Study: Personality Traits Tied to Likelihood of Nursing Home Care

According to new research, people with certain types of personalities are more likely to receive nursing home care.

The researchers had 1,000 seniors complete a self-report questionnaire and then classified them by five personality traits: neuroticism, extraversion, openness to experience, agreeableness and conscientiousness. They found that the seniors who scored high for neuroticism were more than twice as likely to spend time in a nursing home while those who had higher "openness to experience" scores were more likely to receive home care.

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