Social Connection and Psychosocial Adjustment among Older Male Veterans Who Return to the Community from VA Nursing Homes.

CONCLUSIONS: Identified themes aligned with respondents' social connectedness and perceived psychosocial and physical well-being. Our results suggest that social connectedness is one part of the larger milieu of healthy aging including the importance of engagement with social opportunities and having a purpose.
CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS: Social connectedness is critical to assess for older adults transitioning between care settings. Developing screening tools and other interventions focused on social isolation are needed.
PMID: 32852256 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Clinical Gerontologist - August 28, 2020 Category: Geriatrics Tags: Clin Gerontol Source Type: research