Growing old alone

The rise of social isolation as Canada ages

April 23, 2014 | by Derek Miedema , Researcher, Institute of Marriage and Family Canada
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Endnotes

  1. Steptoe, A., Shankar, A., Demakakos, P., and Wardle, J. (2013). Social isolation, loneliness, and all-cause mortality in older men and women. PNAS. Vol. 110, no. 15, p. 5977. Retrieved from http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2013/03/19/1219686110.full.pdf+html
  2. Holt-Lunstadt, J., Smith, T.B., and Layton, B.L. (2010). Social relationships and mortality risk: A meta-analytic review. PLoS Medicine, p. 12. Retrieved from http://www.plosmedicine.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pmed.1000316
  3. Steptoe, A., Shankar, A., Demakakos, P., and Wardle, J. (2013). Social isolation, loneliness, and all-cause mortality in older men and women, p. 5797.
  4. Milan, A. (2011). Age and sex structure: Canada and the provinces, 2010. See Share of children decreases. Retrieved from http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/91-209-x/2011001/article/11511-eng.htm
  5. Information on Beacon Hill Village can be found at www.beaconhillvillage.org/
  6. The Village to Village Network can be found at http://www.vtvnetwork.org/