Research opportunity – can you help us find interview participants?

Overview

Researchers at King’s College London are looking to speak to people over the age of 65 who have experience of loneliness.

Their goal is to understand what loneliness means for older adults and learn how we might be better able to measure loneliness.

Have you say

How can you help?

We need your help to identify people who may be interested in speaking to a researcher about their experiences of loneliness.

To take part, individuals would have to:

• Be over the age of 65
• Have experienced loneliness since turning 65
• Be happy to speak about their experiences

What will taking part mean?

Participants will speak to a researcher in a one-off interview which will take no longer that two hours. This includes demographic questions and comfort breaks.

The interview can be in person or online and will include questions on:

• Personal experiences of loneliness
• Role of technology in measuring loneliness
• Preferences for data use

As a thank you their time, participants will be given a £30 voucher after the interview.

Please contact Dr Jessica Rees via email: deloneliness@kcl.ac.uk

About DELONELINESS Project

The 3 year EPSRC/NIHR funded DELONELNESS project, a collaboration between King’s College London and the University of Chester, aims to design a smart monitoring and communication system with multifunctional electronics built into textiles used as wearables and home furniture to measure loneliness in older people. 

It will help understand the conditions of being lonely and develop a smart system to measure and monitor loneliness. We look forward to supporting the academic team recruit housing partners and also share the learnings from the resultant research.

• Find out more

To find out more, please contact Dr Jessica Rees via email: deloneliness@kcl.ac.uk

Lois Beech Senior Research Officer