A profile of social isolation and the influence of demographics in older persons living in residential care, Durban, South Africa

Introduction: Residential care settings have shown high social isolation rates with incumbent risks necessitating measurement to formulate health promotion policies. Objective: To measure social isolation levels in older persons living in a lower socio-economic residential care setting in South Afri...

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Main Authors: Mary Ann Jarvis, Suvira Ramlall, Jennifer Chipps
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-01-01
Series:International Journal of Africa Nursing Sciences
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214139120301487