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Internamente Solo: Escuchando Y Resistiendo La Soledad De Adultos Mayores En La Araucanía, Chile / Internally Alone: Hearing And Resisting The Loneliness Of Seniors In La Araucanía, Chile, Grace Ellrodt
Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection
Research Question: Which current patterns drive or diminish loneliness among seniors of the Region of the Araucanía in the city of Temuco and surrounding rural communes?
Objectives: Understand and interpret the roots and the antidotes of the loneliness phenomenon experienced by seniors in Temuco and surrounding communes in the present moment.
Identify and analyze the drivers of pathological elder loneliness in structural, intermediary, and proximal factors.
Highlight the perspectives and narratives of seniors, community leaders, and health resources with respect to strategies to reduce the crisis.
Background: Currently, the population of seniors has risen and will continue to rise in …