June 2013
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quires one to detach from presumptions too
often affixed to senior living areas.
Some may hold that such communities
are where the elderly go to dwindle away be-
fore they die, in fact, in the way of trends,
some believe it is better for senior citizens to
stay within their own home as long as possi-
ble, even up to the point of passing into that
great beyond.Think again. Research recently
published in the Proceedings of the National
Academy of Sciences found a direct correla-
tion between isolation and higher mortality
rates. The study involved tracking the health
of more than 6,500 men and women (over
Tim-Phillippe, President
