Reducing Loneliness and Isolation Among Older Adults in Residential Care

Running head: INTRODUCTION TO RESEARCH METHODS
Reducing loneliness and isolation among older adults living in residential care
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Subject Code- PSY10005
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Word Count-1617 (including in-text citations)

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Abstract
There has been an enormous increase in older population (people aged more than 65 years old)
since the last decade. This enormous increase is considered as an imperative matter of social
concern in all nations. This population is at an increased likelihood of suffering from a plethora
of psychosocial problems, such as, social isolation, loneliness, mood disorders and depression.
These factors are responsible for threatening the quality of their lives by several ways.
Prevalence of loneliness has been significantly associated with reduced daily activities, cognitive
impairment, health abnormalities, and suicidal ideations. The advent of computer technology,
which includes the internet, has brought about huge changes in the society. It provides better
opportunities for communicating in daily lives, shopping, and banking, playing games, health
maintenance and seeking leisure activities. This research proposal will illustrate a design that
will be implemented for measuring the effectiveness of the internet in reducing feelings of
loneliness among older people living in residential care services.
Keywords: loneliness, older adults, internet, computer

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Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................3
Aim/Objective..................................................................................................................................3
The research problem..................................................................................................................3
The research question..................................................................................................................4
The aim........................................................................................................................................4
The hypothesis.............................................................................................................................4
Literature review..............................................................................................................................4
Significance of the research.............................................................................................................6
Theoretical contributions.............................................................................................................6
Practical outcomes.......................................................................................................................6
Significance to the field...............................................................................................................6
Proposed Research Methodology....................................................................................................7
Participants..................................................................................................................................7
Sampling method.........................................................................................................................7
Methodology................................................................................................................................7
Design framework.......................................................................................................................7
Data collection.............................................................................................................................8
Ethical considerations..................................................................................................................8

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Scope and Problems.........................................................................................................................8
Breadth of the research................................................................................................................8
Limitations of the research..........................................................................................................9
Potential problems.......................................................................................................................9
References......................................................................................................................................10