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The Interplay Between Stigma and Asian Cultural Values in People with Parkinson’s Disease and Their Caregivers
The Interplay Between Stigma and Asian Cultural Values in People with Parkinson’s Disease and Their Caregivers
Parkinson’s Disease (PD), the second most prevalent neurodegenerative disorder globally, often carries stigma for th...
The (Im)Material Home: Exploring Older Migrants’ Home Experiences Situated within Material and Immaterial Settings of Home. An Exploratory Study in Belgium
The (Im)Material Home: Exploring Older Migrants’ Home Experiences Situated within Material and Immaterial Settings of Home. An Exploratory Study in Belgium
The older population is diversifying. Extensive research has shown the preference of older adults to age in place. Recent ...
Risk and Fear of Falling in Older Adults: A Cross-Sectional Study Based on Sociodemographic and Health Conditions
Risk and Fear of Falling in Older Adults: A Cross-Sectional Study Based on Sociodemographic and Health Conditions
This cross-sectional study aimed to compare the risk and fear of falling in older adults according to their sociodemograph...
Getting Older People’s Voices Heard: A Quantitative Study Using the Validated Italian Age-Friendly Cities and Communities Questionnaire in Venice, Verona and Palermo
Getting Older People’s Voices Heard: A Quantitative Study Using the Validated Italian Age-Friendly Cities and Communities Questionnaire in Venice, Verona and Palermo
The convergence of population ageing with urbanisation is one of the key challenges to European societies. Italy is at the...
Culture of Active Aging in the Neighborhood Environment in Iran: An Ethnographic Approach
Culture of Active Aging in the Neighborhood Environment in Iran: An Ethnographic Approach
This study explores the culture of active aging among older adults in the Ekhtiarieh neighborhood of Tehran, using an ethn...
Comparing Life Expectancy Determinants Between Indonesia and Oman from 1980 to 2020
Comparing Life Expectancy Determinants Between Indonesia and Oman from 1980 to 2020
Life expectancy (LE) is a health indicator of a population’s health and well-being. Modeling the trajectory of LE al...
Joint Leisure Activities of Older Vietnamese Married Couples
Joint Leisure Activities of Older Vietnamese Married Couples
Leisure activities enjoyed by older married couples play an important part in creating more meaningful married lives. The ...
Community Building Through Place-Making Activities: Older Landscapers in a Singaporean Residential Town
Community Building Through Place-Making Activities: Older Landscapers in a Singaporean Residential Town
This paper explores how some older residents in B Town, a residential estate in northern Singapore, engage in community bu...
Adapted MoCA for Use among Arabic-Speaking Immigrants in the United States
Adapted MoCA for Use among Arabic-Speaking Immigrants in the United States
Neuropsychological assessment among U.S. Arabic-speaking older adults is virtually non-existent due to lack of translated ...
Validating the Hebrew Version of the Modified Dementia Worry Scale (H-MDWS)
Validating the Hebrew Version of the Modified Dementia Worry Scale (H-MDWS)
The body of knowledge regarding dementia worry – people’s sense of threat about developing dementia – is...
Translation and Psychometric Evaluation of the University of Jyvaskyla Active Aging Scale (UJACAS) for Use in Sweden
Translation and Psychometric Evaluation of the University of Jyvaskyla Active Aging Scale (UJACAS) for Use in Sweden
The objectives were to translate the University of Jyvaskyla Active Aging Scale (UJACAS) to Swedish, to establish semantic...
Effects of Changes in Frequency of Going Out during the COVID-19 Pandemic on ikigai (Sense of Purpose in Life) and Mental Health in Middle-Aged and Older Adults in Japan
Effects of Changes in Frequency of Going Out during the COVID-19 Pandemic on ikigai (Sense of Purpose in Life) and Mental Health in Middle-Aged and Older Adults in Japan
To clarify whether changes in frequency of going out due to the COVID-19 pandemic affect ikigai (sense of purpose in life)...
Away from Home or Returned Home? What Iranian Participants with Dementia Experience while Living in a Culturally Profiled Nursing Home in Sweden
Away from Home or Returned Home? What Iranian Participants with Dementia Experience while Living in a Culturally Profiled Nursing Home in Sweden
This study explores Iranian immigrants with dementia living in a culturally profiled Swedish nursing home and what it mean...
Children as Investment: Religion, Money, and Muslim Migrants’ Experiences of Assisted Reproduction in Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ)
Children as Investment: Religion, Money, and Muslim Migrants’ Experiences of Assisted Reproduction in Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ)
Children are valued in all societies although the specific framing of that value differs. Several societies frame the valu...
Comparative Analysis of Gender and Age Patterns in Informal Care Received among Disabled Older Adults: A Cross-National Study across the United States, Mexico, China, and Indonesia
Comparative Analysis of Gender and Age Patterns in Informal Care Received among Disabled Older Adults: A Cross-National Study across the United States, Mexico, China, and Indonesia
This paper examines cross-national differences by gender and age in receipt and sources of help for limitations with activ...
Free Time in Old Age: Does Health Status Determine the Choice of Leisure Activities in Indonesia?
Free Time in Old Age: Does Health Status Determine the Choice of Leisure Activities in Indonesia?
This paper examines which leisure activities appear more attractive to older people, considering health status, disability...
Transcultural Pilot Study of the Efficacy of Reminiscence Therapy for Mexican and Spanish Older Adults with Different Levels of Cognitive Decline
Transcultural Pilot Study of the Efficacy of Reminiscence Therapy for Mexican and Spanish Older Adults with Different Levels of Cognitive Decline
The main objective for this study is to analyze the impact of a positive reminiscence therapy program (REMPOS) in cognitiv...
Life After Retirement: Exploring the Survival Strategies of SSNIT Pensioners in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana
Life After Retirement: Exploring the Survival Strategies of SSNIT Pensioners in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana
Ghana’s elderly population represents about 6.7% of the national populace. They comprise persons aged sixty years an...
Subjective Wellbeing of Community Dwelling Older Adults in Nigeria
Subjective Wellbeing of Community Dwelling Older Adults in Nigeria
Previous comparative international studies on wellbeing of older adults in Africa have presented figures based on indicato...
Exploring Coping and Religiosity in an Indian Ashram for Older Adults
Exploring Coping and Religiosity in an Indian Ashram for Older Adults
With the aging of Indians and the cultural context of family care, faith-based ashrams are a possible middle way for older...
Psychosocial well-being in Long-Term Care in the Wake of COVID-19: Findings from a Qualitative Study in New Zealand
Psychosocial well-being in Long-Term Care in the Wake of COVID-19: Findings from a Qualitative Study in New Zealand
Drawing on Mason Durie’s (1985) New Zealand Whare Tapa Whā model of health (spiritual, emotional, physical, and...
Exploring Handgrip Strength as a Cross-cultural Correlate of Body Composition and Upper Body Strength in Older Adults from Costa Rica and Kansas
Exploring Handgrip Strength as a Cross-cultural Correlate of Body Composition and Upper Body Strength in Older Adults from Costa Rica and Kansas
Sarcopenia and disability in older adults are often characterized by body composition measurements; however, the gold stan...
Parenting in Adversity: Effects of Older Caregivers, Biological Carers and Troubled Carers on Child Outcomes in High HIV-Affected Communities
Parenting in Adversity: Effects of Older Caregivers, Biological Carers and Troubled Carers on Child Outcomes in High HIV-Affected Communities
Caregiving by older adults is a common phenomenon, enhanced in the era of HIV infection. This longitudinal study was set u...
A Scoping Review on Older Adults from Africa Social Connectedness Experiences in North America
A Scoping Review on Older Adults from Africa Social Connectedness Experiences in North America
The percentage of older adult immigrants in Canada and the United States is increasing with older adult immigrants from Af...
Perspectives of Rural Older Women on the Determinants of Successful Ageing in Southeast Nigeria
Perspectives of Rural Older Women on the Determinants of Successful Ageing in Southeast Nigeria
As the global population of older persons continues to increase, the need for improved quality of life and increased life ...
Correction to: Knowledge and Attitudes of Two Latino Groups About Alzheimer Disease: A Qualitative Study
Correction to: Knowledge and Attitudes of Two Latino Groups About Alzheimer Disease: A Qualitative Study
Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which ...
The Lived Experiences of Spousal Bereavement and Adjustment Among Older Chinese Immigrants in Calgary
The Lived Experiences of Spousal Bereavement and Adjustment Among Older Chinese Immigrants in Calgary
Spousal bereavement poses considerable challenges to adults in late life. Some populations, such as older immigrants, may ...
Impact of Leisure Activities on the Well-being of Elders: Evidence from Sri Lanka
Impact of Leisure Activities on the Well-being of Elders: Evidence from Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka demonstrates the most rapid aging process among countries in South Asia. The high prevalence of non-communicable...
Successful Aging in the Indian Socio-cultural Milieu
Successful Aging in the Indian Socio-cultural Milieu
There is a growing recognition of the importance of subjective definitions of successful aging from a clinical and policy ...
Beyond ‘Productive Aging’: An Argument for ‘Happy Aging’
Beyond ‘Productive Aging’: An Argument for ‘Happy Aging’
This paper critically considers the concept of ‘productive aging,’ maintaining that although the term emerged ...
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