What determines the life satisfaction of the elderly? Comparative study of residential care home and community in Japan

Background:  Increasing lifespan has forced elderly persons and researchers alike to look at life and aging in a new way: at adding life to years rather than years to life. With increasing lifestyle choices for the elderly, the present study was undertaken to determine and compare the factors associated with life satisfaction in elderly living in a residential care home and in the community in Japan.

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