Effect of Leisure Activity to Elderly Living Alone with Depression

PS242. Comparison of depression between the elderly living alone and those living with a spouse

Living alone: elderly Chinese Singaporeans.

Asian societies maintain the norm that older people should live with their children. Yet some older people live alone. This is the first study to explore social isolation, strategies of coping, and preferences about living arrangements among Chinese Singaporeans aged 65+ who live alone. Data from 19 semi-structured interviews were analyzed. The elderly people who live alone either have no other...

Living alone is associated with depression among the elderly in a rural community in Japan.

AIM This study aimed to investigate factors associated with depression in a sample of elderly Japanese individuals in a rural community and to examine differences among factors associated with individuals living alone or living with others. METHODS Using a population-based sample from rural Japan, we assessed a total of 1552 participants aged 65 years or older by mailing a survey and evaluati...

The diets of elderly women living alone.

number of children increased, indicating that even if the children were assumed to eat no fish the consumption per adult would itself be reduced in the larger families. I t seems valid to conclude from such figures that children not only do not eat much fish but that their presence in the family actually tends to discourage adult members from doing so. This is incidentally not a class differenc...

Living with Leisure

cherished dreams or fulfil longstanding wants has long since been exploded. Modern man is coming to realise and accept himself to be a small cog in the machine of progress, unwanted once his job is finished. Certainly past history has provided little encouragement. Stories of frustration, of feelings of worthlessness and sudden death a few months after retirement have been the rule rather than ...