Research & Advocacy Initiatives of Agewell Foundation over the years
Agewell Research & Advocacy Centre AGEWELL STUDY ON ISOLATION IN OLD AGE January 2010 INTRODUCTION The experience of isolation or loneliness occurs in all human beings but it becomes a complex problem in Old Age. It is known that isolation is not a necessary accompaniment to ageing and that ageing is not solely responsible for the progress of isolation in older persons. However, there is a deep relationship between ageing and isolation. Isolation is associated with a number of physical, social and psychological conditions. Generally it is believed that older persons living alone or with their spouses feel isolated. But today older persons living in nuclear or joint families also feel loneliness or isolation due to various reasons, particularly due to lack of social integration, less or no interaction amongst family members, etc. With fast changing socio-economic scenario living conditions of the peop...