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Clinical Significance of Salivary Alpha-amylase Activity in Patients With Parkinson’s Disease
Clinical Significance of Salivary Alpha-amylase Activity in Patients With Parkinson’s Disease
Salivary alpha-amylase (sAA) is known as a stress indicator for the general adult population. However, its clinical signif...
Co-Determinants of Coresidence Among Older Persons in India
Co-Determinants of Coresidence Among Older Persons in India
Traditionally, in the patriarchal and patrilineal context of South Asian countries, there is a preference for older person...
Gender Comparison of Muscle Quality and Relationship with Functional Ability
Gender Comparison of Muscle Quality and Relationship with Functional Ability
Men and women lose muscle and function as they age, yet not always at the same rate. The aim of this study was to identify...
Time for Corporate Gerontology: A Systematic Literature Review
Time for Corporate Gerontology: A Systematic Literature Review
Despite the growing relevance of business corporations to the lives of older persons, gerontology has given very little, i...
The Association between the Emotional Closeness, Negative and Positive Affection, and Agitation among Older Adult with Dementia: A Cross-sectional Study
The Association between the Emotional Closeness, Negative and Positive Affection, and Agitation among Older Adult with Dementia: A Cross-sectional Study
Previous studies revealed conflicting findings of prior research on whether older adults living in the community or nursin...
Daily Life Activity Levels of Turkish Older Adults and Associated Factors: A Multivariable Analysis
Daily Life Activity Levels of Turkish Older Adults and Associated Factors: A Multivariable Analysis
The inability of the older adults to perform daily life activities leads to a transition from independent life to a depend...
Does Weight Gain Makes Elderly More Vulnerable in Labour Market
Does Weight Gain Makes Elderly More Vulnerable in Labour Market
Obesity significantly contributes to morbidity burden as compared to other nutritional deficiencies. However, bey...
Living Standard Index for the Older Adults: An Indian Peri-urban Study
Living Standard Index for the Older Adults: An Indian Peri-urban Study
Traditionally, the well-being and living standards of an individual were measured by the Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Lat...
Sexuality and Life Satisfaction Among Older Men and Women in Japan
Sexuality and Life Satisfaction Among Older Men and Women in Japan
The objective of this study was to gain an understanding about current attitudes towards sex in older adults in Japan, whi...
Neighborhood Characteristics and Quality of Life (QoL) of Older Adults: A Qualitative Exploration from the Perspective of Indian Older Adults (Case Study of Kolkata, India)
Neighborhood Characteristics and Quality of Life (QoL) of Older Adults: A Qualitative Exploration from the Perspective of Indian Older Adults (Case Study of Kolkata, India)
Population ageing combined with the disintegration of the traditional family structure is leading to increased vulnerabili...
Health Determinants of Life Satisfaction Among Older Adults in Brunei: A Multivariate Analysis
Health Determinants of Life Satisfaction Among Older Adults in Brunei: A Multivariate Analysis
Level of satisfaction is significantly influenced by health-related factors across human life course. Prior research shows...
Determinants of Regular Physical Activities in Iranian Older Adults Based on the Extended Social Cognitive Theory
Determinants of Regular Physical Activities in Iranian Older Adults Based on the Extended Social Cognitive Theory
Inadequate physical activity is a risk factor of diseases and early death in older adults. Promotion of an active lifestyl...
Elder Abuse Prevalence and Related Risk Factors in Turkey: a Systematic Review
Elder Abuse Prevalence and Related Risk Factors in Turkey: a Systematic Review
Elder abuse is a global public health problem due to its serious impact on older adults. With the increase in the elderly ...
An Analysis of Long-Term Care Home Inspection Reports and Responsive Behaviours
An Analysis of Long-Term Care Home Inspection Reports and Responsive Behaviours
Concern about residential long-term care quality and safety is a critical issue in developed countries internationally, of...
Exploring Older Adults’ Perception of Living in Residential Care Facilities as an Alternative Care Option: Tales from Older Adults in Southeastern Nigeria
Exploring Older Adults’ Perception of Living in Residential Care Facilities as an Alternative Care Option: Tales from Older Adults in Southeastern Nigeria
The report that persons over 65 years of age are the fastest-growing age group and the projected potential effect of the g...
Relationship Between Dementia Knowledge and Occupational Strain Among Staff of Residential Facilities for Older Adults: A Cross-sectional Survey
Relationship Between Dementia Knowledge and Occupational Strain Among Staff of Residential Facilities for Older Adults: A Cross-sectional Survey
Working with people living with dementia in residential facilities for older adults can be challenging, and this is exacer...
Education and Geriatric Depression in Vietnam: Investigating Gender Differences Using Path Analysis
Education and Geriatric Depression in Vietnam: Investigating Gender Differences Using Path Analysis
Geriatric depression is a key public health issue, as it leads to many negative health consequences. This study examines t...
Selective Attention and Inhibitory Processing in Older Adults: The Impact of Dietary Creatine
Selective Attention and Inhibitory Processing in Older Adults: The Impact of Dietary Creatine
Aims: The purpose was to examine the relationship between dietary creatine intake obtained in food and selective attention...
Informal Care and Subjective Well-Being among Older Adults in Selected European Countries
Informal Care and Subjective Well-Being among Older Adults in Selected European Countries
A person’s health status is one of the strongest determinants of well-being. The negative impact of poor health on s...
Health Trajectories of Older Chinese Adults: Gender Disparities and Cohort Differences
Health Trajectories of Older Chinese Adults: Gender Disparities and Cohort Differences
This study investigates the gender disparities and cohort differences in the health trajectories of older Chinese adults. ...
“I Don’t Want to Have the Time When I Do Nothing”: Aging and Reconfigured Leisure Practices During the Pandemic
“I Don’t Want to Have the Time When I Do Nothing”: Aging and Reconfigured Leisure Practices During the Pandemic
In this paper, we contend that urban middle-class older Indians engaged in “serious leisure” as a way to reima...
Back to Basics: The Role of Living Arrangement on Self-Reported Morbidity Among Older Adults in India
Back to Basics: The Role of Living Arrangement on Self-Reported Morbidity Among Older Adults in India
India’s traditional kinship behavior have undergone certain fundamental changes due to recent development and functi...
Systematic Literature Review (SLR) on Community Support Among the Older Adults
Systematic Literature Review (SLR) on Community Support Among the Older Adults
The number of developed and developing countries globally is steadily increasing due to the advanced development in variou...
A Study on Mental Health Service Needs among Older Adults and the Policy Response in China: Experiences in Urban Shanghai
A Study on Mental Health Service Needs among Older Adults and the Policy Response in China: Experiences in Urban Shanghai
Despite increasing awareness of mental health problems among older adults, limited mental health services are available to...
The Relationship Between Health Professionals’ Attitudes Towards the Older People and Personality Traits
The Relationship Between Health Professionals’ Attitudes Towards the Older People and Personality Traits
As in the whole world, the older population is increasing in Turkey as well. They get older, people need more healthcare. ...
Perceived Adequacy of Material Support Systems Available to the Childless Older Adults in Southeastern Nigeria: Implications for Social Workers
Perceived Adequacy of Material Support Systems Available to the Childless Older Adults in Southeastern Nigeria: Implications for Social Workers
Children are considered as social and economic safety nets for their elderly parents in many developing countries, includi...
Active Aging and Well-being of Older Northern Women in Finland
Active Aging and Well-being of Older Northern Women in Finland
Ageing among older Northern Finnish women was the subject of this qualitative study where community-based group interviews...
Environmental and Caregivers-Related Factors Influencing the Psychosocial Well-Being of Older Adults with Dementia: A Systematic Review
Environmental and Caregivers-Related Factors Influencing the Psychosocial Well-Being of Older Adults with Dementia: A Systematic Review
Dementia is caused by neurological problems resulting in a deterioration in cognitive functions; it negatively affects all...
The Association between Physical Frailty and Psycho-Social Health in Determining Geriatric Health-Related Quality of Life in Rural West Bengal, India
The Association between Physical Frailty and Psycho-Social Health in Determining Geriatric Health-Related Quality of Life in Rural West Bengal, India
The association of physical frailty and psycho-social health is well established. However, it appears no study on the inte...
Association Between Motoric Cognitive Risk Syndrome and Risk of Mortality in Older Adults: Results of a 5-year Retrospective Cohort
Association Between Motoric Cognitive Risk Syndrome and Risk of Mortality in Older Adults: Results of a 5-year Retrospective Cohort
Motoric cognitive risk syndrome (MCR) envelops a set of cognitive and motor complaints, determined by slow gait, subjectiv...
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