Speed of processing training in the ACTIVE study: how much is needed and who benefits?

abstract：:Objectives: This study examined the associations between parent-child relationships and sleep difficulty among older parents in the context of Chinese multiple-children and one-child families. Methods: Using the 2014 China Longitudinal Aging Social Survey, this study analyzed older parents' (N = 8,450) reports of slee...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Wang H,Kim K,Burr JA,Wu B

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objective: The objective of this study was to examine the effects of dementia and Medicare-Medicaid dual eligibility on unplanned facility admission among older Medicare home health (HH) recipients. Method: This study involves a secondary analysis of data from the Outcome and Assessment Information Set (OASIS) and bil...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Wang J,Caprio TV,Temkin-Greener H,Cai X,Simning A,Li Y

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Responses of older adults ( greater than 65 years) from the 1990 National Health Interview Survey and Assistive Device Supplement are analyzed to determine if selected demographic and health variables are associated with the use of assistive devices, multiple-device use, and the expressed need for such devices. Bivar...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Hartke RJ,Prohaska TR,Furner SE

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article examines the impact of mental health services on the mortality rate for mentally ill nursing home residents. Previous research has documented the unmet need for mental health services among nursing home residents. Some research using small data sets has indicated patient benefits from treatment. This ar...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Castle NG,Shea DG

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:In this prospective study of smoking cessation among married individuals in midlife we examine correspondence in the change of each partner's smoking status with that of the other, independent of established psychosocial correlates of smoking cessation. METHODS:Using longitudinal data from the first two wav...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Franks MM,Pienta AM,Wray LA

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Determine if complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) use for treating existing conditions and for health maintenance differs by age and ethnicity. METHODS:Data from the 2002 National Health Interview Survey were used to operationalize distinct types of CAM in terms of (a) no use, (b) use for treatment ...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Grzywacz JG,Lang W,Suerken C,Quandt SA,Bell RA,Arcury TA

更新日期：2005-10-01 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：OBJECTIVE:This study examined perceptions and correlates of both positive and negative social support among U.S. Chinese older adults. METHOD:Data were drawn from the Population Study of Chinese Elderly in Chicago study, a population-based study of U.S. community-dwelling Chinese older adults aged 60 years and above i...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Chen R,Simon MA,Chang ES,Zhen Y,Dong X

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to investigate the association between aspects of social capital and loneliness among the very old living at home and in institutional settings. METHOD:Half of those aged 85 years, and all 90- and 95-year-olds and older in urban and rural municipalities in northern Sweden and wester...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Nyqvist F,Cattan M,Andersson L,Forsman AK,Gustafson Y

更新日期：2013-09-01 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：:Objectives: This study places the self-perceptions of aging (SPA)-health link in the couple context and examines how changes in one's own and spouse's SPA influence multiple health domains and how such associations differ by gender. Methods: Fixed-effects regression models were estimated. Data were drawn from the Heal...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Luo MS,Li LW,Hu RX

更新日期：2021-01-01 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：: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:People in poor health tend to view life-prolonging treatments (e.g., tube feeding) as more acceptable than do healthier people. Do proxies' substituted judgments reveal a similar tendency, showing greater acceptance when the elder is in worse health? METHOD:In a cross-sectional telephone-based survey of 202 ...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Winter L,Parks SM

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Studies have reported that rural elders in China have higher levels of depression than their urban peers. We aimed to examine the extent to which four sets of factors (socioeconomic status [SES], health care access, health status, and social support and participation) account for such rural-urban differences....

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Li LW,Liu J,Xu H,Zhang Z

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:This prospective study examines the relationship between caregiver psychological adjustment and institutionalization of persons with Alzheimer's disease (AD). METHOD:A 3-year longitudinal study was conducted with a clinic-based cohort of 396 persons with AD and their respective family caregivers. Caregiver ...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Gilley DW,McCann JJ,Bienias JL,Evans DA

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the association between perceived environmental barriers to and facilitators for outdoor mobility with life-space among older people. METHODS:Community-dwelling, 75- to 90-year-old people (n = 848) were interviewed face-to-face using standard questionnaires. The Life-Space Assessment (LSA), indica...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Rantakokko M,Iwarsson S,Portegijs E,Viljanen A,Rantanen T

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We examined the longitudinal association between the severity of fatigue and falls in community-dwelling older adults. METHOD:Subjective fatigue was assessed using the Short Form 36 Health Survey (SF-36) Vitality subscale and classified into four categories by quartile (mildest, mild, moderate, severe). The ...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Kamitani T,Yamamoto Y,Kurita N,Yamazaki S,Fukuma S,Otani K,Sekiguchi M,Onishi Y,Takegami M,Ono R,Konno S,Kikuchi S,Fukuhara S

更新日期：2019-01-01 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:To examine the relationship between falls history, especially those with frequent recent falls, and future injurious falls. METHOD:Resident Assessment Instrument for Home Care records of 167,162 home care recipients in Ontario, Canada, were linked to emergency department records recording an injurious fall....

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Poss JW,Hirdes JP

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study examines the impact of indebtedness on depressive symptomatology, anxiety, and anger. METHOD:We use data from a two-wave panel study of adults in Miami-Dade County. The analytic sample consists of 1,463 mostly older respondents with valid data on all study measures, including education, income, oc...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Drentea P,Reynolds JR

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This article examines the relationship of social network and self-rated health among different cultural groups. METHODS:This study examined associations between network structure, interaction, support and social engagement and self-rated health, controlling for sociodemographic background and psychobiologica...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Litwin H

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study aims to examine the cognitive and emotional reactions of Chinese elderly people toward death, to extend the use of a Western scale on death anxiety to a Chinese sample, and to explore the correlates of death anxiety. METHODS:A community sample of 237 Chinese elderly people (62 men and 175 women) ...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Wu AM,Tang CS,Kwok TC

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examines the relationship between coping styles, quality of life, and depressive symptoms in older heart failure patients. Eighty heart failure patients seeking treatment in an outpatient heart failure or family practice clinic participated in a study examining depression, disability, and heart failure. Pat...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Klein DM,Turvey CL,Pies CJ

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To explore the association between baseline life-space mobility and nursing home (NH) admission among community-dwelling older adults over 6 years. METHODS:Using data from a prospective, observational cohort study consisting of a random sample of 1,000 Medicare beneficiaries ≥ 65 years of age stratified by r...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Sheppard KD,Sawyer P,Ritchie CS,Allman RM,Brown CJ

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVE. To evaluate the effect of individually tailored programs on perceived autonomy in institutionalized physically disabled older people and to describe participants' activity wishes and content of the programs. METHOD. This blinded randomized trial with follow up included a total of nine nursing homes and 50 n...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Andresen M,Runge U,Hoff M,Puggaard L

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study is to evaluate fall rates across body mass index (BMI) categories by age group, considering physical performance and comorbidities. METHOD:In the Osteoporotic Fractures in Men (MrOS) study, 5,834 men aged ≥65 reported falls every 4 months over 4.8 (±0.8) years. Adjusted associations bet...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Hooker ER,Shrestha S,Lee CG,Cawthon PM,Abrahamson M,Ensrud K,Stefanick ML,Dam TT,Marshall LM,Orwoll ES,Nielson CM,Osteoporotic Fractures in Men (MrOS) Study.

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Hearing and vision impairment were examined across several health-related outcomes and across a set of quality indicators (QIs) in home care clients with both vision and hearing loss (or dual sensory impairment [DSI]). METHOD:Data collected using the Resident Assessment Instrument for Home Care (RAI-HC) wer...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Davidson JGS,Guthrie DM

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We examined longitudinal associations between weight dissatisfaction, weight changes, anorexia of aging, and obesity among 1,793 seniors followed over 4 years between 2003 and 2009. METHOD:Obesity prevalence (body mass index [BMI] ≥ 30) and prevalence/incidence of weight dissatisfaction, anorexia of aging (s...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Roy M,Shatenstein B,Gaudreau P,Morais JA,Payette H

更新日期：2015-03-01 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