Social engagement within the facility increased life expectancy in nursing home residents: a follow-up study
Abstract Background Social engagement (SE) has been consistently shown to improve survival among community-dwelling older people, but the evidence in nursing home residents is inconclusive and prone to short-term reverse causation and confounding by major health determinants. Our main objective was...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2020-11-01
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Series: | BMC Geriatrics |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12877-020-01876-2 |