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An Evaluation of Two Visiting Programs for Elderly Community Residents

Bogat, G. Anne, Jason, Leonard A.·1983·The International Journal of Aging and Human Development
DOI 10.2190/6aqx-1tdm-del4-3t6l
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While many researchers have asserted that social participation enhances psychological well-being among the elderly, few empirical investigations have studied this relationship by systematically enhancing activities and developing supports for the isolated elderly. In the present study, elderly community residents participated in a network-building visiting program, which reinforced and encouraged involvement in community settings; in a relationship-oriented visiting program, which emphasized empathy and concern; or in a nonequivalent control group. All three groups were administered pre- and postpoint scales on life satisfaction, health, depression, I-E, current and desired social networks, telephone calls, and visitors. Weekly activities and biweekly quality-of-life-ratings were collected on the two experimental groups. At the program's end, the network-building group exhibited directionally higher means on most variables; however, few significant differences were found. Prepoint correlates of current and desired networks emerged as central factors affecting the psychological well-being of participants in this study.

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  • In a friendly visiting programme for community-dwelling older people on a waiting list, participants in both network-building and relationship-orientated visiting programmes reported a desire for larger social networks at three-month follow-up compared with control.

    “At three month follow-up, participants in both programmes reported having a desire for larger social networks in comparison with the control group”

    From Interventions targeting social isolation in older people: a systematic review (2011) · cites this paper as [78]

  • Two of the three home visiting studies at high risk of bias reported significant improvements in the extracted outcomes.

    “Two of the three studies at high risk of bias [59,78,80] reported significant improvements in the extracted outcomes.”

    From Interventions targeting social isolation in older people: a systematic review (2011) · cites this paper as [78]

  • Five out of 11 (45%) one-to-one interventions had a positive effect on at least one of the four social health sub-domains.

    “This compares with five out of 11 (45%) one-to-one interventions [59,71,78,79,81].”

    From Interventions targeting social isolation in older people: a systematic review (2011) · cites this paper as [78]

  • In the same friendly visiting programme, the desire for larger social networks did not lead to larger current social networks, or a greater number of visits or visitors, or phone calls per week.

    “though this did not lead to larger current social networks, or a greater number of visits or visitors, or phone calls per week.”

    From Interventions targeting social isolation in older people: a systematic review (2011) · cites this paper as [78]

  • All interventions delivered by counsellors and by students reported at least one beneficial effect.

    “All interventions delivered by counsellors [53,54,73] and by students [59,66,71,78] reported at least one beneficial effect”

    From Interventions targeting social isolation in older people: a systematic review (2011) · cites this paper as [78]

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Authors
Bogat, G. A., & Jason, L. A.
Affiliations
  • Michigan State University (US)
  • DePaul University (US)
ORCID
Venue
The International Journal of Aging and Human Development
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Published
1983-12
Volume
17
Issue
4
Pages
267-280
ISSN
  • 0091-4150 (ISSN-L)
  • 1541-3535
DOI
10.2190/6aqx-1tdm-del4-3t6l
OpenAlex
W2091543535
Cited by
36
References
27
Citations by year
2025: 1 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 5 · 2021: 1 · 2019: 2 · 2015: 1 · 2012: 2
FWCI
0.65
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license (tdm)
Locations
  • The International Journal of Aging and Human Development (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Aging, Health, and Disability
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology › Aging and Gerontology Research
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Aging, Elder Care, and Social Issues
Keywords
older adults, social participation (health and rehabilitation), social networks, psychological well-being, loneliness, depression, life satisfaction, quality of life, community participation
MeSH terms
Aged, Attitude to Health, Chicago, Female, Humans, Interpersonal Relations, Loneliness, Male, Personal Satisfaction, Social Adjustment, Social Environment, Social Support, Visitors to Patients

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