Portacolone Elena, Johnson Julene K, Halpern Jodi, Kotwal Ashwin
Institute for Health & Aging University of California San Francisco (UCSF), USA.
Institute for Health & Aging Center for Aging in Diverse Communities University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Generations. 2020 Fall;44(3):1-8.
This article draws on investigations by its authors, and from American and Italian interventions to provide recommendations for decreasing social isolation in older adults for policy makers, researchers, and other professionals committed to supporting the improved social integration of older adults. The article argues that to mitigate social isolation it is critical to foster a sense of belonging (personal involvement in a system or environment so people feel they are an integral part of that system or environment). Suggestions are provided on how to leverage systematic interventions to foster isolated older adults' sense of belonging to their communities.
本文借鉴了作者的调查以及美国和意大利的干预措施，为政策制定者、研究人员和其他致力于支持老年人更好地融入社会的专业人士提供减少老年人社会隔离的建议。文章认为，为减轻社会隔离，培养归属感（个人融入某个系统或环境，从而让人们觉得自己是该系统或环境不可或缺的一部分）至关重要。文中就如何利用系统性干预措施来培养孤独老年人的社区归属感提供了建议。
