Nursing's Nicholas Schiltz on older patients' healthcare priority

Study: Older patients' top healthcare priority is maintaining social activities with friends

ideastream: Nicholas Schiltz, assistant professor at Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, and Mary Dolansky, the Sarah C. Hirsh Professor and at the nursing school, discussed their new study of nearly 400,000 seniors that found that maintaining social activities with friends mattered more to them than physical health when making healthcare decisions.