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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

During the height of the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic, residents at Card Home for the Aged in Willimantic often gathered in the dining room to sing their favorite songs from the 1960s, like “Brown Eyed Girl ...

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 ...

Over the past 14 months, the pandemic has brought to nursing homes and assisted living facilities illness, death, isolation and untold suffering. The numbers tell only part of the story, but they are ...