Journal of deaf studies and deaf education
Experiences of loneliness among older deaf adults who use sign language.
Anu H Jansson, Maria Kursi, Kaisu H Pitkälä, Timo Strandberg, Laura Rautiainen, Tarja Ylimaa
Published: 202510.1093/jdsade/enaf070
Abstract
Loneliness is recognized worldwide as a risk to well-being and health. It emerges from the discrepancy between our expectations of social relationships and the reality. However, very little is known about the experiences of loneliness among older dea…
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