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Associations Between Living Alone, Depression, And Falls Among Community-Dwelling Older Adults In The Us, Debasree Das Gupta, Uma Kelekar, Dominique Rice

Kinesiology and Health Science Faculty Publications

Social isolation is closely linked to depression and falls in late life and are common among seniors. Although the literature has highlighted age-related variations in these three geriatric conditions, evidence on heterogeneities across older adult age categories is lacking. To address this gap, we present cross-sectional analyses using indicators of social isolation, depression, and falls of older adults constructed from the most recent Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) data. An age-based understanding is critical to improve health interventions since health changes occur at a faster rate among seniors than in any other population subgroup. We included all adults 60 …