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Exclusion in Very Old Age : The Impact of Three Critical Life Events
This paper focuses on relational exclusion (i.e. isolation and non-participation in social activities) in very old age. Based on a five-year study of an octogenarian cohort, the authors investigate the impact of three critical life events (deterioration of health, death of a close relative, entry into a nursing home) on relational life and social involvement
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International Journal of Ageing and Later Life19y agoThe interface between formal and informal support in advanced old age: A 10-year study
The aim of this paper is to investigate the interface between the formal and informal support provided to very old people against a background of increasing need for care and a decreasing number of potential informal caregivers. We used a sample of 323 community-dwelling octogenarians participating in the Swiss Interdisciplinary Longitudinal Study on the Old
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International Journal of Ageing and Later Life18y ago