THE TEMPORAL SEQUENCE OF FRAILTY, SOCIAL ISOLATION, AND LONELINESS IN OLDER ADULTS ACROSS 21 YEARS

Abstract

This study examined the temporal patterns of social isolation, loneliness, and frailty among a national sample of older adults across 21 years (1995–2016). We applied random intercept cross-lagged panel models to seven waves of the Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam (LASA). We included 2,302 Dutch older adults ages 55 and older (Mage= 72.