Social isolation among seniors can increase the chances of admission to nursing homes, and programs to increase their socialization could reduce healthcare spending, new research shows. Research into ...

Social isolation is a significant risk factor for nursing home use among older adults, according to a study published online July 24 in JAMA Internal Medicine. Mary Louise Pomeroy, Ph.D., from the ...

North Carolina lawmakers struggled to answer questions about the isolation nursing home residents face during the coronavirus pandemic in North Carolina Wednesday.Rep. Perrin Jones, a medical doctor ...

Some nursing home residents, especially those without family nearby, have gone without a visit since March. While the rise in coronavirus cases across the state poses a physical threat, that isolation ...

With the pandemic state of emergency coming to a close, and with flu season now flu-and-COVID-19 season, experts are shifting their focus to what we can learn from the experience and apply to future ...

Since retiring from my vocation in 2014, I knew that without having one or several avocations I would not live the long life I desired. My desire to learn Italian was quickly short circuited as the ...

Q: Social isolation is being added to the MDS this Oct. 1. How should we care plan this new item? A: Social isolation is a self-reported social determinant of health item coming to the Minimum Data ...