Coping and defending: age differences in maturity of defence mechanisms and coping strategies.

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Despite being identified as a significant clinical phenomenon, wandering of persons with dementia (PWDs) has not been studied in Korea. As an initial trial, various factors chosen from the literature for their predictive relationships to wandering of Korean PWDs were evaluated in this study. METHOD:A total ...

journal_title：Aging & mental health

authors： Song JA,Lim YM,Hong GR

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In the past few decades, foreign home care to frail older adults has become a common alternative to family care in many developed countries. Whereas Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD) are common conditions in this population of frail older adults, little is known about the beliefs of foreign ho...

journal_title：Aging & mental health

authors： Ayalon L

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The purpose of this study was to examine factors associated with the bereavement service utilization of bereaved dementia caregivers. Grounded in Andersen's behavioral model of health service use, this study examined predisposing, enabling, and need factors as potential predictors of bereavement service use....

journal_title：Aging & mental health

authors： Bergman EJ,Haley WE,Small BJ

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Little is known about the patterns of psychotropic medication use in community-dwelling minority persons with dementia (PWD). The purpose of this study was to investigate racial/ethnic differences in psychotropic medication use across a diverse population of community-dwelling PWD and to examine the extent t...

journal_title：Aging & mental health

authors： Grace EL,Allen RS,Ivey K,Knapp SM,Burgio LD

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:We examined the psychometric properties of the CD-RISC, including factor structure. Secondly, we examined if resilience factors moderate the association between negative affect and hazardous alcohol use. METHOD:The sample population consisted of 1,368 community-dwelling older adults. We used standardized ...

journal_title：Aging & mental health

authors： van Gils Y,Dom G,Dierckx E,Van Alphen SPJ,Franck E

更新日期：2021-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:In many countries veterans from World War II are growing old. Research has shown that war experiences continue to impact those who have been involved in war for a long time. The present study targets old injured war veterans from World War II in Finland. The aim of this study was to produce knowledge of the ...

journal_title：Aging & mental health

authors： Nivala S,Sarvimäki A

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Positive psychological factors (PPFs) have been reported to have a significant impact on health in the general population. However, little is known about the relationship of these factors with mental and physical health in schizophrenia. METHOD:One hundred and thirty-five outpatients with schizophrenia and 1...

journal_title：Aging & mental health

authors： Edmonds EC,Martin AS,Palmer BW,Eyler LT,Rana BK,Jeste DV

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The aim of this study was to explore the main and mediating influences of stressors, a caregiver's appraisal, coping, personal conditions and social resources on the burden of dementia caregivers. METHOD:The study sample consisted of 95 spousal caregivers of non-institutionalized persons with dementia. A pa...

journal_title：Aging & mental health

authors： Van Den Wijngaart MA,Vernooij-Dassen MJ,Felling AJ

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article provides a review of the literature on clinical correlates of awareness in dementia. Most inconsistencies were found with regard to an association between depression and higher levels of awareness. Dysthymia, but not major depression, is probably related to higher levels of awareness. Anxiety also appears...

journal_title：Aging & mental health

authors： Aalten P,van Valen E,Clare L,Kenny G,Verhey F

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper reports findings from the carer component of the Gwynedd Dementia Study. It is based on carer interviews, using quantitative and qualitative data. It confirms earlier findings that carers for people with dementia are typically female and older than other carers, although it notes that caring husbands are am...

journal_title：Aging & mental health

authors： Wenger GC,Scott A,Seddon D

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) refers to an early but abnormal state of cognitive impairment with minimal functional impairment. The present study aimed to evaluate the validity of Fuld Object Memory Evaluation (FOME) as a measure of episodic memory function. METHOD:The study sample included 204 Chinese ol...

journal_title：Aging & mental health

authors： Ho RTH,Fong TCT,Hon T,Chan WC,Kwan JSK,Chiu PKC,Lam LCW

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In many countries there is a concern to improve assessment procedures for older people to avoid misplacement in nursing homes and ensure that rehabilitation takes place where possible. The study examined assessment documentation in 126 care homes in North West England. On a set of core domains for assessing need, the ...

journal_title：Aging & mental health

authors： Worden A,Challis DJ,Pedersen I

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objectives: Explorations of relationships between loneliness and depression have focused on loneliness as a uni-dimensional construct. We hypothesised that reciprocal relationships may exist between depressive symptomatology and social and emotional subtypes of loneliness.Methods: Using data from 373 adults aged over ...

journal_title：Aging & mental health

authors： McHugh Power J,Hannigan C,Hyland P,Brennan S,Kee F,Lawlor BA

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objective: The aim of this study is to identify and appraise existing instruments to evaluate mental well-being in old age.Method: Systematic literature searches in PubMed, PsycINFO, ProQuest Research Library, AgeLine and CINAHL databases were performed. The COnsensus-based Standards for the selection of health Measur...

journal_title：Aging & mental health

authors： Martín-María N,Lara E,Cresswell-Smith J,Forsman AK,Kalseth J,Donisi V,Amaddeo F,Wahlbeck K,Miret M

更新日期：2020-06-04 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The primary objective of this work is to report the observed changes in psychological well-being in a sample of long-term medically hospitalized patients, after attending a cognitive stimulation program. The secondary aim is to determine if the observed changes were related to previous cognitive level. METH...

journal_title：Aging & mental health

authors： Castel A,Lluch C,Ribas J,Borràs L,Moltó E

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When diagnosis of dementia occurs earlier in the disease process, more time is available for treatment aimed at maintaining patient function and delaying decline, and for family education about the disease and its management. Primary care providers often, however, face challenges in making timely diagnoses. Nineteen p...

journal_title：Aging & mental health

authors： Teel CS

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Integrated care has been identified as means of managing the demands on the healthcare budget while improving access to and quality of services. It is particularly pertinent to rural health services, which face limited access to specialist and support services. This paper explores the capacity of three rural ...

journal_title：Aging & mental health

authors： Henderson J,Dawson S,Fuller J,O'Kane D,Gerace A,Oster C,Cochrane EM

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objectives: This study aimed to investigate quality of life in nursing home residents and the relationship with personal, organizational, activity-related factors and social satisfaction.Methods: In a cross-sectional survey study in 73 nursing homes in Flanders, Belgium, 171 cognitively healthy residents were randomly...

journal_title：Aging & mental health

authors： Maenhout A,Cornelis E,Van de Velde D,Desmet V,Gorus E,Van Malderen L,Vanbosseghem R,De Vriendt P

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The quality of written prescriptions has not been examined in a psychiatric setting. The aim of this study was to examine the quality of drug prescribing by medical staff for elderly patients hospitalized with dementia in comparison with the quality of prescribing for elderly patients hospitalized for functional psych...

journal_title：Aging & mental health

authors： Nirodi P,Mitchell AJ

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Dementia is a major and growing health problem. Diagnosis is an important step in the access to care, but many dementia patients remain undiagnosed. This study investigated the magnitude and variation in the difference between 'observed' and 'estimated' prevalence of dementia in general practices. We also ex...

journal_title：Aging & mental health

authors： Connolly A,Gaehl E,Martin H,Morris J,Purandare N

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Healthy elderly and Alzheimer's disease (AD) volunteers participated in four conditions in which they were asked to demonstrate the function and category of a series of objects either verbally or non-verbally. When responding verbally to category judgement questions, volunteers with mild-moderate AD showed levels of p...

journal_title：Aging & mental health

authors： Grinstead K,Rusted J

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objectives: This study aimed to assess how childhood socioeconomic conditions are associated with sleeping problems in older adults and how this association may be mediated by socioeconomic conditions across the lives of individuals using a life course perspective. Since the life course opportunities differ systematic...

journal_title：Aging & mental health

authors： van de Straat V,Cheval B,Schmidt RE,Sieber S,Courvoisier D,Kliegel M,Burton-Jeangros C,Cullati S,Bracke P

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate whether fall risk in older adults is associated with the use of selective serotonin receptor inhibitor (SSRI) monotherapy among geriatric outpatients, and whether this association is moderated by the presence of depressive disorder and/or frailty. METHODS:Prospective cohort study with a 12-month...

journal_title：Aging & mental health

authors： Lin SM,Borges MK,de Siqueira ASS,Biella MM,Jacob-Filho W,Cesari M,Voshaar RCO,Aprahamian I

更新日期：2021-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To document the reliability, construct and nomological validity of the perceived Social Stigmatisation (STIG) scale in the older adult population. DESIGN:Cross-sectional survey. SETTING:Primary medical health services clinics. PARTICIPANTS:Probabilistic sample of older adults aged 65 years and over waitin...

journal_title：Aging & mental health

authors： Préville M,Mechakra Tahiri SD,Vasiliadis HM,Quesnel L,Gontijo-Guerra S,Lamoureux-Lamarche C,Berbiche D

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Early intervention in Alzheimer's disease (AD) should focus on psychological and social needs as well as the provision of medication. One possible component of early intervention programmes for people with early-stage AD is cognitive rehabilitation aimed at fostering the development of strategies for coping with memor...

journal_title：Aging & mental health

authors： Clare L,Wilson BA,Carter G,Hodges JR

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study aimed (1) to determine whether octogenarian and centenarian care recipients' self-report on physical, social, and emotional status are different from caregivers' reports, (2) to assess associations between octogenarian and centenarian care recipients' poor physical, social, and emotional status an...

journal_title：Aging & mental health

authors： Lee K,Martin P,Poon LW

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study explored how war commemorations such as the Cenotaph Service in the UK enable older veterans to benefit from a feeling of integration and belonging gained from both comradeship and acknowledgement from wider society. METHOD:Focus groups preceded by a video clip of the Cenotaph Service with 45 vet...

journal_title：Aging & mental health

authors： Barron DS,Davies SP,Wiggins RD

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The research largely aimed at exploring the impact of marital status, cognitive efficiency, gender, physical health and sociocultural context on self-rated emotional competence, depression, memory and cognitive measures. METHOD:Ninety-four healthy adults aged 75-99 were recruited in the Sardinian province o...

journal_title：Aging & mental health

authors： Fastame MC,Penna MP

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Complicated grief reactions are relatively common following spousal bereavement. Old-age spousal loss qualifies as a possible traumatic stressor; however, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as a possible complication of the loss has rarely been explored in this population. This study aimed to investigate the frequen...

journal_title：Aging & mental health

authors： O'Connor M

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Montreal Cognitive Assessment-Basic (MoCA-B) is a modified version of the MoCA that is especially suitable for use in elderly subjects with low education. The Authors translated the tool into Arabic and they aimed at validation of this tool in a sample of elderly Egyptians. METHODS:The study ...

journal_title：Aging & mental health

authors： Saleh AA,Alkholy RSAEHA,Khalaf OO,Sabry NA,Amer H,El-Jaafary S,Khalil MAEF

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00