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Most elderly persons are institutionalized.
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REFUTED
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Is it true that most elderly persons are institutionalized?
No. Data shows that only a small minority of older adults live in nursing homes or residential care facilities, with the vast majority living in private homes or relying on informal care.
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Wikipedia: Nursing home. (n.d.). Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nursing_home
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Wikipedia: Long-term care. (n.d.). Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long-term_care
Notes that only 1 percent of the total elderly population in Sri Lanka was institutionalized.
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PLOS (all journals): Prevalence of falls and comparison of health-related physical fitness factors between different faller categories among institutionalized older adults in Kandy District of Sri Lanka. (n.d.). PLOS (all journals). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0297946
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