@inproceedings{b76881c2221e4e6c859b8755f22560b5,
title = "Social support and sense of loneliness in solitary older adults",
abstract = "Older people are vulnerable to loneliness and isolation. Solitary seniors are more likely to suffer the feelings of loneliness with inadequate social networks. Based on a face-to-face questionnaire survey with 151 community-dwelling solitary seniors, the present study examined the associations between social support and the sense of loneliness among solitary older adults in Hong Kong. The results showed that poor mental health status, financial inadequacy and weak social support networks were significantly associated with the sense of loneliness of solitary older adults, with social support being the most prominent risk factor. Frequent contacts with siblings, relatives or friends were found to be important sources of social support to combat loneliness. Policy and service implications are discussed.",
keywords = "Hong Kong, Loneliness, Social support, Solidary older Chinese",
author = "Xue Bai and Shuyan Yang and Wang, {Fu Lee} and Martin Knapp",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} Springer International Publishing AG 2017.; 1st International Symposium on Emerging Technologies for Education, SETE 2016 Held in Conjunction with ICWL 2016 ; Conference date: 26-10-2016 Through 29-10-2016",
year = "2017",
doi = "10.1007/978-3-319-52836-6_34",
language = "English",
isbn = "9783319528359",
series = "Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)",
pages = "326--330",
editor = "Rosella Gennari and Yiwei Cao and Yueh-Min Huang and Wu Wu and Haoran Xie",
booktitle = "Emerging Technologies for Education - 1st International Symposium, SETE 2016 Held in Conjunction with ICWL 2016, Revised Selected Papers",
}