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Conference Paper: Living alone but not lonely: a selection, optimisation, and compensation analysist
| Title | Living alone but not lonely: a selection, optimisation, and compensation analysist |
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| Authors | |
| Issue Date | 2010 |
| Publisher | Hong Kong Academy of Medicine Press. The Journal's web site is located at http://ajgg.org/ |
| Citation | The 18th Annual Congress of Gerontology of the Hong Kong Associaiton of Gerontology, Hong Kong, 27 November 2010. In Asian Journal of Gerontology and Geriatrics, 2010, v. 6 n. 1, p. 53-54 How to Cite? |
| Abstract | INTRODUCTION: One observation of the ageing population in Hong Kong is the increasing percentage of older adults living alone over the past few decades. Although the image of older adults living alone is often associated with feelings of isolation and loneliness, not every older adult who lives alone feels lonely. This paper is intended to answer the following question: “How can older adults live alone and not feel lonely?” Specifically, the text examines the orchestrating process adopted by those in Hong Kong for living alone without generating feelings of loneliness; this examination is guided by a selection … |
| Description | Free Paper Session IV: Long-Term Care |
| Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/136730 |
| ISSN | 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.142 |
| DC Field | Value | Language |
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| dc.contributor.author | Lou, VW | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2011-07-27T02:35:12Z | - |
| dc.date.available | 2011-07-27T02:35:12Z | - |
| dc.date.issued | 2010 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | The 18th Annual Congress of Gerontology of the Hong Kong Associaiton of Gerontology, Hong Kong, 27 November 2010. In Asian Journal of Gerontology and Geriatrics, 2010, v. 6 n. 1, p. 53-54 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1819-1576 | - |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/136730 | - |
| dc.description | Free Paper Session IV: Long-Term Care | - |
| dc.description.abstract | INTRODUCTION: One observation of the ageing population in Hong Kong is the increasing percentage of older adults living alone over the past few decades. Although the image of older adults living alone is often associated with feelings of isolation and loneliness, not every older adult who lives alone feels lonely. This paper is intended to answer the following question: “How can older adults live alone and not feel lonely?” Specifically, the text examines the orchestrating process adopted by those in Hong Kong for living alone without generating feelings of loneliness; this examination is guided by a selection … | - |
| dc.language | eng | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Hong Kong Academy of Medicine Press. The Journal's web site is located at http://ajgg.org/ | - |
| dc.relation.ispartof | Asian Journal of Gerontology and Geriatrics | en_US |
| dc.rights | Asian Journal of Gerontology and Geriatrics. Copyright © Hong Kong Academy of Medicine Press. | - |
| dc.title | Living alone but not lonely: a selection, optimisation, and compensation analysist | en_US |
| dc.type | Conference_Paper | en_US |
| dc.identifier.email | Lou, VW: wlou@hku.hk | en_US |
| dc.identifier.authority | Lou, VW=rp00607 | en_US |
| dc.description.nature | published_or_final_version | - |
| dc.identifier.hkuros | 187042 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.volume | 6 | - |
| dc.identifier.issue | 1 | - |
| dc.identifier.spage | 53 | - |
| dc.identifier.epage | 54 | - |
| dc.publisher.place | Hong Kong | - |
| dc.identifier.issnl | 1819-1576 | - |