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Showing 1 to 18 of 18 for “"American older adults"”.
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Communal Empathy in Native American Older Adults
… to investigate resilience within a Native American community, which includes addressing the concept of cultural resilience and empathy. A secondary qualitative data analysis of 28 interviews with Native American older adults was conducted. Research questions addressed the context in which …
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Communal Empathy in Native American Older Adults
… to investigate resilience within a Native American community, which includes addressing the concept of cultural resilience and empathy. A secondary qualitative data analysis of 28 interviews with Native American older adults was conducted. Research questions addressed the context in which …
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Acculturation and disability in Mexican American older adults
… examine acculturation and disability in Mexican American older adults living independently in the southwestern United States. Design: A prospective cohort study (1993-2005). Setting: Texas, New Mexico, Colorado, Arizona, and California. Participants: Participants in the Hispanic Established …
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The Online Dating Preferences of Chinese American Older Adults
… in the use of online dating websites among adults over age 50. Nevertheless, samples collected in existing literature are mainly centered on White/Caucasian Americans. Furthermore, the only theoretical guide has been sexual strategies theory. This study fills the gap by using sexual …
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The Experiences Of Black American Older Adults Managing Pain: A Nursing Ethnography
<p>Introduction: Pain can negatively affect quality of life for Black elders. They are less likely to report pain concerns and have voiced pain needs adequately met. To better understand the pain management experiences and concerns of Black elders, an ethnographic study was completed within an …
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Life-Space Mobility, Falls, and Healthcare Use Among Community Dwelling Mexican-American Older Adults
… for measuring both mobility and independence of older adults in their day-to-day lives. Aims are: 1) to determine the threshold values of restricted LSM among Mexican American older adults in comparison to the original life-space assessment (LSA) validation on measures of disability, depressive …
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Type 2 diabetes mellitus, cognition and self-management behavior in Mexican American older adults
Mexican Americans carry a much heavier disease burden of type two diabetes mellitus (T2DM) than non-Hispanic Whites. Effective self-management behaviors are critical in reducing this burden and the resulting morbidity and mortality from T2DM. The purpose of this correlational study was to …
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Effects of healthcare system distrust on cognition in African American older adults with type two diabetes mellitus
… might affect cognitive functioning in African American older adults. To examine the relationship between healthcare system distrust and cognition in African American older adults with T2DM, this study assessed healthcare distrust, diabetes management, psychosocial functioning, and cognitive …
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A Qualitative Investigation of the Strategies used by a Sample of Native American Older Adults to Cope with Race-Related Stressors
… that are effective in helping these Native American individuals cope with racism. In the present analysis, results were compared to the existing race-related stress and coping literature in an effort to understand the unique and common experiences of racism across different racial/ethnic …
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A Qualitative Investigation of the Strategies used by a Sample of Native American Older Adults to Cope with Race-Related Stressors
… that are effective in helping these Native American individuals cope with racism. In the present analysis, results were compared to the existing race-related stress and coping literature in an effort to understand the unique and common experiences of racism across different racial/ethnic …
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The Effects of Acculturation, Health, Socioeconomic Status, and Perceived Respect on Older Adult Depression: Analysis of Korean American Older Adults in Chicago
… current geographical background of 121 Korean-American older adults in the Chicago metropolitan and its suburban area.</p><p>A multi-method approach was imported to analyze self-collected quantitative survey data from two groups of 80 participants in Chicago and 41 in the suburbs, qualitative …
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The effects of socioeconomic status, social support, and acculturation on the mental and physical health among Korean American older adults in Chicago metropolitan area
… physical and mental health status of Korean American older adults. It was premised that SES, social support and acculturation are directly and/or indirectly related to the mental and physical health status of Korean American older adults manifested by respective symptoms. The following two …
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Pain, Disablement Process and Frailty among Older Adults in the United States: Findings from the National Health and Aging Trends Study
… Musculoskeletal pain is highly prevalent among older adults and the most common cause of disability. Objectives: To examine 1) whether sociodemographic characteristics, comorbidities, depression, obesity and sleep complaints are independently associated with pain; 2) the effect of pain on …
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A Novel Cognitive Stress Test for the Detection of Early Alzheimer’s Disease in African Americans
… increasing racial and ethnic diversity of the older adult population. As the growing population of older adults advances in age, memory complaints are projected to increase in prevalence particularly among African Americans and present a challenge to clinicians who must differentiate between …
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Social antecedents and health consequences of productive activity
… of human, social, and cultural capital and older adults' participation in productive activities. In both cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses, education was related to all four types of productive activity (volunteering, meeting attendance, caregiving, and employment). Cultural capital …
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Health Service Utilization Among Chinese, Filipino, And Asian Indian Older Adults In The United States
… research on service utilization among Asian American older adults is very limited. The purposes of this study are:: 1) to describe and compare health service needs and health insurance coverage among Chinese, Filipino, and Asian Indian older adults;: 2) to use modified Andersen's behavior …
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Psychometric evaluation of the COVID stress scales in older adults and the impact of ageism and pain on COVID-related stress
… (e.g., social media posts suggesting that older adults’ deaths from COVID-19 are less tragic than younger individuals, beliefs that public health restrictions should only target older persons). Additionally, pain is highly prevalent among older adults and often limits mobility, which can …
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Aging in Place: Perceptions of Older Adults on Low Income Housing Waitlists
<p>Many American older adults with low incomes wait years for affordable housing or housing assistance. Insight is needed on the concerns of older adults who need to move but cannot. In addition, within the study of aging in place, there is a paucity of research regarding older adults with low …