A demonstration project, including interviews conducted before and after a period of occupational therapy intervention, with a group of well elderly citizens attending a nutrition site showed significant, positive improvements in Indexes of Social Resources, Life Satisfaction, and General Affect. The results appeared to validate the provision of a support system through intervention aimed at helping to keep the elderly in the community.

Keywords:
older adult, prevention
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Copyright © 1982 by the American Occupational Therapy Association, Inc.
1982
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