Title | Combating Loneliness: A Friendship Enrichment Programme for Older Women |
Settings | Residence for Older People |
MHP Steps | Implementation |
URL | http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=79989 |
Country of Origin | Netherlands |
Languages | English |
Tool Description | Research indicates that friendship contributes to wellbeing in later life in various ways: through the provision of companionship in daily life, support during stressful transitions, sustainment of identity under changing circumstances and adaptation to old age. However not all older people have friends available who fulfil these different functions. In order to promote wellbeing and reduce loneliness, an educational programme on friendship enrichment for older women has been developed and implemented in the Netherlands. The friendship programme's main goal is empowerment; it helps women clarify their needs in friendship, analyse their current social network, set goals in friendship and develop strategies to achieve goals. |
Application in the Field | Applied internationally |
Tool mainly used in | Netherlands |
Stage of Development | Well established |
Evaluation and Research | Descriptor not applicable |
Beneficiary Involvement in Design | No information found |
Evaluation | No |
Available Formats | Soft Copy |
Free | No |
Restrictions on Use | No |
Tool Focus | Individual and Organisation |
Tool Type | Educational/Training |
Download(s) |
Organisation Name | Department of Psychogerontology, Department of Psychogerontology |
stevens@psych.kun.nl | |
Address | P.O. Box 9104 , 6500 HE Nijmegen |
Country | Netherlands |
Code | Element | |
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Selected | b152 | Emotional Functioning |
Selected | b180 | Experience of Self and Time |
Code | Element | |
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Selected | d175, d177 | Solving Problems and Making Decisions |
Selected | d230 | Carrying out Daily Routine |
Selected | d240 | Handling Stress and Other Psychological Demands |
Selected | d310, d315, d325, d330, d335, | Effective Communicating |
Selected | d710, d720, | Basic and Complex Interpersonal Interactions |
Selected | d760 | Family Relationships |
Selected | d920 | Recreation and Leisure |
Code | Element | |
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Selected | FGP | General Population |
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Selected | Or11.1 | Stress Prevention |
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Selected | Or12.1 | Mental |
Code | Element | |
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Selected | Or21.4 | Person Centred Approach |
Code | Element | |
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Selected | Or31.3 | Individualised Plans |
Selected | Or31.18 | Family Involvement |
Code | Element | |
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Selected | Or32.2 | Health Planning |
Code | Element | |
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Selected | Or41.2 | Mental |
Code | Element |
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Code | Element |
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Code | Element | |
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Selected | En21.1 | Peer Support Programme |
Selected | En21.2 | Peer Mentoring |
Selected | En21.5 | Social Activities/Leisure Programme/Team Events |
Code | Element | |
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Selected | En23.1 | Community Links (e.g. Volunteering Programme) |
Code | Element | |
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Selected | En32.1 | Health and Safety |
Selected | En32.2 | Public Health |
Selected | En32.3 | Quality Standards |
Selected | En32.7 | Environmental |
Code | Element | |
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Selected | Pr12.3 | Active and Positive Ageing |
Code | Element |
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Code | Element | |
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Selected | Pr14.2 | Social Support |
Selected | Pr14.3 | Social & Leisure Activities |
Code | Element | |
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Selected | Pr17.8 | Social Competence |
Code | Element |
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Code | Element | |
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Selected | Pr32.1 | Peer Support Programme |
Code | Element |
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