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  1. Idosos em situação de isolamento social
    uma abordagem macrossetorial
    Author: Jaccoud, Luciana
    Published: julho de 2024
    Publisher:  Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada, Brasília

    This article analyzes the situation of social isolation among the elderly, considering both its impacts on health and well-being and the interventions that have been mobilized to combat it. Based on international literature on the topic, the first... more

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    This article analyzes the situation of social isolation among the elderly, considering both its impacts on health and well-being and the interventions that have been mobilized to combat it. Based on international literature on the topic, the first part of the text discusses the negative influences of social isolation (and loneliness) on the health and well-being of the elderly. It also presents an overview of the interventions and services that have been mobilized to address the issue. The Brazilian case is treated in the second part of the text based on data from the 2019 National Health Survey, which allows us to draw an approximate picture of the dynamics of social interaction and social isolation of the elderly. Also in Brazil, social isolation has been the subject of actions in the fields of health and social assistance, but its integration between those policies is still incipient. Finally, it is suggested that the mobilization of the macrosectoral approach to social security may favor reflection on this public and their vulnerabilities, as well as contribute to the implementation of articulation instruments in favor of greater coordination between policies and their interventions.

     
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: Portuguese
    Media type: Book
    Format: Online
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    hdl: 10419/300326
    Series: Texto para discussão / Ipea ; 3020
    Subjects: elderly; social isolation; health; social assistance; social security; macrosectoral; intersectoral
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (circa 43 Seiten)
  2. Children's residential proximity, spousal presence and dementia risk
    Author: Lin, Zhuoer; Yin, Xuecheng; Levy, Becca R.; Yuan, Yue; Chen, Xi
    Published: [2024]
    Publisher:  Global Labor Organization (GLO), Essen

    Cognitive impairment poses considerable challenges among older adults, with the protective role of family support becoming increasingly crucial. This study examines the role of children's residential proximity and spousal presence with dementia risk... more

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    Cognitive impairment poses considerable challenges among older adults, with the protective role of family support becoming increasingly crucial. This study examines the role of children's residential proximity and spousal presence with dementia risk in cognitively impaired older adults. We analyzed 14,600 individuals aged 50 and older with cognitive impairment from the Health and Retirement Study (1995-2018). Family support was categorized by spousal presence and children's residential proximity. Modifiable risk factors, including smoking, depressive symptoms, and social isolation, were assessed. Mixed-effects models were estimated. A significant proportion of older adults with cognitive impairment lacked access to family support, with either no spouse (46.9%) or all children living over 10 miles away (25.3%). Those with less available family support, characterized by distant-residing children and the absence of a spouse, had a significantly higher percentage of smoking, depressive symptoms, and social isolation. Moreover, we revealed a consistent gradient in the percentage of the risk factors by the degree of family support. Relative to older adults with a spouse and co-resident children, those without a spouse and with all children residing further than 10 miles displayed the highest percentage of the risk factors. These findings were robust to various sensitivity analyses.

     
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    Language: English
    Media type: Book
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    hdl: 10419/295207
    Series: GLO discussion paper ; no. 1437
    Subjects: Dementia; depression; social isolation; smoking; long-term care; family support; residential proximity
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (circa 44 Seiten), Illustrationen
  3. Evidence on the robustness of the links between social relationships and mortality
    Author: Freak-Poli, Rosanne; Jenkins, Stephen; Shields, Michael; Trinh, Trong-Anh
    Published: September 2024
    Publisher:  IZA - Institute of Labor Economics, Bonn, Germany

    Despite a substantial literature on the links between social relationships and mortality, the size of the relative risks from loneliness, social isolation, and living alone, remain controversial. Further research is therefore important given... more

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    Despite a substantial literature on the links between social relationships and mortality, the size of the relative risks from loneliness, social isolation, and living alone, remain controversial. Further research is therefore important given demographic changes meaning that more people are living alone, for longer, and with chronic health conditions. Using 19 waves of high-quality Australian longitudinal data we provide new evidence using multiple measures of social relationships, model specifications, and adjustments for confounding. We focus on chronic measures of (poor) social relationships and provide separate estimates by gender. We find that both functional and structural aspects of social relationships are independently strongly associated with all-cause mortality. We estimate a hazard ratio for loneliness of 1.41, which is greater for males (1.55) than females (1.24). These hazard ratios are larger than found for social isolation (1.19). We also find a strong relationship between being an active member of a club and reduced mortality risk, but no evidence that living alone is an independent risk factor. We provide useful comparisons with the mortality risks associated with smoking and household income. Overall, our findings suggest that interventions should focus on reducing both loneliness and social isolation, as well as encouraging active social participation.

     
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    Language: English
    Media type: Book
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    hdl: 10419/305716
    Series: Discussion paper series / IZA ; no. 17274
    Subjects: mortality; social relationships; loneliness; social support; social isolation; club membership; living alone; smoking; income; survival analysis
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (circa 31 Seiten), Illustrationen
  4. Children's residential proximity, spousal presence and dementia risk
    Author: Lin, Zhuoer; Yin, Xuecheng; Levy, Becca R.; Yuan, Yue; Chen, Xi
    Published: May 2024
    Publisher:  IZA - Institute of Labor Economics, Bonn, Germany

    Cognitive impairment poses considerable challenges among older adults, with the protective role of family support becoming increasingly crucial. This study examines the role of children's residential proximity and spousal presence with dementia risk... more

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    Cognitive impairment poses considerable challenges among older adults, with the protective role of family support becoming increasingly crucial. This study examines the role of children's residential proximity and spousal presence with dementia risk in cognitively impaired older adults. We analyzed 14,600 individuals aged 50 and older with cognitive impairment from the Health and Retirement Study (1995-2018). Family support was categorized by spousal presence and children's residential proximity. Modifiable risk factors, including smoking, depressive symptoms, and social isolation, were assessed. Mixed-effects models were estimated. A significant proportion of older adults with cognitive impairment lacked access to family support, with either no spouse (46.9%) or all children living over 10 miles away (25.3%). Those with less available family support, characterized by distant-residing children and the absence of a spouse, had a significantly higher percentage of smoking, depressive symptoms, and social isolation. Moreover, we revealed a consistent gradient in the percentage of the risk factors by the degree of family support. Relative to older adults with a spouse and co-resident children, those without a spouse and with all children residing further than 10 miles displayed the highest percentage of the risk factors. These findings were robust to various sensitivity analyses.

     
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    Format: Online
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    hdl: 10419/299925
    Series: Discussion paper series / IZA ; no. 16997
    Subjects: dementia; depression; social isolation; smoking; long-term care; family support; residential proximity
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (circa 45 Seiten), Illustrationen