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This article presents interim findings and reflections from a case study of multiply excluded homeless people in Stoke-on-Trent. The article focuses on the experiences reported by a group of twelve such people living in the YMCA hostel. From the interviews, a large number of thematic structures were identified, of which only a few are outlined here, due to restrictions on the article length. The article concludes that the YMCA has had an important impact on their lives, mostly for the better, but the nature of this impact is complex and far from being fully understood.

The article discusses the features of the life of elderly citizens, including those living alone, after the retirement from active work. Some socio-psychological problems of elderly people, such as a monotonous lifestyle, limited connections with the outside world, lack of impressions, shortage of living space, and limited employment opportunities, are emphasized. Various options for the adaptation of elderly people living alone are considered. In particular, the author presents the project "Live healthily!", which is aimed at solving the issue of adapting lonely people of retirement age, improving their emotional background, and increasing digital literacy.

Intro -- Contents -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Research Origin and Background -- 1.1.1 Research Origin -- 1.1.2 Research Background -- 1.2 Research Objects and Specific Issues -- 1.2.1 Research Objects -- 1.2.2 Specific Issues -- 1.3 Significance of the Study -- 1.3.1 Theoretical Significance -- 1.3.2 Significance for Policy-Making -- 1.3.3 Realistic Significance -- 1.4 Theoretical Originality and Issues to Be Explored -- 1.4.1 Originality in Research -- 1.4.2 Issues to Be Explored -- References -- 2 Theoretical Foundations of Research on Stigmatisation of People Living with HIV/AIDS -- 2.1 Construction and Characteristics of Stigmatisation of People Living with HIV/AIDS -- 2.1.1 Research on the Construction of Stigmatisation of People Living with HIV/AIDS -- 2.1.2 Characteristics of Stigmatisation of People Living with HIV/AIDS -- 2.2 Research on the Needs of People Living with HIV/AIDS After Stigmatisation -- 2.2.1 Research on the "External" Needs of People Living with HIV/AIDS After Stigmatisation -- 2.2.2 Research on the "Internal" Needs of People Living with HIV/AIDS After Stigmatisation -- 2.3 Research on Assistance for People Living with HIV/AIDS After Stigmatisation -- 2.3.1 Research on Assistance and Dilemmas of People Living with HIV/AIDS After Stigmatisation -- 2.3.2 Academic Research on the Relief for People Living with HIV/AIDS After Stigmatisation -- 2.3.3 Research on Social Problems Faced by People Living with HIV/AIDS After Stigmatisation at Home -- 2.3.4 Research on Social Problems Faced by People Living with HIV/AIDS After Stigmatisation Abroad -- 2.4 Theoretical Foundations -- 2.4.1 Social Exclusion Theory -- 2.4.2 Stigma Theory -- 2.4.3 Actor Theory -- 2.4.4 Theory of Welfare Pluralism -- References -- 3 Research Framework and Research Methodology -- 3.1 Research Framework and Research Ideas -- 3.1.1 Research Framework.

The article lays out the results from an extensive literature review exploring the spiritual and religious lives of people living with dementia. The ways in which informal spiritual practices such as prayer, praise and worship can enhance people's spiritual lives are outlined. Alongside formal spiritual practices the article highlights that more generically spiritual things such as finding meaning, forgiveness, acceptance, reminiscence and value are crucial dimensions of the spiritual lives of people living with dementia. It concludes by noting the importance of using a multi-sensory approach which enables individuals to connect with their spirituality in more concrete, tangible ways.

A survey of 192 old people was carried out to assess the need for a paid daily visitor as a means of ensuring prompt help in cases of illness or accident. The survey found evidence of a comprehensive network of care from neighbours for the elderly people living near them. Neighbour observation and support made a daily Street Visitor Scheme superfluous.

Purpose
The benefits of "green dementia care", whereby people living with dementia are supported to connect with nature, are increasingly being recognised. Evidence suggests that these benefits span physical, emotional and social spheres and can make a significant contribution towards quality of life. However, care settings often present specific challenges to promoting such connections due to a range of factors including risk-averse cultures and environmental limitations. The purpose of this paper is to report on a project that aims to explore the opportunities, benefits, barriers and enablers to interaction with nature for people living with dementia in residential care and extra care housing schemes in the UK.


Design/methodology/approach
Data were gathered from 144 responses to an online survey by managers/staff of extra care housing schemes and care homes in the UK. In depth-case studies were carried out at three care homes and three extra care housing schemes, involving interviews with residents, staff and family carers.


Findings
A wide variety of nature-based activities were reported, both outdoor and indoor. Positive benefits reported included improved mood, higher levels of social interaction and increased motivation for residents, and greater job satisfaction for staff. The design and layout of indoor and outdoor spaces is key, in addition to staff who feel enabled to promote connections with nature.


Research limitations/implications
This paper is based on a relatively small research project in which the participants were self-selecting and therefore not necessarily representative.


Practical implications
The paper makes some key recommendations for good practice in green dementia care in extra care housing and care homes.


Social implications
Outdoor activities can promote social interaction for people living with dementia in care settings. The authors' findings are relevant to the recent policy focus on social prescribing.


Originality/value
The paper makes some key recommendations for good practice in green dementia care in extra care housing and care homes.

This article presents the results of a sociological study aimed at examining the strategies that people living in apartment complexes choose in terms of economic behavior in a situation when funds are being collected for major renovation. Under Russian federal law № 271-FZ, home owners must participate in major renovations of community property in apartment complexes on conditions of state co-financing. As a result, citizens are involved in producing a common good in the form of major housing renovation. Given such a situation, people could opt for both pro-social, based on monthly payments for major renovations, and egotistical strategies, which involve refusal to make mandatory payments. Analyzing the economic behavior of people living in apartment complexes in the vein of J. Coleman's rational choice theory allowed for establishing three groups of factors which define the choice of either pro-social or egotistical strategies. The first group of factors acts on an individual level and defines the proportion of those gains and losses considered by an individual when deciding on whether to transfer funds for major renovations. These include subjective evaluation of the building's technical state and financial status. The second group of factors is linked to expectations regarding the actions of other residents in terms of collecting funds for major renovations. The third group of factors manifests itself during interactions between apartment owners and the corporate actors implementing the major renovation program. Trust towards these actors becomes a crucial factor. The influence of the highlighted factors on choosing economic behavior strategies when it comes to collecting funds for major renovations was researched during a sociological study conducted in Yaroslavl using questionnaire method in 2015 and 2018. 600 respondents were surveyed in each of these studies. It was determined that the economic behavior of home owners in apartment complexes is subject to the following strategies: pro-social ("cooperation", "conformal") and egotistical ("maximin", "competitive", "aggressive"). When comparing the results of both studies, an increase in the amount of proponents of pro-social strategies is apparent. The highlighted tendency corresponds to an increase in the amount of funds collected for major renovations. Pro-social strategies are preferred by residents with average or high financial status, who consider the quality of completed major renovations to be good. These people are convinced that other residents transfer monthly payments in full, and they trust the governmental institutions implementing the major renovation program.

As well as all around the World, in Turkey, non-heterosexual (lesbian, bisexual, gay, transsexual, transgender, quir) oriented movements and identities are much more visible in public sphere. For LGBTTQ people, to be more visible in the public sphere, to manipulate policies and public opinion, to give voice for their freedom and rights, NGOs and initiatives based on sexual orientation out of hegemonic sexual identity have been improving rapidly in the World. Parallel to the global rise, in Turkey LGBTTQ movements and NGOs are more and more active today as a new social movement. In the parameters behind the development of LGBTTQ movements, totally eight LGBTTQ NGOs are active in Turkey's cities Istanbul, Ankara, İzmir, Eskişehir and Diyarbakır. To transform the heterosexist, patriarchal and militarist public sphere in Turkey, the LGBTTQ NGOs prepare some activities, demonstrations and the most famous one "Istanbul Pride". In this study, their propaganda techniques, media tools, projects to effect public opinion, and their relations to other NGOs and initiatives are seen as typically the items of new social movements. Behind the rise of sexual oriented social movements, the decline of national identities, the dissolution of citizenship, class identities and the decline of identities based on production relations play crucial roles.