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Prof.dr. T.G. van Tilburg Person

Prof.dr. T.G. van Tilburg

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Expertise Older adults; Aging; Social networks; Social support; Loneliness; Life course; Methodology;Gerontology;Sociology
Expertise (NL) Ouderen; Veroudering; Sociale netwerken; Sociale ondersteuning; Eenzaamheid; Levensloop; Methodologie;gerontologie;sociologie
Digital Author ID info:eu-repo/dai/nl/073810525

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Professor
Organisation Department of Sociology (VU)
Chair (EN) Sociology and Social Gerontology
Chair (NL) Sociologie in het bijzonder Sociale Gerontologie
Phone +31-20-5986870
Email t. g. van. tilburg -at- vu. nl
URL http://www.fsw.vu.nl/nl/wetenschappelijke-afdelingen/sociolo...
Management
Organisation Faculty of Social Sciences (VU)
Email t. g. van. tilburg -at- vu. nl

Publications

Informal and formal home-care use among older adults in Europe: can cross-national differences be explained by societal context and composition?
Vriendschap wordt belangrijker
The impact of informal care-giving networks on adult children's care-giver burden
Loneliness and self-management abilities in the visually impaired elderly
Social participation of elderly after vision loss
All publications..

Enhanced publications

Doctoral Thesis: On the interrelationship between cognitive and social functioning in older age

Current research

(the most recent research is at the top)
Project leader The Social Context of Aging (SoCA)

Completed research projects

(the most recent research is at the top)
Supervisor The retirement transition: Influences of societal conditions and personal resources on well-being
Supervisor Sharing the care: choices of adult children with parents in need of care
Project leader Diversity in late life
Project leader Exchanges of support and care in late life partner relationships: antecedents and consequences for personal relationships, health and wellbeing
Supervisor Social adjustment to widowhood. Changes in personal relationships and loneliness before and after partner loss
All completed research..

Classification

A82000 Social circumstances
D53000 Gerontology
D61000 Sociology

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