Honda, Ayumi Liu, Yin Fauth, Elizabeth B Fleming, Daniel J M Zarit, Steven H Maeta, Shunsuke Date, Yutaka Tsukigi, Tatsuya Honda, Sumihisa
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International journal of aging & human development
This cross-sectional study included 211 employed family caregivers with older relatives living in care facilities in Japan. Using multiple linear regression analysis, we examined the caregiving context after institutionalization of an older family member. Specifically, we examined predictors of negative spillover from caregiving to employment among...
Mock, Colleen Elaine Segal, Daniel L
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This study assessed how clinical anxiety, anxiety about aging, and death anxiety related to one another and to intrapersonal functioning. Older adults completed the Geriatric Anxiety Scale, Anxiety About Aging Scale, Death Anxiety Scale-Extended, and Intrapersonal Problems Rating Scale. Clinical anxiety was strongly correlated with anxiety about ag...
Steckhan, Greta M Fleig, Lena Wurm, Susanne Wolff, Julia K Schwarzer, Ralf Warner, Lisa M
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Fear of falling might result in overprotection by one's social environment. In turn, feeling dependent could increase fear of falling. However, the association between fear of falling and perceived overprotection and its temporal order is unknown. This longitudinal study explores this potential mutual longitudinal association. This study presents s...
Kim, Seon Kim, Junpyo Kim, Kyeongmo Buckley, Thomas
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Older adults prefer ageing in place (AIP) rather than institutionalized facilities. Although its advantages, AIP can be challenging when communities are unable to meet residents' needs. This study aims to identify the relationship between the level of age-friendliness of community and AIP. We used AARP Age-friendly Community Survey data with 6670 o...
Gendron, Tracey Marrs, Sarah Inker, Jenny Palmarini, Nic
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Ageism includes discrimination toward both younger and older individuals. Discrimination based on generational cohorts can serve as a proxy for discrimination based on age and, therefore, can be argued as a form of ageism. This study examined the occurrence of generational ageism and its relationship to internalized and relational ageism. This cros...
Burns, Shane D Baker, Elizabeth H Sheehan, Connor M Markides, Kyriakos S
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Rapid aging in American society will be disproportionately concentrated among the foreign-born. Immigrants in the United States (U.S.) are a heterogeneous population, yet little is known regarding their differences in disability later in life by region of origin. We use data from the National Health Interview Survey on respondents ages 60+ (n = 313...
Diaz-Valdes, Antonia Matz-Costa, Christina Rutledge, Mathew S Calvo, Esteban
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Background: The average retirement age in the United States (U.S.) has increased over the past few decades. However, the rate of increase for Hispanics is lower than that for non-Hispanics. For Hispanics, the decision to retire later may be more influenced by their migration history and context rather than health or finances. Objective: This study ...
Peng, Changmin Yuan, Yiyang Burr, Jeffrey A Mutchler, Jan E Song, Qian Lapane, Kate L
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This study examined whether social contact, social participation, and social support during the COVID-19 pandemic were associated with depression and anxiety. Data were taken from the 2020 COVID-19 Supplement of the National Health and Aging Trends Study (N = 2,778). Depression and anxiety were regressed on social contact frequency, social particip...
Kiso, Helen Collazo, José Luis Jr Avila, Mayra L
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We conducted a quantitative, interdisciplinary study that investigated how financial concerns and varying family connections influence the retirement choices of Latiné immigrants in terms of returning to their country of origin. We hypothesized that being worried about one's finances for retirement, and having strong transnational ties, would lead ...
Kim, Jinhyun Um, Sun-Bi Shi, Xiang
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This study examined whether the identified latent classes of structural and cognitive social capital are differently associated with depression trajectories in older Korean adults. From the five waves (2006, 2009, 2012, 2015, and 2018) of the Korean Welfare Panel Study, 3,606 participants aged ≥65 were analyzed. The latent class analysis identifies...
