Exploring the use of social network analysis to measure social integration among older adults in assisted living

Family and Community Health

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 322-333

  Abbott, Katherine M ^a   Bettger, Janet Prvu ^a   Hampton, Keith ^b   Kohler, Hans Peter ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

assisted living facilities; frail older adults; long term care; social support

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EVALUATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERVIEW; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84865999566     PISSN: 01606379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/FCH.0b013e318266669f     Document Type: Article

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