Implications of changes in households and living arrangements for future home-based care needs and costs for disabled elders in China.

abstract：:Objectives: This study examined whether older patients' greater daily pain perceived by their spouses was associated with spouses' higher daily negative affect. We further investigated whether spouses' lower confidence in patients' ability to manage pain exacerbated the daily association between perceived patient pain...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Nah S,Martire LM,Zhaoyang R

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

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 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

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study is to investigate how socioeconomic position (SEP) is associated with multidimensional measures of successful aging (SA), and how this varies and accumulates across the life-course. METHOD:Using data from 1,733 Scottish men and women from two cohorts aged around 57 and 76, respectively,...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Whitley E,Benzeval M,Popham F

更新日期：2018-01-01 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: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: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：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:Evaluate an advance notice letter for enhancing patient satisfaction survey response rates in African Americans and Whites. METHODS:Randomized trial of an advance notice letter (versus no letter) mailed two weeks prior to a mail satisfaction survey in a random sample of 600 African American and White patient...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Nápoles-Springer AM,Fongwa MN,Stewart AL,Gildengorin G,Pérez-Stable EJ

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study examines how age patterns in health control, self-efficacy, and self-esteem are influenced by age-correlated social status, health, personality, and social integration variables. METHODS:Ordinary least squares regression documents age patterns in data from a 1985 community sample of 1,549 physica...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Schieman S,Campbell JE

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the effect of body-mass index (BMI) categories (a proxy for adiposity) on 4-year changes in health-related quality of life (HRQL) independent of baseline disease severity. DESIGN:Secondary analyses of a prospective, longitudinal study. PARTICIPANTS:Data on 7,895 adults ages 51 to 61 years who r...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Damush TM,Stump TE,Clark DO

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study has attempted to validate the Geriatric Depression Scale translated version (Chinese) with a psychiatric outpatient sample (N = 461) of males and females aged 60 or above, from 10 government-maintained psychiatric outpatient clinics between January 1992 and February 1993. Reliabilities and validities were ...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Chan AC

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to assess the stability of short-term plans to retire and to evaluate the role of self-reported health status in predicting both plans to retire and actual retirement from a sample of 1,165 older members of a prepayment, group practice model, health maintenance organization. The study sam...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Midanik LT,Soghikian K,Ransom LJ,Polen MR

更新日期：1990-11-01 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: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: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: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：: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：:Reactions toward older adults have been widely researched, but the question of whether such reactions are due to age per se or due to the presence of other stigmas (e.g., physical disabilities) has received little attention. This study was designed to investigate emotional reactions and willingness to help older vers...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Menec VH,Perry RP

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objective: To examine cross-sectional and longitudinal associations between (a) activity-limiting fall worry (ALW) and (b) self-reported health-related restrictions and social engagement among older adults. Method: The National Health and Aging Trends Study Waves 5 (T1) and 6 (T2) provided data (n = 6,279). Binary and...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Choi NG,Bruce ML,DiNitto DM,Marti CN,Kunik ME

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Family caregivers, often called "informal" caregivers, are the unpaid relatives, partners, or close friends who provide directly or manage the health care for individuals who are seriously ill or disabled. As a result of changes in the American health care system, family caregivers confront increasing responsibilitie...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Levine C

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors surveyed a community-based population of 628 persons who were 65 and over and who lived either in a rural Maryland county or in Baltimore. For each subject, the number of different medical problems, the subject's capacity to perform physical tasks, and the ability to function were assessed. The number and ...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Kashner TM,Krompholz B,McDonnell C,Magaziner J,Schumann B

更新日期：1990-02-01 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：:This article introduces a conjecture and reviews partial evidence about peculiarities in the aging of populations in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) that may impact future elderly health status. Using Survey on Health and Well-Being of Elders data (SABE; n = 10,902), the authors estimated effects of early childh...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Palloni A,McEniry M,Wong R,Peláez M

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objectives: Drawing on UK Household Longitudinal Study data, this study assessed a pathway from early-life disadvantage to suboptimal later-life health via health behavior. Methods: Latent class analysis was used to identify distinct smoking, nutrition, alcohol, and physical activity health behavior profiles. Mediatio...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： van den Broek T

更新日期：2020-12-19 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We examine how statutory workweeks affect workers' provision of long-term care for their non-coresident elderly parents. METHOD:The Korean government reduced its statutory workweek from 44 to 40 hr, gradually from larger to smaller establishments, between 2004 and 2011. Using multiple regressions, we assess...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Kim EH,Lee C,Do YK

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This article reports the characteristics associated with fecal incontinence (FI) in a nursing home population that are also associated with urinary incontinence (UI). METHOD:A cross-sectional survey composed of data from the Wisconsin Center for Health Statistics' Annual Nursing Home Survey in 1992 and 1993...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Nelson R,Furner S,Jesudason V

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The study examined whether ethnicity or socioeconomic status influenced a group's ability to meet eligibility criteria and willingness to enroll. METHOD:The eligibility and enrollment status of 904 women aged 65 years and older who responded to recruitment efforts of an estrogen and osteoporosis clinical tr...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Unson CG,Ohannessian C,Kenyon L,Case A,Reisine S,Prestwood K

更新日期：2004-06-01 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：:Objective: To investigate the influence of single and dual sensory impairments prospectively on cognition in adults aged ⩾50 years. Method: Community-dwelling English adults (n = 4,621) were followed up from 2008 to 2014. Self-reported hearing and vision were collected in 2008. Change in cognitive performance on worki...

journal_title：Journal of aging and health

authors： Liljas AEM,Walters K,de Oliveira C,Wannamethee SG,Ramsay SE,Carvalho LA

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00