Older women are more likely to live alone in later life the UK; however, relatively little is known as how this has an association with poorer health. This paper attempts fill research gap, assessing if living a risk factor for health life. The Household Panel Survey data, wave 8 were used which was collected during 2017 United Kingdom. Women’s household types divided into three types: alone, p...

This exploratory study examines older women's perceptions of living alone. Older adult women (N = 53) living alone were interviewed. Findings show tremendous variability in the perceptions of this sample. Whereas some women showed significant levels of loneliness and depression, many did not. Thirteen percent of the participants (n = 7) negatively perceived living alone, 49.1% (n = 26) neutrall...

BACKGROUND living alone in later life has been linked to psychological distress but less is known about the role of the transition into living alone and the role of social and material resources. METHODS a total of 21,535 person-years of data from 4,587 participants of the British Household Panel Survey aged 65+ are analysed. Participants provide a maximum 6 years' data (t0-t5), with trajecto...

cialized Information Services, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland. Correspondence: Dr Hakkinen, Office of Clinical Toxicology, Specialized Information Services, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, 6707 Democracy Blvd, Ste 510, Bethesda, MD 20892 (pertti [email protected]). Conflict of Interest Disclosures: None reported. Disc...