Despite the benefits of social participation for individuals and communities, little is known about how social participation varies over the life course. Drawing upon data collected between 1957 and ...

At the 77th World Health Assembly in 2024 governments made a unanimous and unprecedented commitment to put patients, people and communities with lived experience, and healthcare workers at the heart ...

A new study followed more than 7000 middle-aged and older Canadians for approximately three years to understand whether higher rates of social participation were associated with successful aging in ...

A cyclic model for explaining the relationship between social participation, self-concept, and interpersonal valuation is proposed and tested in a longitudinal study of 220 male-female dyads beginning ...

It is widely recognized that social connection plays a key role in longevity. People who are lonely or socially isolated experience more health problems and die younger. 1 A lack of social ...

The findings showed that before moving to facilities, older adults experienced steady declines in all social activities, losing 2.0 to 4.7% participation annually. However, after entering long-term ...

For the most recent study on the benefits of social participation, a team of researchers from Nara Medical University in Japan were curious to identify if participation in social activities could ...

Dr. Alexandra Sußmann, Mayor for Social Affairs, Health and Integration, and Franziska Vogel, Head of the Office for Social Affairs and Participation, presented the annual report of the Office for ...