Journal Articles
Published (2022 – Present)
Guruge, S., & Sidani, S. (2025). Immigrant older adults’ perceived acceptability of interventions for social isolation: A mixed methods study protocol. International Health Trends and Perspectives, 5(3), 358–367. https://doi.org/10.32920/ihtp.v5i3.2553
Guruge, S., & Sidani, S. (2025). An exploration of demographic, health, social, and environmental factors associated with loneliness among immigrant older adult: A cross-sectional study in Canada. The Journal of Aging and Social Change, 15(2), 19–39. https://doi.org/10.18848/2576-5310/CGP/v15i02/19-39
Guruge, S., Sidani, S., & Hanley, J. (2025). Social Participation Among Older Immigrants: A Cross-Sectional Study in Nine Cities in Canada. Healthcare (Basel), 13(13), 1478. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare13131478
Guruge, S., & Sidani, S., & The ICOI Team. (2024). Sociodemographic and Health Determinants of Loneliness in Older Immigrants in Canada: A Cross-Sectional Study. Canadian Journal of Nursing Research, 57(2), 298–305. https://doi.org/10.1177/08445621241289234
Mazzullo, E., Salma, J., Walsh, C., Au, A., Sidani, S., Agrawal, S., Bulut, O., & Guruge, S. (2025). Neighbourhood social influences on loneliness in older immigrants in two Canadian provinces. Canadian Journal on Aging, 44(4), 449–457. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0714980825100068
Guruge, S., Saha, M., Shields, J., Chandrasekaran, K., Metersky, K., Catallo, C., Amanzai, H., Zhuang, Z., & Sidani, S. (2025). Economic factors contributing to social isolation among immigrant older adults in the Greater Toronto Area: A qualitative interpretive description. Journal of Ageing and Longevity, 6(1), 2. https://doi.org/10.3390/jal6010002
Metersky, K., Lin, P., Guruge, S., Zhuang, Z. C., Catallo, C., & Chandrasekaran, K. (2025). The role of technology use in the context of social isolation among immigrant older adults. Canadian Journal of Nursing Research, 57(3), 429–435. https://doi.org/10.1177/08445621251347014
Ekoh, P. C., Guruge, S., Walsh, C. A., Warria, A., Chandrasekaran, K., Wong, K. W., & Umer, H. (2025). “It’s all about the connection”: Digital and physical spaces for Mandarin and Punjabi-speaking older immigrants in Calgary. Journal of Aging & Social Policy, 1–20. https://doi.org/10.1080/08959420.2025.2568447
Northwood, M., Leung, E., Sidani, S., & Guruge, S. (2024). Recruiting older immigrants for research: Opportunities and challenges. In S. Guruge (Ed.). Intersections of Aging and Immigration: The Promise and the Paradox of a Better Life. Toronto: Toronto Metropolitan University. Retrieved from https://pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca/intersections/
Zhang, F., Hanley, J., Klassen, C. (2024). “I help them to help the country”: Lack of state support for precarious status, older Chinese immigrants. Guruge, S., ed. Intersections of Aging and Immigration: Promises and Paradoxes of a Better Life. TMU Publishing. https://pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca/intersections/
Hanley, J., Hassan, M., Al Mhamied, A., Guruge, S., Hajjar, O., Hynie, M., Jamil, R., & Razavipour, E. (2024). Resettlement of older Syrian refugees in Canada: Key individual factors of social inclusion. Refuge, 40(1), 1–23. https://doi.org/10.25071/1920-7336.41223
Metersky, K., Zhuang, Z. C., St-Amant, O., & Guruge, S. (2024). Lessons learned from recruiting socially isolated older immigrants for a Survey-based Study in Toronto. Canadian Journal of Nursing Research, 56(1), 3–4. https://doi.org/10.1177/08445621231206034
Ekoh, P., Zhu, C., Walsh, C., & Guruge, S. (2023). Experiences of social isolation by Mandarin and Punjabi-speaking older immigrants living in Calgary. Innovation in Aging, 7(Supplement_1), 1035–1035. https://doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igad104.3326
Guruge, S., & Sidani, S. (2023). Determinants of loneliness in older immigrants: A scoping review.
International Health Trends and Perspectives, 3(2), 243–262. https://doi.org/10.32920/ihtp.v3i2.1731
Xueping, M., Shuhua, K., Hanley, J., Soulières, M., Mezdour, A., Laquerre, M-E. Vivre dans le rêve ou vivre dans les limbes : Expériences vécues de l’inclusion sociale des immigrants âgés parlant mandarin à Montréal, Canada. Travail Social :Revue Francophone et Internationale
Sidani, S., Northwood, M., Sethi, B., Zhuang, Z. C., & Edhi, K. (2022). Social isolation and loneliness in older immigrants during COVID-19: a scoping review. International Journal of Migration, Health and Social Care, 18(2), 164–178. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJMHSC-08-2021-0071