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Peer reviewedRetsinas, Joan; Garrity, Patricia – Gerontologist, 1985
Examined resident characteristics most conducive to sociability and the common bonds underlying nursing home friendships. Suggests that lucidity and sight explain a significant proportion of the "loner" status of some residents, while placement on the same unit and contemporaneous age proved to be the most common bonds underlying…
Descriptors: Age, Communication Disorders, Friendship, Individual Characteristics
