Social engagement in older residents of assisted living facilities

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 642-647

  Jang, Yuri ^a   Park, Nan Sook ^b   Dominguez, Delilah Dylan ^a   Molinari, Victor ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

assisted living facilities; depressive symptoms; functional disability; social engagement

Indexed keywords

AGED; ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES;

EID: 84901505107     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: 13646915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13607863.2013.866634     Document Type: Article

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