India, July 31 -- Targeted and holistic health and wellbeing interventions are critical to addressing loneliness in retirement villages, researchers from Bolton Clarke Research Institute and Monash University have found.
The research, published in BMC Geriatrics, is based on survey responses from 1178 residents across 24 retirement villages as part of Bolton Clarke's Health and Wellbeing in Retirement Living program.
The study found almost one fifth of respondents were lonely, with associated factors being low mood, living alone, cognitive function, pain and recent falls or hospital admission. Of almost 60 per cent of respondents who lived alone, researchers said one quarter reported experiencing loneliness,
Positively, residents who had...