Social capital and loneliness among older adults in community dwellings and nursing homes in Zhejiang Province of China

BackgroundLoneliness is an important problem afflicting the health of older adults, and has been proven to be associated with social capital. Previous research in China rarely investigated the differences of social capital and loneliness between older adults living in community dwellings and nursing...

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Published in:	Frontiers in Public Health
Main Authors:	Yan Chen, Yuchen Zhou, Min Li, Yanyan Hong, Hongkun Chen, Shanshan Zhu, Yiying Zhou, Shuangyu Yang, Xianlan Wu, Dahui Wang
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-05-01
Subjects:	social capital loneliness older adult nursing home community
Online Access:	https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1150310/full

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