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- Title: Family/Workmates/Friends/Grandchildren: Social Connectedness and Social Support in a Group of Older Adults with Osteoarthritis
- Author(s): Jane Elizabeth Hiscock
- Publisher: Common Ground Research Networks
- Collection: Common Ground Research Networks
- Series: On Sustainability
- Journal Title: The International Journal of Environmental, Cultural, Economic, and Social Sustainability: Annual Review
- Keywords: Osteoarthritis, Social Support
- Volume: 6
- Issue: 5
- Date: June 12, 2010
- ISSN: 1832-2077 (Print)
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.18848/1832-2077/CGP/v06i05/54824
- Citation: Hiscock, Jane Elizabeth. 2010. "Family/Workmates/Friends/Grandchildren: Social Connectedness and Social Support in a Group of Older Adults with Osteoarthritis." The International Journal of Environmental, Cultural, Economic, and Social Sustainability: Annual Review 6 (5): 185-194. doi:10.18848/1832-2077/CGP/v06i05/54824.
- Extent: 10 pages
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Abstract
Osteoarthritis is a chronic joint inflammatory disease which currently affects more than 1.3 million Australians. The effects of osteoarthritis are physical, psychological and social. The role of social networks on health and coping is well recognised. This paper reports on a small online qualitative study of how a group of older adults with osteoarthritis describe their social lives. Discovering what they enjoy gives an immediate link to their social connections and an understanding of possible intervention points for social support initiatives for osteoarthritis.
