期刊名称：Journal of Social Intervention: Theory and Practice
印刷版ISSN：1876-8830
出版年度：2005
卷号：14
期号：2
页码：19-29
语种：Dutch
出版社：Utrecht University of Applied Sciences
摘要：For several years now, loneliness of elderly people is high on the social agenda. Senior citizens are not specifically more lonely than younger citizens, but have a more vulnerable position in society. While their needs for care increase, their social network decreases as a result of e.g. the death of partners and relatives. While new media were long considered to strengthen processes towards loneliness, currently internet and other communication tools become instruments in the fight against loneliness. The evaluation results of a recent internet-at-home pilot among chronically ill elderly citizens in the Netherlands indicate that approach can be effective.
