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Showing 1 to 20 of 6358 for “"Older"”.
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ALCOHOL USE AND THE OLDER ADULT: ADDRESSING OLDER ADULTS’ PERCEPTIONS
… methods tailored specifically for the older population, it is important to understand the reasons that older adults perceive that they consume alcohol. For this reason, this study explored older adults’ perceptions regarding why they use alcohol. Older adults, age 60 and older, were …
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Wellness and Mental Health Among Older Adults and Veteran Older Adults
In the past few decades, the older adult population in the U.S. has increased in both size and age (AoA, 2024). Additionally, nearly half of all veterans have entered older adulthood (VA, 2024). A sizable segment of these populations experiences mental health challenges (Moradi et al., 2021; …
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Dimensions Underlying First Impressions of Older Adult Faces by Young and Older Adult Perceivers
… contexts and have the potential to influence how older adults (OAs), a vulnerable population, are treated by others. The present study used a data-driven approach to examine dimensions underlying FIs of OAs and whether those dimensions vary by perceiver age. In Experiment 1, young adult (YA) and …
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Coming of age : focusing the human rights lens on older men and older women
… to open an exploration of the human rights of older persons with the poignant words of Kofi Annan, then Secretary-General of the United Nations, in a statement to the Second World Assembly on Aging in Madrid: I turned 64 today. I therefore feel empowered to quote a Beatles' song that asks, on …
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Older adults’ experiences of psychotherapy
There is a plethora of literature on older adults and psychological counselling. The literature reveals many assumptions and opinions of healthcare professionals and academics regarding older adults’ decision to enter into counselling or not and advice on how counselling should be conducted with …
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Exercise Motivations of Older Adults
… and compared activity levels and motives in 103 older (over 50 years of age) competitive athletes (CA) and non-competitive fitness exercisers (NCF). The findings indicate that the CA group was significantly higher in the motives of enjoyment, competition, and social recognition. Ranking of the …
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Dispatches from an older war
Includes bibliographical references.
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Work-related education among older adults: case studies of selected older women in urban areas
The demographic shift to an older population has led to a structural transformation of the labor force and rapid social change within American society. This, in turn, has given rise to the need to reassess the factors which facilitate and impede the older adults' interest and participation in …
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Reducing distractibility in healthy older adults
… changes in individual sensory systems, older adults also experience changes in how information from multiple sensory modalities is combined. In particular, older adults exhibit increased multisensory integration, showing larger gains than younger adults when information in one sensory …
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Brain Structure in Older Adult Siblings
… volumes and cortical thickness in a sample of older adult full siblings: 2-4 individuals per pedigree; N = 75). Estimation of heritability was based on computation of intraclass correlations. Heritability estimates were higher for total cortical thickness compared to volumes. There was no …
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Transitioning Eating Practices of Older Adults
… have influenced the transition of an individual older adult’s eating practices over a lifespan and the impact participants perceived those factors currently had upon their nutritional health in older adulthood.</p> <p><strong>Background</strong>: The older adult population is recognized as one of …
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Predicting Cognitive Decline in Older Adults
<p>The investigator sought to determine which neuropsychological tests are more likely to predict an individual’s cognitive decline (i.e., normal to mild cognitive impairment, mild cognitive impairment to Alzheimer’s disease) two years prior to conversion. A sample of non-decliners (N=109) compared …
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COLLEGE STUDENTS' ATTITUDES TOWARD OLDER WORKERS
… their explicit and implicit attitudes toward older workers to investigate what organizations can do on behalf of older workers. For instance, organizations may have policies that are giving preferential treatment toward older workers and reinforcing younger workers’ negative attitudes. For the …
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Older adults’ experience of psychological therapy
The portfolio examines the older adult experience of psychological therapy. The research study is from the older adult perspective and it provides a rich narrative and strengthens theory and practice links. This research explored older adult service users’ retrospective accounts of Psychological …
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Mindfulness and Cognition in Older Adults
… a possible attention state training program for older adults. Thirty-two healthy older adult participants were randomized to MBSR or waiting list, and 38 older adults were randomized to a cognitive training program (Mind Aerobics) or waiting list control. Dependent variables included measures of …
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Subjective well-being in older adults
… of subjective psychological well-being in older adults and draws conclusions about how the concept of well-being is defined and measured. A systematic search of four databases identified eight measures developed to capture the notion of psychological well-being; the Positive And Negative …
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Investing in Clinical Trials for Older Adults: The Value and Challenges of Older Adult-Specific Clinical Trials
Conducting clinical trials for older adults can address the long-standing issue of the underrepresentation of older adults and the lack of clinical evidence for them. Examining the challenges and the value of such trials could facilitate discussion among trial sponsors on the investment in and the …
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Nursing students’ attitudes towards older people and nursing older people: a comparison of two attitudinal measurement scales
… unsatisfactory experiences and avoidable harm to older patients. Solutions to improve quality, include recruiting nursing students at point of registration who hold positive attitudes towards older people and have the prerequisite skills and knowledge for effective care delivery. However, nursing …
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