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This manuscript is timely for Geriatric professionals i.e Doctors, Nurses, Medical Social Worker and other care professionals. The Study explored the effectiveness of the social support systems vis a vis (companionship support, emotional support, information access and financial support) on the psychosocial wellbeing of the elderly in Old Peoples homes in Ibadan. The study was supervised by an associate professor at the first University in Nigeria, University of Ibadan, Ibadan. The writer is a trained and registered medical social worker in Nigeria with special interest in Geriatric Social Care and Memory of Old age.

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He is a graduate of Social Work&Masters of Social Work.He was the Programme Coordinator of Sound Health Development Initiative(SHIN),Ado-Ekiti.He joined University College Hospital, Ibadan,as a Medical Social Worker to provide clinical services, research and training.He is a member of both local and international bodies on the care of the eldely

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