The resilience of Jewish communities living in the diaspora: a scoping review.

Introduction: Throughout history, Jewish communities have been exposed to collectively experienced traumatic events. Little is known about the role that the community plays in the impact of these traumatic events on Jewish diaspora people. This scoping review aims to map the concepts of the resilience of Jewish communities in the diaspora and to identify factors that influence this resilience.

Count Your Life by Smiles and Tears: An Integrative Review on Resilience and Growing Older.

The concept of "resilience" is considered helpful in understanding how people navigate adversities typical to later life. It is also a concept of growing interest internationally in research and in social policy and (social) practice. This article employs an integrative review methodology to explore current trends in theoretical and empirical research on resilience.

Attuning to the needs of structural socially isolated older adults with complex problems: the experiences of social workers with personal guidance trajectories for a less-researched group.

Many interventions to combat the social isolation of older adults are hardly effective because they ignore both the heterogeneity of the target group and the uniqueness of the individual experiences of social isolation. In order to be effective, interventions must meet the individual needs of specific clients. In this study, we aim to gain insight into the process in which professionals seek to understand how clients assess their situation, and what this means for the help they provide.

Correlates of emotional and social loneliness among community dwelling older adults in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

Objectives: Loneliness is seen as an important problem, contributing to serious health problems. As a baseline measurement for the evaluation of a community project aimed at reducing loneliness in Rotterdam, loneliness was measured, as well as potential correlates. This article describes models of social and emotional loneliness among older adults.

'Meaning in life? Make it as bearable, enjoyable and good as possible!': A qualitative study among community-dwelling aged adults who receive home nursing in the Netherlands.

The population of adults ageing in place and using home-care services is growing rapidly worldwide. Meaning in life (MiL) of this group of clients is relevant for healthcare and social workers. MiL is associated with many positive outcomes, but can be challenging for aged persons.

Strategies of socially isolated older adults: Mechanisms of emergence and persistence.

Social isolation relates to a lack of social contacts and interactions with family members, friends or the wider community, and results in diminished health and well-being. And yet many interventions aimed at enhanced social participation are not effective because they do not match the needs of the socially isolated older adults themselves. Little is known about the experiences of socially isolated older adults and their need for help and support.

Nurse's attunement to patient's meaning in life - a qualitative study of experiences of Dutch adults ageing in place.

Background: Meaning in life (MiL) is considered to be an important part of health and is associated with many positive outcomes in older adults, such as quality of life and longevity. As health promotors, nurses may take patients' MiL into account in the care process. There is a knowledge gap in terms of what constitutes good care in relation to older patients' MiL, and what the benefits may be for patients when nursing is attuned to this aspect.

Meaning in Life for Socially Frail Older Adults.

Being connected with others is fundamental for the experience of a meaningful life. Unfortunately, several older adults have poor networks/social support. The present study focuses on the experience of meaning in life as well as the loss of meaning for socially frail older adults.

Meaning in life of older adults in daily care: A qualitative analysis of participant observations of home nursing visits.

Aim: To explore situations in daily home nursing regarding meaning in life of older adults.

Design: Qualitative research design.

Methods: In total, 197 participant observations were conducted during home nursing visits between September 2015-May 2018.

Meaning in life of older persons: An integrative literature review.

Background:: Meaning in life of older persons is related to well-being, health, quality of life, and "good life." However, the topic is scarcely covered in nursing literature.

Objective:: The aim of this integrative review for nurses is to synthesize knowledge from scholarly literature to provide insight into how older persons find meaning in life, what are influencing circumstances, and what are their sources of meaning.

The heterogeneity of socially isolated older adults: a social isolation typology.

Recent statistics show a growing number of older adults who are living alone and are socially isolated. It is against this background that, in recent years, many interventions have been developed to address social isolation among the elderly. Evaluative studies show that most interventions are hardly effective, though.