Social inequalities in health accumulate throughout people's life trajectories and negatively impact the iraging. To this end, an instrument was developed to measure them. The method used was the design and validation of an instrument that initially consisted of 100 items. It underwent expert validation, reducing it to 77 items, and concluded with an exploratory factor analysis that resulted in 11 latent items to measure the phenomenon....

Anorexia of aging is a common geriatric syndrome associated with many adverse health outcomes (eg, unintended weight loss, malnutrition). In the United States (US), the population is aging, but more rapidly so in rural counties where older adults account for more than 20% of the population. Compared to adults aging in urban areas, those aging in rural and underserved communities face more limited access to healthcare and social support networks and have higher rates of unintended weight loss, ma...