Nursing Home Friendships
- 1 August 1985
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in The Gerontologist
- Vol. 25 (4) , 376-381
- https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/25.4.376
Abstract
Considering friendships among residents as a dependent variable, this research examines resident characteristics most conducive to sociability and the common bonds underlying nursing home friendships. Results suggest that lucidity and sight explain a significant proportion of the “loner” status of some residents, while placement on the same unit and contemporaneous age proved to be the most common bonds underlying friendship dyads.Keywords
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