Background Plenty of evidence has shown that self-perceived uselessness among older
adults is negatively associated with successful aging in terms of good health in Western …

Official estimates suggest that self-neglect is the most common type of elder mistreatment.
Interestingly, very few researchers have empirically assessed self-neglect as a type of elder …

Aim The purpose of this study was to identify whether the onset of falls is associated with
reduced autonomy among individuals in the second half of life. Methods Longitudinal data …

Objectives: To identify risk factors for harm due to self‐neglect or behaviors related to
disorientation in cognitively impaired seniors who live alone that can be used in primary …

Background Being alone, as measured by less frequent social interactions, has been
reported to be associated with a more rapid rate of motor decline in older persons. We tested …

Research suggests that feeling lonely may be associated with poor self-rated health.
Physical activity may play an important role in this relationship. The current study explored …

Substantiated cases of elder self-neglect have been reported to be more common than
either elder abuse or neglect. It is a problem that often requires the active involvement of a …

Objectives This study examined whether exposure to chronic loneliness is associated with a
persistent decline in hand grip strength among community-dwelling older adults in Korea …

Objectives: Functional impairment and social disconnection are risk factors for suicide in
later life. This paper examines associations between domains of functional impairment and …

Objectives Cognitive frailty has recently been defined as the co-occurrence of physical frailty
and cognitive impairment. Late-life depression is associated with both physical frailty and …