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The Role of Pensioner Councils in Regional Healthcare Policy: A Holistic Perspective
The Role of Pensioner Councils in Regional Healthcare Policy: A Holistic Perspective
To ensure older individuals actively engage in healthcare service development and policymaking, it is crucial to counterac...
Income Trajectories and Precarity in Later life
Income Trajectories and Precarity in Later life
This paper captures trajectories of income in later-life and considers how membership of particular income trajectories is...
Coping Mechanisms of Older Persons with Emigrant Children During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Nigeria
Coping Mechanisms of Older Persons with Emigrant Children During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Nigeria
The emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic in Nigeria has taken a huge toll on the welfare of older adults, especially the ...
A Home-based Resistance Training Program to Reduce Pre-frailty in Middle-aged Adults: a Proof-of-concept Randomised Controlled Trial
A Home-based Resistance Training Program to Reduce Pre-frailty in Middle-aged Adults: a Proof-of-concept Randomised Controlled Trial
It is not known if resistance training reduces pre-frailty in community-dwelling middle-aged adults (50–65 ...
Frailty Among Older Indians: State-Level Factors
Frailty Among Older Indians: State-Level Factors
Frailty is a common syndrome affecting older adults. While frailty has well-established relationships with multiple advers...
Working Together to Support Family Caregivers of Older Nigerian Adults with Chronic Illness at Home
Working Together to Support Family Caregivers of Older Nigerian Adults with Chronic Illness at Home
In Nigeria, the burden of caring for older adults with chronic illness at home significantly impacts family members who ar...
Parental Divorce in Childhood and the Accelerated Epigenetic Aging for Earlier and Later Cohorts: Role of Mediators of Chronic Depressive Symptoms, Education, Smoking, Obesity, and Own Marital Disruption
Parental Divorce in Childhood and the Accelerated Epigenetic Aging for Earlier and Later Cohorts: Role of Mediators of Chronic Depressive Symptoms, Education, Smoking, Obesity, and Own Marital Disruption
We examine effects of parental divorce on epigenetic aging in later adulthood for two birth cohorts: one born in the early...
Barriers in Health and Social Care Access and Systems Navigation among Older Adults without Advocates: A Scoping Literature Review and Framework Synthesis
Barriers in Health and Social Care Access and Systems Navigation among Older Adults without Advocates: A Scoping Literature Review and Framework Synthesis
Informal caregivers are relied on to supplement formal systems. Sociodemographic shifts have driven concerns regarding the...
Correction to: The Self-Rated Health of Grandmothers Caring for Grandchildren: Evidence from South Africa
Correction to: The Self-Rated Health of Grandmothers Caring for Grandchildren: Evidence from South Africa
Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which...
Creativity and Healthy Ageing: Future Research Directions
Creativity and Healthy Ageing: Future Research Directions
The fact that the world population is ageing brings about societal challenges, but at the same time creates new opportunit...
Relationship Between Identity Affirmation, Autonomy and Successful Aging in Chilean Urban Mapuche Indigenous Older Adults
Relationship Between Identity Affirmation, Autonomy and Successful Aging in Chilean Urban Mapuche Indigenous Older Adults
Despite increased interest in the topic, the global rise in life expectancy has not been associated with better aging. Thi...
Habits of a Lifetime: Museum Visitation Amongst Older Australians
Habits of a Lifetime: Museum Visitation Amongst Older Australians
Recent studies have shown that cultural engagement, including museum attendance, is associated with improved health and we...
Differences in Perceptions of the Urban Acoustic Environment in Older Adults: A Systematic Review
Differences in Perceptions of the Urban Acoustic Environment in Older Adults: A Systematic Review
Several policies have been developed to improve the quality of life for older adults in cities, with soundscape being one ...
Senior Millionaires and their Travel Behaviours: the Case of Turkey
Senior Millionaires and their Travel Behaviours: the Case of Turkey
This study is one of the preliminary studies in the literature, which explores and analyzes the travel behaviour of an und...
The Self-Rated Health of Grandmothers Caring for Grandchildren: Evidence from South Africa
The Self-Rated Health of Grandmothers Caring for Grandchildren: Evidence from South Africa
Globally older people are increasingly providing care for their grandchildren. A pertinent question across world regions i...
Social Support Exchange in Shared Living Arrangements with Older Adults—Exploring the Benefits of Intergenerational Living for Older Adults
Social Support Exchange in Shared Living Arrangements with Older Adults—Exploring the Benefits of Intergenerational Living for Older Adults
This qualitative study explores the social support experiences of older adults residing in co-housing projects in Belgium....
Impact of Education on Health Among the Vietnamese Older Adults: Evidence from a National Survey
Impact of Education on Health Among the Vietnamese Older Adults: Evidence from a National Survey
This paper was aimed to analyze the impact of education on health of the Vietnamese older adults (defined as those aged 50...
The Implications of Climate Change for the Health of Older Adults
The Implications of Climate Change for the Health of Older Adults
In December 2019, JPA published an editorial considering the convergence of climate c...
The Role of Education in the Oldest Old’s ‘Successful Life Conduct’: Evidence from a Population-Based Survey in Germany
The Role of Education in the Oldest Old’s ‘Successful Life Conduct’: Evidence from a Population-Based Survey in Germany
Research on successful ageing (SA) in the oldest old requires conceptual frameworks that address their unique needs. The C...
The Role of Organizational Ageism, Inter-Age Contact, and Organizational Values in the Formation of Workplace Age-Friendliness: A Multilevel Cross-Organizational Study
The Role of Organizational Ageism, Inter-Age Contact, and Organizational Values in the Formation of Workplace Age-Friendliness: A Multilevel Cross-Organizational Study
This study adopts the multidimensional concept of workplace age-friendliness as reflecting the extent to which organizatio...
Do Older Employees Have a Lower Individual Productivity Potential than Younger Employees?
Do Older Employees Have a Lower Individual Productivity Potential than Younger Employees?
We examine the relationship between employees’ age and their individual productivity potential (IPP). IPP is measure...
Projections of Older European Migrant Populations in Australia, 2016–56
Projections of Older European Migrant Populations in Australia, 2016–56
Many of the European migrant populations which settled in Australia in the three decades after World War Two are now much ...
The Relationship between Political Ideology and the Pursuit of Staying Forever Young
The Relationship between Political Ideology and the Pursuit of Staying Forever Young
In an era defined by an aging population, the desire to look younger is so great, that the anti-aging industry is expected...
In Pursuit of Happiness: Changes in Living Arrangement and Subjective Well-Being among Older Adults in India
In Pursuit of Happiness: Changes in Living Arrangement and Subjective Well-Being among Older Adults in India
The study examines the correlates of change in living arrangements and the association of such changes with subje...
The Meaning Ascribed to the Aging Phenomena by Mayors in Israel
The Meaning Ascribed to the Aging Phenomena by Mayors in Israel
In Israel, as in many other countries, local government is the arena in which national policies are carried out and throug...
Experiences of Elder Abuse in Pacific Island Communities of Aotearoa New Zealand: a Cultural Lens
Experiences of Elder Abuse in Pacific Island Communities of Aotearoa New Zealand: a Cultural Lens
The aim of this study was to uncover some experiences and perceptions of elder abuse among New Zealand Pacific elders with...
Non-Kin Carers: an Emerging Force in Contemporary Care Systems
Non-Kin Carers: an Emerging Force in Contemporary Care Systems
Barker, J. C. (2002). Neighbors, friends, and other nonkin carers of community-living dependent elders. Journal of Geronto...
The Effects of Pension Communication on Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behaviour: An Integrative Review of Evidence and Directions for Future Research
The Effects of Pension Communication on Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behaviour: An Integrative Review of Evidence and Directions for Future Research
Structural changes in multi-pillar systems require greater individual responsibility for retirement saving. Therefore, in ...
A Conceptual Framework for Quality Improvement of Senior Housing Programs
A Conceptual Framework for Quality Improvement of Senior Housing Programs
The growing number of older people has become a critical social and economic challenge globally. In Taiwan, the proportion...
Interpersonal Risk Factors of Elder Abuse in Iran (A Qualitative Study)
Interpersonal Risk Factors of Elder Abuse in Iran (A Qualitative Study)
The WHO suggests that different societies should investigate the causes of elder abuse in their culture. This study was co...
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