Really interesting finding in this piece that those who move to a retirement village expecting it to meet social needs are more likely to experience loneliness, thus highlighting subjective expectation as a crucial factor here https://t.co/KCxzcnLSLQ
New publication: Lonely in a crowd: loneliness in New Zealand retirement village residents
RT @MichalBoydNZ: We found that over a quarter of people living in a retirement village reported loneliness. An evan higher proportion fo…
Link to paper: https://t.co/r9OH1RJviI "A considerable proportion of #olderpeople living in RVs reported feelings of #loneliness, particularly those who were without partners, at risk of #depression and decreased quality of life and..." #mentalhealth #…