The factorial structure and external validity of the prospective and retrospective memory questionnaire in older adults.

abstract：:This study aimed to identify the relationship between self-management abilities, well-being and depression. Our study was conducted among older adults (>65 years of age) who were vulnerable to loss of function after hospital discharge. Three months after hospital admission, 296/456 patients (65 % response rate) were i...

journal_title：European journal of ageing

authors： Cramm JM,Hartgerink JM,de Vreede PL,Bakker TJ,Steyerberg EW,Mackenbach JP,Nieboer AP

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the last two decades, Elder Law has developed into a known and recognized field of expertise and specialization within the legal discipline. However, due to the relatively young history of this new field of law, very few attempts have been made to analyze the ways in which it has developed in the past and the direc...

journal_title：European journal of ageing

authors： Doron I

更新日期：2006-02-16 00:00:00

abstract：:In Switzerland, as in many other European states, there is an increasing emphasis in public policy on promoting later retirement from the labour market. But this accelerating drive in Swiss policy-making to extend occupational activity does not mean that every worker is currently likely to retire late, nor does it imp...

journal_title：European journal of ageing

authors： Madero-Cabib I,Kaeser L

更新日期：2015-09-14 00:00:00

abstract：:In this paper, we present empirical results for the very old (75+) concerning transitions between independent living in ordinary home without public support, independent living in ordinary home or special accommodations with home help and home health care, and living in around the clock care. We investigate the role o...

journal_title：European journal of ageing

authors： Hallberg D,Lagergren M

更新日期：2009-04-07 00:00:00

abstract：:High morale could be considered to be an essential part of aging well and increased knowledge of how to prevent a decrease in high morale in very old age could have important implications for policy, and social and health care development. The objective was to identify social and health-related risk factors for a decr...

journal_title：European journal of ageing

authors： Näsman M,Niklasson J,Nygård M,Olofsson B,Lövheim H,Gustafson Y,Nyqvist F

更新日期：2019-06-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Many countries in Europe are beginning to acknowledge the essential contribution of informal caregivers, as policy changes leave more people with greater needs being cared for in the community. Carers who are themselves retired are a vulnerable group. Compared to caregivers in younger age groups, a higher proportion h...

journal_title：European journal of ageing

authors： Hanratty B,Drever F,Jacoby A,Whitehead M

更新日期：2007-02-20 00:00:00

abstract：:This research examined the judgemental process underlying subjective life expectancy (SLE) and the predictive value of SLE on actual mortality in older adults in the Netherlands. We integrated theoretical insights from life satisfaction research with existing models of SLE. Our model differentiates between bottom-up (...

journal_title：European journal of ageing

authors： van Solinge H,Henkens K

更新日期：2017-10-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study aims at detecting factors which may predict a decline or an improvement in self-rated health (SRH) of older adults (persons aged 50 or higher) among socio-demographic characteristics, physical and mental health indicators and risky health behaviours. In the analysis, multinomial logistic regression m...

journal_title：European journal of ageing

authors： Verropoulou G

更新日期：2012-07-04 00:00:00

abstract：:This study evaluated macro- and micro-level variables associated with individuals' perception of the ending of youth, the beginning of old age, and the length of the middle age period. The European Social Survey is a biennial multi-country, cross-sectional survey. Our analysis is based on the fourth wave, which includ...

journal_title：European journal of ageing

authors： Ayalon L,Doron I,Bodner E,Inbar N

更新日期：2013-05-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Socioeconomic status differentials in health are well documented. Less is known about the socioeconomic variation in health in older people, and in older women in particular. The aim of the study was to examine the association between socioeconomic status and health in older women in relation to two indicators of soci...

journal_title：European journal of ageing

authors： Rostad B,Deeg DJH,Schei B

更新日期：2008-12-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Absence of age-related decline in elder's life satisfaction (LS), found in several studies from the last quarter of the twentieth century, has been labelled a "paradox", as it contrasts with increasing psycho-social and health risks in old age. To explain these findings, the present study was based on the hypothesis o...

journal_title：European journal of ageing

authors： Schilling OK

更新日期：2005-12-06 00:00:00

abstract：:The Disablement Process model proposes a pathway for how chronic diseases in late life can lead to disability, with the variables in the main pathway designated as pathology, impairment, functional limitations, and disability. The model also suggests that psychosocial and contextual variables in the periphery of the m...

journal_title：European journal of ageing

authors： Fauth EB,Zarit SH,Malmberg B

更新日期：2008-09-02 00:00:00

abstract：:From a public health perspective, identifying factors related to attaining the physical activity (PA) recommendations is important in order to identify subgroups for intervention programs. The aim of this study is to identify the socio-demographic correlates of attaining the recommended levels of PA in the older Europ...

journal_title：European journal of ageing

authors： Peralta M,Martins J,Guedes DP,Sarmento H,Marques A

更新日期：2017-04-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Record life expectancy does not appear to be approaching its limit-it is still increasing, as is the maximum life span. An important question is whether the longer life is accompanied by an increasing lifetime in good health. The aim of the study was to determine the trends in health expectancy at age 65 in Denmark du...

journal_title：European journal of ageing

authors： Jeune B,Brønnum-Hansen H

更新日期：2008-10-28 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The current study examines the role of social contact intensity, cognitive activity, and depressive symptoms as within- and between-person mediators for the relationships between physical activity and cognitive functioning. METHOD:All three types of mediators were considered simultaneously using multilevel s...

journal_title：European journal of ageing

authors： Robitaille A,Muniz G,Lindwall M,Piccinin AM,Hoffman L,Johansson B,Hofer SM

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study was conducted to examine the inhibitory deficit theory on cognitive performance in old age. An experimental manipulation was applied to investigate if the efficiency of inhibitory control directly affects age-related working memory performance as measured by the operation span task. Forty-two older (...

journal_title：European journal of ageing

authors： Zeintl M,Kliegel M

更新日期：2007-10-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study examined the prospective association between physical activity and subjective age across adulthood and factors that mediate this association. Participants were adults aged from 20 to 90 years (N > 10,000) drawn from the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study graduates and siblings samples, the Health and Retir...

journal_title：European journal of ageing

authors： Stephan Y,Sutin AR,Terracciano A

更新日期：2019-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Addressing the causes and consequences of social exclusion represents a key theme in European social policy, reflecting growing awareness of the social costs which arise when individuals, families and communities become cut off from wider society. Conceptually, however, social exclusion remains underexplored in geront...

journal_title：European journal of ageing

authors： Scharf T,Phillipson C,Smith AE

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relation between social support and mental health has been thoroughly researched and structural characteristics of the social network have been widely recognised as being an important component of social support. The aim of this paper is to clarify the association between children and depressive mood states of the...

journal_title：European journal of ageing

authors： Buber I,Engelhardt H

更新日期：2008-02-13 00:00:00

abstract：:This article discusses challenges of language differences in qualitative research, when participants and the main researcher have the same non-English native language and the non-English data lead to an English publication. Challenges of translation are discussed from the perspective that interpretation of meaning is ...

journal_title：European journal of ageing

authors： van Nes F,Abma T,Jonsson H,Deeg D

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The composition of the residential environment may have an independent influence on health, especially in older adults. In this cross-sectional study, we examined the associations between proximity to two features of the residential environment (green space and senior service centers) and three aspects of healthy agin...

journal_title：European journal of ageing

authors： Vogt S,Mielck A,Berger U,Grill E,Peters A,Döring A,Holle R,Strobl R,Zimmermann AK,Linkohr B,Wolf K,Kneißl K,Maier W

更新日期：2015-05-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Age segregation-the widespread separation of people by age-is deemed by many gerontologists a major problem in contemporary societies. Contributing to this dialog, the current exploratory article examines the presence of non-kin members in European seniors' close personal networks. Specifically, we document network co...

journal_title：European journal of ageing

authors： Sun H,Schafer MH

更新日期：2019-03-27 00:00:00

abstract：:The ways in which the discrepancy between one's own interest in sex and that of one's partner may affect personal sexual satisfaction has rarely been systematically studied, especially among older adults. Previous research among younger adults indicates that a discrepancy in sexual desire can be detrimental in terms o...

journal_title：European journal of ageing

authors： Fischer N,Træen B,Štulhofer A,Hald GM

更新日期：2019-11-06 00:00:00

abstract：:The emotional tone of nurses' voice toward residents has been characterized as overly controlling and less person-centered. However, it is unclear whether this critical imbalance also applies to acutely ill older patients, who represent a major subgroup in acute hospitals. We therefore examined nurses' emotional tone ...

journal_title：European journal of ageing

authors： Schnabel EL,Wahl HW,Schönstein A,Frey L,Draeger L

更新日期：2019-10-03 00:00:00

abstract：:This article examines the participation of Spanish older people in formal, non-formal and informal learning activities and presents a profile of participants in each kind of learning activity. We used data from a nationally representative sample of Spanish people between 60 and 75 years old (n = 4,703). The data were ...

journal_title：European journal of ageing

authors： Villar F,Celdrán M

更新日期：2013-01-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Adapting and providing quality services for people as they age is a common challenge across Europe. The perspective of older people is fundamental in a person-centred care approach. Expanding research at the European level that explicitly includes their views can offer a relevant contribution to the development of evi...

journal_title：European journal of ageing

authors： Soares CC,Marques AM,Clarke P,Klein R,Koskinen L,Krasuckiene D,Lamsodiene E,Piscalkiene V,Küçükgüçlü Ö

更新日期：2018-03-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Social activity and health correlate in old age, but less is known about what explains this association. The aim of this study was to investigate whether mobility, cognitive functioning, and depressive symptoms mediate the association between social activity and mortality risk, or whether they alternatively should be ...

journal_title：European journal of ageing

authors： Katja P,Timo T,Taina R,Tiina-Mari L

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:More than two decades of research has consistently indicated that feelings of loneliness among older people are more common in southern Europe than in its northern parts, with the lowest rates in Denmark and Sweden. Our analyses based on analysis of 2004-2006 data from 8,787 individuals aged 65 years or older in the S...

journal_title：European journal of ageing

authors： Sundström G,Fransson E,Malmberg B,Davey A

更新日期：2009-11-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Age differences in the spatial distribution of attention over a wide field of view have only been described in terms of the spatial extent, leaving the topographical aspect unexplored. This study examined age differences between younger and older adults in good general health in an important topographical characterist...

journal_title：European journal of ageing

authors： Feng J,Craik FIM,Levine B,Moreno S,Naglie G,Choi H

更新日期：2016-10-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The aims of this study were to (1) externally validate the accuracy of the Falls Risk for Older People in the Community (FROP-Com) falls risk assessment tool in predicting falls and (2) undertake initial validation of the accuracy of the FROP-Com to predict injurious falls (requiring medical attention) in people aged ...

journal_title：European journal of ageing

authors： Mascarenhas M,Hill KD,Barker A,Burton E

更新日期：2019-01-21 00:00:00