isolation, the residents in the setting may provide a buffering in the provision of some social supporten_US
dc.identifier.citationMary Ann Jarvis, Suvira Ramlall, Jennifer Chipps, 2021.A profile of social isolation and the influence of demographics in older persons living in residential care, Durban, South Africa, International Journal of Africa Nursing Sciences, 14, 1-9en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijans.2020.100271
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/6087
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherInternational Journal of Africa Nursing Sciencesen_US
dc.subjectOlder personsen_US
dc.subjectResidential careen_US
dc.subjectSocial isolationen_US
dc.titleA profile of social isolation and the influence of demographics in older persons living in residential care, Durban, South Africaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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