Poor health and loneliness in later life: the role of depressive symptoms, social resources, and rural environments.

"This paper has drawn on data from The Irish Longitudinal Study of Ageing (TILDA), which was conducted with the financial support from Irish Life, the Atlantic Philanthropies, and the Department of Health and Children, Republic of Ireland. The authors wish to acknowledge the work of the TILDA research team including the Project Director, Professor Alan Barrett, lead Principal Investigator Professor Rose Anne Kenny, and the collaborators from higher educational establishments in Ireland, in particular the lead institution Trinity College Dublin. The authors also extend thanks to the research participants. The lead author is grateful to colleagues at the Irish Centre for Social Gerontology, National University of Ireland Galway, for hosting a visiting fellowship in 2011/2012 during which time this paper was drafted. V. Burholt performed all statistical analyses and wrote the first draft of the paper. T. Scharf contributed to the conceptualization of the model and revised and contributed to the development of the full paper."