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ArticleHealthcare (Basel, Switzerland)2026

Care Needs and Care Options for Frail Older People Living Alone in Italy: An Exploratory Mixed Study.

Maria Gabriella Melchiorre, Marco Socci, Giovanni Lamura, Sabrina Quattrini

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Article in Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Maria Gabriella MelchiorreCentre for Socio-Economic Research on Ageing, IRCCS INRCA-National Institute of Health and Science on Ageing, Via Santa Margherita 5, 60124 Ancona, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-4428-3749
Marco SocciCentre for Socio-Economic Research on Ageing, IRCCS INRCA-National Institute of Health and Science on Ageing, Via Santa Margherita 5, 60124 Ancona, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-9093-2167
Giovanni LamuraCentre for Socio-Economic Research on Ageing, IRCCS INRCA-National Institute of Health and Science on Ageing, Via Santa Margherita 5, 60124 Ancona, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-9278-9544
Sabrina QuattriniCentre for Socio-Economic Research on Ageing, IRCCS INRCA-National Institute of Health and Science on Ageing, Via Santa Margherita 5, 60124 Ancona, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-5670-2034

Funding

Fondazione Cariplo Grant N. 2017-0941
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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ageing in placedaily living activitiesfamilyfrail older peoplefriends and neighboursfunctional limitationshealthItalyself-help/carewell-being

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PMID42278684
PMCPMC13257076

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