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Neighborhood Social Environment and Dementia: The Mediating Role of Social Isolation.

Eun Young ChoiGawon ChoVirginia W Chang
Published in: The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences (2024)
Neighborhood deprivation and disorder may increase middle to older adults' risks of dementia. Disorder may adversely affect cognitive health through increasing loneliness. Our results suggest a clear need for dementia prevention targeting upstream neighborhood contexts, including the improvement of neighborhood conditions to foster social integration among residents.
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