The Mediating Effect of Resilience Between Social Support for Exercise and Resident Satisfaction in Assisted Living

ABSTRACT

This study examined whether residents' level of resilience mediated the relationship between social support for exercise from staff and resident satisfaction in assisted living. This was a secondary data analysis using baseline data from a function-focused care intervention study including 171 residents from four assisted living facilities. Using structural equation modeling, we found that mood and social support for exercise from staff were the only variables associated with resilience. Mood, gender, cognition, and social support for exercise from staff directly influenced resident satisfaction and explained 31% of the variance in the model. Implications for future research and practice are discussed.

KEYWORDS:

• Assisted living
• residential care
• resilience
• social support
• satisfaction

Conflict of interest

The authors have no financial or personal conflicts with this article.

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Funding

This research was supported by Robert Wood Johnson Foundation through the Interdisciplinary Nursing Quality Research Initiative Grant Program.