Residents Perceptions of Friendship and Positive Social Networks Within a Nursing Home

Gerontologist

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 855-867

  Casey, Anne Nicole S ^a   Low, Lee Fay ^b   Jeon, Yun Hee ^b   Brodaty, Henry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dementia; Long term care; Social isolation; Social network analysis; Social relationships

Indexed keywords

AGED; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FRIEND; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOME; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL SUPPORT; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOMES; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84994517655     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: 17585341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/gnv146     Document Type: Article

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