Effect of cognitive training targeting associative memory in the elderly: a small randomized trial and a longitudinal evaluation.

are an example of the interdependency of people and their environment. Individuals’ family coping skills are responsible for an appropriate response to a stressful event such as hospitalization. Nevertheless, the requirements and resources of the household could be modified upon one of its member’s hospital admission. The results of the present study suggest that the comprehensive approach of acute geriatric wards could neutralize the effect of social vulnerability on health-related outcomes since professional care secures differential demands. Further study could establish the effect of living arrangements on the success of transitions from hospital to home and on the risk of readmission, to better understand the role of living arrangements as a social determinant of health.