Social Connectedness and Successful Nursing Home Discharge After Heart Failure Hospitalization
Veterans with HF who were more socially connected in the SNF setting had higher rates of successful discharge than those with lower social connectedness. Low social connectedness may be an indicator of care needs that make discharge from SNF to home more challenging. Clinical social isolation measurement may be a useful tool in identifying successful discharge candidates.
Authors
- Julia Browne (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4014-9614)
- Zachary J. Kunicki (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3466-7589)
- Andrew L. Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2291-7974)
- B. Chen
- John E. McGeary (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4025-9511)
- James L. Rudolph
- Thomas A. Bayer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1616-0714)
- Lan Jiang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2583-3661)
- Matthew D. Howe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6373-1535)
- Matthew Thompson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8268-7429)
Institutions
- Brown University (US)
- Providence VA Medical Center (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of the American Medical Directors Association
- Published
- 2025-09-02
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jamda.2025.105824
- Primary Topic
- Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
- Health Services Research and Development
- Rehabilitation Research and Development Service
- National Institute of Mental Health