The topic is loneliness in the older people Reserch proposal

LONELINESS IN THE OLDER PEOPLE
Table of Contents
Title    3
Introduction    3
Research Purpose    3
Research Aim    3
Type of the Research    3
Research Questions    4
Significance of the Research    4
Background Literature Review    4
Statistics of Older Population    4
Factors Causing Loneliness    5
Impact of Loneliness on Health    6
Impact of Socioeconomic Factors on Loneliness    6
Research Methodology    7
Sample Size and Population    7
Data Collection    7
Data Analysis    7
Ethical Considerations    8
Risks, Limitations and overcoming them    8
Conclusion    8
References    9
Title
Loneliness in the older people
Introduction
The term loneliness itself changes the vibe of the people reading it. When people observe loneliness or su
ounded by it, it has impact on them physically, biologically, socially and psychologically. Loneliness can be defined as the negative feeling, which arises in the individual when their social needs are not filled. There are many reasons, which resulted in loneliness. One of the prime reasons is the disease, as it has been seen that the people suffering from the chronic disease often isolate from the society, which resulted into loneliness. On the contrary, loneliness can be observed by anyone temporary in his or her life.
However, some of the people become permanent victims of the loneliness such as older people and people suffering from mental illness. It has been seen that the older people are highly vulnerable towards loneliness as most of them live in isolation and their medical conditions often restricted them to participate actively in the society. It has been the established fact that loneliness mainly due to isolation can have many side effects on the health of the people. It can push these people into depression. Nowadays, depression in the older people is very common and the cases are constant rising. This research tries to analyse the loneliness experienced in older people.
Research Purpose
Despite given all the facilities to the older people in the world to that the end time can be as comfortable as possible, yet most of the older people felt isolate and lonely, which affects their health.
Research Aim
The aim of the project will be to identify the factors resulted in the loneliness in the older people and its impact on their health
Type of the Research
This is the primary research, which will use the mixed approach. In this research, both qualitative method and quantitative method will be used. The data collection will be done using primary research method. As suggested by Sluka (2018), primary research method can be defined as the research method, in which data is collected by conducting the field research. As mentioned by Colorafi and Evans (2016), qualitative research method can be defined as the research method, which is used to gather the non-numerical data and interprets the meaning using the data. As stated by Bryman (2017), quantitative research method can be defined as the research method, which is used to quantify the problem by developing the numerical data or the data, which can be analysed to reach the specific conclusion. It quantifies opinion, attitude and behaviour. This method is considered suitable for the larger population.
Research Questions
The research questions, on which the study would be based, are—
· Why older people feel lonely?
· What are the factors contributed to the loneliness of the older people?
· What role is played by isolation in creating feeling of loneliness among older people?
· What is the impact of loneliness on the health of the people?
· How older people response to their loneliness?
· What measures can be taken to control the loneliness?
· How older people react to the retirement? Is retirement a triggering event for loneliness in older people?
Significance of the Research
Over the period, it has been seen that society is responsible for the loneliness among the older people. It has been the common notion in the society that people who cannot actively participate in the society lose their status and later, they are not remembered by the people who once have given the top-notch importance. As noted by Chung and Park (2019), it has been seen that the society directly or indirectly pushed the older population towards isolation. This research can play the crucial roles in making the policies or taking measures in the society to help the older people.
This research will identify all the factors, which pushed the older people into isolation or developed the feeling of the loneliness in them. On the contrary, this research works in analysing the impact of the loneliness on the health of the older people and the ways, these people respond to it. This research fulfils the knowledge gap on the research on older people. Although, there are many researches available on the topic, but this project tries to analyse the root factors and collaborate various domain of loneliness and the network, which formed by these domains. It is important to note that this research project will be a milestone as it guides the researchers for the future studies.
Background Literature Review
Statistics of Older Population
As mentioned by Hayanga, Kneale and Phoenix (2019), more that 40% of older population in the world felt isolated. It has been seen that hundreds of thousands of older people in the United Kingdom are lonely and have been isolated from the society. The people especially belonging to the age 75 and above face such a critical problem. There are more than 2 million people in England having age above...