Loneliness in care homes, is it a phenomenon? And what can we do to improve the situation?
| Autor: | Pat Schofield |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
| Předmět: |
Gerontology
medicine.medical_specialty Care homes Population 03 medical and health sciences Nursing care 0302 clinical medicine Homes for the Aged Humans Medicine 030212 general & internal medicine education Aged Geriatrics education.field_of_study 030504 nursing business.industry Loneliness Nursing Homes Fundamentals and skills medicine.symptom 0305 other medical science business Nursing homes Older people |
| Zdroj: | Evidence Based Nursing. 24:127-127 |
| ISSN: | 1468-9618 1367-6539 |
| Popis: | Commentary on: Clare G, Pete L, Tim H, et al . What is the prevalence of loneliness amongst older people living in residential and nursing care homes? Age & Ageing 2020;49(5):748–57.doi: 10.1093/ageing/afaa049. The care home population are generally considered the most, frail and vulnerable within our population. Prevalence of severe loneliness among older people living in care homes is at least double that of community-dwelling populations: 22%–42% for the care population compared with 10% for the community population.1 But the evidence highlighting this issue is limited and a neglected area of research. Nevertheless, an awareness that loneliness and deteriorating health … |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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