Social network types and functional dependency in older adults in Mexico

• Main Authors: Espinosa-Alarcón Patricia (Author), Pérez-Cuevas Ricardo (Author), Doubova (Dubova) (Author), Flores-Hernández Sergio (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2010-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Social networks play a key role in caring for older adults. A better understanding of the characteristics of different social networks types (TSNs) in a given community provides useful information for designing policies to care for t...