Falls and Social Isolation of Older Adults in the National Health and Aging Trends Study

Social isolation and falls in older community-dwelling adults can have life-altering outcomes. Although evidence that supports an association between social isolation and falls is described below, the nature of the relationship is not well documented. Understanding the association between these two geriatric conditions could be important for the development of fall prevention interventions. There is a wide range of health outcomes associated with social isolation, including cognitive impairment, depression, changes in general health, cardiovascular disease, cancer, and death (Courtin&
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