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Mental health and well-being in later life
- Authors:
- CATTAN Mima, (ed.)
- Publisher:
- Open University Press
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 177p.
- Place of publication:
- Maidenhead
The contributors to this book ask what mental health and mental well-being is and discuss theoretical perspectives on ageing and health promotion; policy and practice in the promotion of mental health and well-being in later life; work, retirement and money; relationships; keeping active; and coping, choice and control: pathways to positive psychological functioning and independence in later life, ending with a conclusion.
Implementing change: the alleviation of social isolation and loneliness among older people in Leeds
- Authors:
- CATTAN Mima, INGOLD Kathryn
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Mental Health Promotion, 2(3), September 2003, pp.12-19.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
Reviews key findings from research into social isolation and loneliness among older people and their implications for local strategic action to improve the mental health of older people in Leeds. The main findings described in the article focus on case study interviews with 23 project staff and focus group and individual interviews with older people. Local objectives arising from the study include raising awareness of social isolation and loneliness, challenging stigma and changing attitudes, improving and sharing good practice and working collectively to overcome practical barriers to social inclusion. The process has involved collating older people's views on loneliness, researching how to identify socially isolated older people, and identifying good practice. Concludes that while further national research is necessary, much information can be identified locally.