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Interventions that have potential to help older adults living with social frailty: a systematic scoping review

Abstract

BackgroundThe impact of social frailty on older adults is profound including mortality risk, functional decline, falls, and disability. However, effective strategies that respond to the needs of socially frail older adults are lacking and few studies have unpacked how social determinants operate or how interventions can be adapted during periods requiring social distancing and isolation such as the COVID-19 pandemic. To address these gaps, we …

Authors

Kastner M; Herrington I; Makarski J; Amog K; Bain T; Evangelista V; Hayden L; Gruber A; Sutherland J; Sirkin A

Journal

BMC Geriatrics, Vol. 24, No. 1,

Publisher

Springer Nature

DOI

10.1186/s12877-024-05096-w

ISSN

1471-2318