Resources

General

• Campaign to End Loneliness
• http://www.telegraph.co.uk/lifestyle/wellbeing/10909524/Britain-the-loneliness-capital-of-Europe.html
• http://theconversation.com/loneliness-has-serious-health-risks-and-the-solution-is-social-23638
• http://theconversation.com/loneliness-on-the-rise-as-our-cities-atomise-6068
• http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2014/jul/20/loneliness-britains-silent-plague-hurts-young-people-most
• Victor, CR, Scambler, SJ, Bowling, A and Bond, J (2005) The prevalence of, and risk factors for, loneliness in later life: a survey of older people in Great Britain, Ageing and Society, 25, (3), pp 357–76.
• Victor, CR, Scambler, SJ, Marston, L, Bond, J and Bowling, A (2006). Older people’s experiences of loneliness in the UK: does gender matter? Social Policy and Society, 5, (1), pp 27–38.
• Victor, CR, Scambler, SJ, Shah, S, Cook, DG, Harris, T, Rink, E and de Wilde, S (2002). Has loneliness amongst older people increased? An investigation into variations between cohorts. Ageing and Society, 22, (5), pp 585–97.

Seminar 1 – Understanding Loneliness: A glass half full or half empty?

• Beljouw, I.M.J. van, Exel, E. van, Jong Gierveld, J. de, Comijs, H.C., Heerings, M., Stek, M.L. & Marwijk, H.W.J. van (2014),"Being all alone makes me sad": loneliness in older adults with depressive symptoms. First published online: 9 April 2014. International Psychogeriatrics (): 1-11.
• Jong Gierveld, J. de & Broese van Groenou, M.I. (2014),Quality of marriage and social loneliness in later life. In: A.C. Michalos (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Quality of Life and Well-Being Research. Springer, Dordrecht, the Netherlands, p. 5309-5312.
• Scharf, T. & Jong Gierveld, J. de (2008), Loneliness in urban neighbourhoods: an Anglo-Dutch comparison. European Journal of Ageing 5 (2): 103-115.
• Wenger, G. C. & Burholt, V (2004). Changes in levels of social isolation and loneliness among older people in a rural area: a twenty-year longitudinal study. Canandian Journal on Aging, 23(2): 115-27.

Seminar 2 – Understanding Loneliness: The perspective from philosophy and religion

• https://simplicityargument.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/loneliness-by-benjamin-mijuskovic.pdf
• https://simplicityargument.wordpress.com/
• Silence: A Christian History - Diarmaid MacCulloch (2013)
• Ageing, Spirituality and Well-Being - edited by Albert Jewell (2004)
• Valuing Age: Pastoral Ministry with Older People - James Woodward (2008)
• Between Remembering and Forgetting: The Spiritual Dimensions of Dementia - James Woodward (2010)