TY - JOUR
T1 - Shared Interest Groups (SHIGs) in low-income independent living facilities
AU - Cohen-Mansfield, Jiska
AU - Parpura-Gill, Aleksandra
AU - Kotler, Meg
AU - Vass, John
AU - MacLennan, Beryce
AU - Rosenberg, Florence
N1 - Funding Information:
Jiska Cohen-Mansfield is Director, Research Institute on Aging of the Hebrew Home of Greater Washington, Rockville, MD. Aleksandra Parpura-Gill is affiliated with the Research Institute on Aging of the Hebrew Home of Greater Washington, Rockville, MD. Meg Kotler is affiliated with the Aging and Disability Services of the Montgomery County Department of Health and Human Services, Rockville, MD. John Vass is affiliated with the Resident Services Division of the Housing Opportunities Commission, Bethesda, MD. Beryce MacLennan is affiliated with the Washington School of Psychiatry, Bethesda, MD. Florence Rosenberg is affiliated with the Section on Aging and the Life Course of the American Sociological Association, Bethesda, MD. Address correspondence to: Jiska Cohen-Mansfield, PhD, Director, Research Institute on Aging of the Hebrew Home of Greater Washington, 6121 Montrose Road, Rockville, MD 20852 (E-mail: [email protected]). The work reported in this paper was supported by Community Development Block Grants from Montgomery County Maryland and by the Cafritz Foundation.
PY - 2007/10/3
Y1 - 2007/10/3
N2 - This paper describes a novel shared-interest group intervention program to promote socialization and enhance self-efficacy in a sample of 276 older adults who resided in several low-income senior independent living settings. Shared interest groups were initiated and informally evaluated. They were very well received by residents overall, and suggest their value for reducing loneliness and promoting satisfying relationships. Specific recommendations are provided to help initiate such groups in other residential settings.
AB - This paper describes a novel shared-interest group intervention program to promote socialization and enhance self-efficacy in a sample of 276 older adults who resided in several low-income senior independent living settings. Shared interest groups were initiated and informally evaluated. They were very well received by residents overall, and suggest their value for reducing loneliness and promoting satisfying relationships. Specific recommendations are provided to help initiate such groups in other residential settings.
KW - Elderly
KW - Independent living facilities
KW - Loneliness
KW - Shared Interest Group
KW - Small group intervention
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=35448954321&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1300/J018v31n01_08
DO - 10.1300/J018v31n01_08
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AN - SCOPUS:35448954321
SN - 0731-7115
VL - 31
SP - 101
EP - 112
JO - Clinical Gerontologist
JF - Clinical Gerontologist
IS - 1
ER -