As L.A.’sdemographics change,keeping up with exercise becomes more important for our population. In recent months, we’ve been looking at the fitness routines of a number of older Angelenos, which span fromslow strength trainingtopole dancing. Our readers are staying fit in unique ways too....
However, little is known about secular trends in day-to-day activities and whether historical changes have occurred in younger and older adults alike. Methods We compared data from 2 independent cohort samples of the daily diary portion of the Midlife in the United States ...
This study compared the Age Matching (Gatz et al., 1985) and Social Comparison (Suls & Miller, 1977; Hayslip et al., 1989) hypotheses as factors associated with elderly persons preferences for age of therapist. This study also investigated older adults' preferences for sex of therapist...
communities.Participants: 5888 men and women aged 65 and older.Measurements: Years of life were calculated as the time from enrollment to death or 18 years. Years of total, healthy, and able life were determined from self-report during annual or semi-annual contacts. Cumulative years were ...
This chapter provides an overview of current research on digital health games and health benefits derived from game play in the home setting by an older adult population. Initially, this chapter presents the current problems of an aging population and a
Consent applies to anyone who can’t freely agree to sex, regardless of age. Older adults with dementia, such as Alzheimer’s disease, or who are dependent on other adults may be sexually abused because they’re unable to consent to sex. Some seniors innursing homesmay be dependent on the...
The aim of the current study was to analyze whether age-related differences between young and older adults in a Working Memory (WM) Span test in which the stimuli to be recalled have a different valence (i.e., neutral, positive, or negative words), are sensitive to exposure to music. ...
Older adults living in counties with greater age bias had better health outcomes than those living in areas with less age bias, according to University of Massachusetts Amherst researchers, who were surprised at the findings. "Quite the opposite of what we expected emerged," says Allecia Reid, ...
structural elements of games. The analysis shows that age-related changes in users’ cognitive and physical abilities affect the use of games on multiple levels, making the complexity of games and interrelations between different game mechanics a crucial factor when designing for older adults. ...
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