Singaporean elderly social networks: Exploring how formal and informal social networks enable successful ageing

• Main Author: Saranya, Mahendran
• Other Authors: Xiao Hong
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/70060
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This paper aims to study how Singaporean elderly build/maintain formal and informal social networks, as well as determining the effectiveness of various networks in providing opportunities for the elderly to socialise and acquire social support. Data was obtained by conducting semi-structured inter...