Look (closely) at all the lonely people: age and the social psychology of social support.

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To examine the effect of a fall prevention program offered under real-world conditions on balance maintenance several months after the program. To explore the program's impact on falls. METHOD:A quasi-experimental study was conducted among community-dwelling seniors, with pre- and postintervention measures ...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Robitaille Y,Fournier M,Laforest S,Gauvin L,Filiatrault J,Corriveau H

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To present the bother subscales of the Nursing Home Vision-Targeted Health-Related Quality of Life Questionnaire (NHVQoL) and to examine their relationship to the original NHVQoL subscales and objective measures of visual function. METHOD:395 nursing home residents completed the bother subscales. Association...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Elliott AF,Dreer LE,McGwin G Jr,Scilley K,Owsley C

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article is a retrospective case-control study of patients from a Veteran's Affairs Medical Center and an urban public hospital. Patients (53) older than 55 at the time of their HIV diagnosis were age- and gender-matched to 106 HIV-negative controls. Potential predictors of HIV-infection were abstracted from the m...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Szerlip MA,DeSalvo KB,Szerlip HM

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This aim of this study was to characterize trends in alcohol-related hospital admissions among middle-aged and older adults from 1993 to 2010 in relation to age, gender, race, and cohort membership. METHOD:This study utilized repeated cross-sectional data from the Nationwide Inpatient Sample. Using alcohol-r...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Sacco P,Unick GJ,Kuerbis A,Koru AG,Moore AA

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The association between socioeconomic status (SES) and health, which has proven to be quite robust, is rarely tested in societies where levels of economic development and systems of stratification differ from those in Western developed countries. This article examines associations in rural and urban China. M...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Zimmer Z,Kwong J

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since the development of the Index of Independence in Activities of Daily Living, ADL tools have been used to describe older persons' status and to predict outcomes. It is suggested that this approach is grounded in an ADL research tradition. An alternative that is based upon Husserl's phenomenology is proposed. A ...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Porter EJ

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objective: This study examined the trajectories of depressive symptoms and associated factors in older adults using an enhanced group-based trajectory modeling. Method: The study sample consisted of 7,573 adults aged ≥65 years from the National Health and Aging Trends Study (Rounds 1-7). Depressive trajectories were e...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Xiang X

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objectives: This study aimed to examine the longitudinal relationship between two central concepts in aging research-self-perceptions of aging (SPA) and perceived control of life (COL). Method: The data came from three measurement points over a 9-year period in the Health and Retirement Study (HRS). A random intercept...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Luo MS,Li LW,Chui EWT

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Many studies have examined quality effects of nursing facility (NF) staffing, but few have examined effects of unionization. Concerned with possible effects of unionization on quality, we analyzed unionization and local market climate of unionization, predicting both complaints (reflecting either quality prob...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Swan JH,Harrington C

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study evaluated weight change and caregiver stress in 200 informal caregivers to elderly patients discharged from a rehabilitation hospital. Previous laboratory and epidemiologic studies have shown that stress predisposes to weight change. Nineteen percent of the caregivers had gained or lost at least 10 pounds...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Fredman L,Daly MP

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objective: The objective of this study is to examine the relationship between loneliness and work disability and whether depression mediates the hypothesized relationship. Method: We draw on data from the 2013 and 2015 waves of the Survey of Health, Aging, and Retirement in Europe. We limited the sample to adults betw...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Morris ZA

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To better understand future home-based care needs and costs for disabled elders in China. METHOD:To further develop and apply the ProFamy extended cohort-component method and the most recent census and survey data. RESULTS:(a) Chinese disabled elders and the annual growth rate of the percentage of national...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Zeng Y,Chen H,Wang Z,Land KC

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine how the experience of a negative health event (i.e., onset of heart disease, diabetes, lung disease, cancer, or stroke) of one spouse affects the mental and physical well-being of the other partner as measured by depressive symptoms and self-reported health. METHODS:We employ latent growth curve a...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Valle G,Weeks JA,Taylor MG,Eberstein IW

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study is to explore the association between mental work demands (MWDs) and late-life cognition among Chinese older adults. METHOD:Data were drawn from the baseline of the Shanghai Aging Study. RESULTS:Among 3,546 participants, the mean MWDs index of participants with dementia, mild cognitive...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Liang X,Chen Z,Dong X,Zhao Q,Guo Q,Zheng L,Deng W,Luo J,Ding D

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study evaluates the effect of a care management service (CMS) on falls in older adults. METHOD:This is a retrospective case-control study with 78 CMS recipients as the case group who received CMS and another 312 community-dwelling frail elders as the control group.The groups were matched by age, gender,...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Leung AY,Lou VW,Chan KS,Yung A,Chi I

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study was designed to investigate the benefits of a short-term intervention for older adults that targeted cognitive functioning and quality of life issues important for independent living. METHOD:One hundred twenty-four community-dwelling participants (aged 60 to 86) took part in one of three study con...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Noice H,Noice T,Staines G

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Older female smokers are highly vulnerable, yet little is known about their attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors regarding smoking cessation. METHODS:Southeast region Women's Health Initiative participants identified as smokers on at least one prior assessment were surveyed in 2012 regarding current tobacco us...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Weaver KE,Snively BM,Hogan P,Josephs K,Johnson KC,Coday M,Progovac AM,Cirillo DJ,Ockene JK,Tindle HA

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One hundred and thirty-five initially healthy men and women older than 65 years of age were studied prospectively to identify factors associated with health outcomes. At study onset, measures of personality, social interaction, and health locus of control were obtained while participants were still healthy. A reliabl...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Willis L,Goodwin J,Lee KO,Mosqueda L,Garry P,Liu P,Linn R,Wayne S

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Depression is particularly prevalent in low-income and disabled older adults, and minority populations face a greater risk of poverty and earlier disability onset. Yet, little is known about the mental health of older subsidized housing residents, a population which is disproportionately composed of persons o...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Gonyea JG,Curley A,Melekis K,Levine N,Lee Y

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objective: This study investigates whether the health effects of informal caregiving for aging parents vary by employment status in the United States. Two opposing hypotheses are tested: dual role strain and role enhancement. Method: Using national longitudinal data from the U.S. Health and Retirement Study, multivari...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Kohl NM,Mossakowski KN,Sanidad II,Bird OT,Nitz LH

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Visual impairment and, to a lesser extent, hearing impairment are independent predictors of reduced survival in selected studies of community-residing adults. To date, the association of severity of concurrent impairment and mortality has not been examined. METHOD:The National Health Interview Survey is a cont...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Lee DJ,Gómez-Marín O,Lam BL,Zheng DD,Arheart KL,Christ SL,Caban AJ

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This article seeks to review debates about age-based rationing in health care. METHODS:The article identifies four different levels (or types) of decision-making in health resources allocation--societal, strategic, programmatic, and clinical--and assesses how the issues of rationing vary in relation to each...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Dey I,Fraser N

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the effects of case management in community aged care (CMCAC) interventions on service use and costs. METHOD:Five databases were searched from inception to 2011 July to include randomized control trials and comparative observational English studies. Results were summarized by using the best-evide...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： You EC,Dunt DR,Doyle C

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objectives: Examine differences in health care utilization and out-of-pocket (OOP) expenditures among older Mexican adults in 2001 and 2012, and identify individual characteristics associated with utilization and expenditures in both years. Method: Data from the 2001 and 2012 cross-sections of the Mexican Health and A...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Avila JC,Kaul S,Wong R

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study identified associations between chronic diseases (diabetes, asthma, depression, and arthritis) and workforce participation patterns with a gendered perspective. METHOD:We used data from 1,261 middle-aged participants of the Australian Life Histories and Health (LHH) Survey, aged 60 to 64 years in ...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Majeed T,Forder PM,Mishra G,Kendig H,Byles JE

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Investigate influence of ethnicity on older American Indian patients' interpretations of providers' affective behaviors. METHOD:Using data from 115 older American Indian patients, random effects ordered logit models related patient ratings of providers' respect, empathy, and rapport first to separate measure...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Garroutte EM,Sarkisian N,Karamnov S

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study aims to identify social, psychological, and biomedical risk factors for current and future driving cessation in older adults. METHOD:Data from six waves (1998-2008) of the Health and Retirement Study (HRS) were pooled. Participants aged 65 and above were included in the study (N = 17,349). RESULT...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Dugan E,Lee CM

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This was a cross-sectional study of the ability of independently living healthy elders to follow a medication regimen. Participants were divided into a group with High Cognitive Function (HCF) or Low Cognitive Function (LCF) based on their scores on the ADAS-Cog. METHOD:Thirty-eight participants aged 65 or o...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Hayes TL,Larimer N,Adami A,Kaye JA

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We examined the association between alcohol use, at-risk drinking, and binge drinking, and loneliness in a sample of middle-aged and older adults. METHOD:We studied participants aged 50+ years from the 2008 wave of the Health and Retirement Study who reported alcohol use. We ran separate multinomial logisti...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Canham SL,Mauro PM,Kaufmann CN,Sixsmith A

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe the use of postacute services alone or in combination following a hospitalization for a hip fracture or stroke by Medicare beneficiaries who were relatively well and living in the community prior to the index event. METHODS:Health-service use histories were constructed using Medicare claims. Pat...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Berg K,Intrator O

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00