Targeting belongingness among older people through engagement in senior centres: intervention development study in Denmark.
Adults often experience a loss of social relations and sense of belonging in later life, leading to the risk of social isolation. Municipal senior centres offer a potential site for intervention, as they provide social communities targeting older people. However, not all older people find it easy to...
| Published in: | Health Promotion International Vol. 39; no. 2; pp. 1 - 14 |
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Oxford University Press / USA
Apr2024
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