Published online by Cambridge University Press: 07 January 2026 Drew Eleanor Meehan [Opens in a new window] , Show author details Keywords ageing-in-placelonelinessolder peoplepublic healthsocial connectionsocial-ecological modelsocial isolation Information Type Article Information Ageing & Society , Volume 46 , 2026 , e21 Creative Commons This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which...