Table 4.

Evidence of residents coming together and pulling apart based on mental conditions

Mental status	Coming together	Pulling apart
Cognitive impairments	Helping those with memory loss by reminding them about doing useful activities and giving them directions of restroom. Residents joking about their memory loss. Forming cliques among residents groups with cognitive impairments.	Being intolerant or showing frustration when residents with cognitive impairments violate social norms (e.g., by interrupting conversations). Residents’ memory loss is the cause of arguments with other residents and consequently residents engage in social distancing. Interrupting or stopping the conversation in midstream.
Mental illness- Schizophrenia	No instance of coming together	Showing intolerance for Schizophrenia-related behavior and asking residents to be relocated within the facility.
Mental illness- Depression	No instance of coming together	Residents with depression being sad and socially withdrawn. Being less involved in activities and talked less to others