Loneliness in Older Adults: Effects, Prevention, and Treatment

ISBN-13: 9780323916592 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022

Luis Rondon Garcia

Spis treści

1. Loneliness in aging: Conceptual approach, typology and characteristics
2. Explanatory models for the cognitive approach to loneliness
3. Neuroscience: towards the construction of interactive bridges against loneliness.
4. The paradigm of active aging in the prevention of loneliness
5. Psychosocial variables related to the maintenance of loneliness in the elderly
6. The impact of social relationships as preventive mechanisms on loneliness and quality of life of the elderly
7. Loneliness from a plural point of view: immigrants, women, dependents, LGTBI
8. Design of intervention in programs, accompaniment actions and prevention of loneliness in the elderly
9. Measurement tools and resources for the prevention of loneliness

O autorze

With 25 years' teaching and research experience, in several Spanish universities, Dr. Rondón García is a Professor at the University of Malaga. He was the recipient of the 2018 Scientific Prize in social and behavioral sciences, awarded by the Spanish Society of Geriatrics and Gerontology. He has directed research projects and participated as a researcher nationally in Spain and internationally in Europe, and has directed three doctoral theses on loneliness and quality of life in the elderly. He has directed research contracts on loneliness in the elderly with the Vitalia business group, the Spanish Red Cross, and the Public School of Health in Andalusia. He has national and international publications in SJR and JCR indexed journals and in international publishers such as Elsevier, Springer, Thomson Reuters. He has participated as an advisor in the council of social policies regarding the elderly for the government of Andalusia.