Older and getting wiser ; When they suddenly find themselves jobless or just want something new, adults are going back to collegeAnne Neville
The structure of anxiety and depression in college students and community-dwelling older adultsCutshall, Cynthia Ann
Background The ageing population presents a substantial challenge to conventional care services for older adults in China. College students' voluntary service constitutes an integral component of youth volunteerism, and investigating their continuing willingness to engage in volunteer services to benefit older...
Designing class activities that enable students to interact with older adults in meaningful ways is one of the most powerful tools of undergraduate gerontological education. This chapter describes thedoi:10.1007/978-1-4419-0636-6_8Kelly E. Cichy...
Mattering (to feel valued and add value to self and others) is a fundamental human experience and mechanism in recovery. In this paper, we concern ourselves with the recovery of older adults with substance problems. This population is on the rise in many Western countries. To offer mattering...
For instance, in a cross-sectional study in European countries, improving walkability decreased loneliness in older adults with depression17, whereas older people in Japan living in neighborhoods with good walkability reported low prevalence of knee and lower-back pain18. Walkability can be measured ...
PhD School of Communication and Information Rutgers University 4 Huntington Street New Brunswick, NJ, 08901 United States Phone: 1 8489327585 Email: sunyoung.kim@rutgers.edu Abstract Background: Activity tracking devices have significant potential in assisting older adults' health...
Molly Manning1, Rose Galvin1, Aoife Leahy1,2 and Katie Robinson1 Abstract Aim Older adults comprise a growing proportion of Emergency Department (ED) attendees and are vulnerable to adverse outcomes following an ED visit including ED reattendance within 30...
Background Mobile health (mHealth) is a rapidly emerging field with the potential to assist older adults in the management of chronic pain (CP) through enhanced communication with providers, monitoring treatment-related side effects and pain levels, and increased access to pain care resources. Littl...
This paper presents research findings that help to understand how museum programs created opportunities to enhance wellbeing and health, and changed experiences of social isolation in older adults. The research conceptualized how program elements enabled both individual experiences and relational processes to...