Suicide among older adults living in or transitioning to residential long-term care, 2003 to 2015 - Mezuk B, Ko TM, Kalesnikava VA, Jurgens D.

IMPORTANCE: Almost 25% of Medicare beneficiaries live in residential long-term care (LTC) (eg, independent or assisted living facility or nursing home). There are few reliable statistics on completed suicide in LTC, in part because of data limitations. ...
Source: SafetyLit - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Elder Adults Source Type: news