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| Assessment of multiple constructs of social integration for older adults living in nursing homes | | Author(s) | Skye N Leedahl, Alicia Sellon, Rosemary K Chapin |
| Journal title | Journal of Gerontological Social Work, vol 61, no 5, July 2018 |
| Publisher | Taylor and Francis, July 2018 |
| Pages | pp 526-548 |
| Source | http://wwwtandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Nursing homes ; Residents [care homes] ; Social contacts ; Social interaction ; Social inclusion ; Participation ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | A variety of terms and measures have been used in the literature to denote being socially integrated and many studies of older adults focus on social networks or social support and often only include those living in the community. The purpose of this study was to assess multiple constructs of social integration (i.e., social networks, social capital, social support and social engagement) for older adults in nursing homes. Data were collected from 140 older adults at 30 nursing homes in Kansas. Older adults were interviewed in person using a survey questionnaire and used multilevel confirmatory factor analysis to analyse the data. Results showed that the proposed model was supported at the individual level. At the between level social networks and social support were supported. Study results have methodological and practice/policy implications for the study of older adults in long term care settings. In particular this study contributes to understanding how to operationally define and differentiate social integration variables in studies of older adults, particularly when study data are hierarchical. (JL). |
| Accession Number | CPA-180629214 A |
| Classmark | LHB: KX: TOA: TMA: RNA: TMB: 7T |
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