Drama therapy has been found to improve various facets of mental health while aging. It
provides opportunities for personal growth and creative expression and enhances group …

Retirement villages are a model of extra-care housing, offering purpose-designed housing
that incorporates both care services and a range of non-care-related facilities and activities …

The literature indicates that theatre and drama-based interventions have the potential to
improve older adults' well-being and health. The goal of the current study was to …

Much has been written about the important role that subjective social status plays in older
adults' well-being and subjective health. Less is known, however, about the potential role …

Aim This study examined the contribution of the social network to one's sense of belonging
to the community (SCB) in two different long‐term care settings: Continuing care retirement …

Social network analysis can support quality improvement in care homes but traditional
approaches to social network analysis are not always feasible in care homes. Recalling …

The present study evaluated a social network typology of continuing care retirement
community (CCRC) residents and examined it against their physical and emotional …

Distinctiveness theory suggests that numeric rarity is correlated with stronger homophily. In
this paper, we examine this theory by studying gender homophily in social networks of older …

This study examines two theoretical explanations for the existence of close ties among
continuing care retirement community residents: the attractiveness theory, which suggests …

Continuing care retirement communities (CCRCs) represent a unique living environment
available to mostly affluent, functionally independent (at least upon entering the setting) …