Aim This study described and compared participation with community activities and perceived barriers among middle?aged and older Canadians by gender and age group (45-64, 65-74, 75-84, ?85 years). Method Using the cross?sectional 2008-2009 Canadian Community Health Survey - Healthy Aging, we considered the frequency of involvement in eight communit...
Aim This study described and compared participation with community activities and perceived barriers among middle?aged and older Canadians by gender and age group (45-64, 65-74, 75-84, ?85 years). Method Using the cross?sectional 2008-2009 Canadian Community Health Survey - Healthy Aging, we considered the frequency of involvement in eight communit...
Background: Driving cessation is a challenging transition for older drivers. It is indeed often associated with reduced mobility, loss of autonomy and poor quality of life, as in individuals with acquired disabilities. We examined factors that inhibit or facilitate out-of-home occupations after driving cessation (shopping, visiting/helping friends/...
Motivated by the potential devastating effect of a COVID-19 outbreak in retirement homes and long-term facilities for dependent elderly, we present the impact of worst-case scenarios in French institutions using a specific age structure and case-age fatality ratios. The death toll could equal the yearly death toll caused by seasonal influenza in th...
Objectives: Many older drivers incorrectly estimate their driving ability. The present study aimed to determine whether, and if so, to what extent unawareness of cognitive abilities affects self-awareness of driving ability. Methods: Two successive studies were conducted. A cohort study investigated cognitive self-awareness and an experimental stud...
L'île de La Réunion est un département d'outre-mer français et une région ultra périphérique européenne dont les caractéristiques démographiques, sociales et économiques sont en forte résonance avec les caractéristiques géographiques et physiques du territoire. L'éloignement de la métropole et du continent européen, l'exposition à sept des huit ris...
Objectives: Many older drivers incorrectly estimate their driving ability. The present study aimed to determine whether, and if so, to what extent unawareness of cognitive abilities affects self-awareness of driving ability. Methods: Two successive studies were conducted. A cohort study investigated cognitive self-awareness and an experimental stud...
Published in Frontiers in Neurology
Whole-body vibration (WBV) is a training method that exposes the entire body to mechanical oscillations while standing erect or seated on a vibrating platform. This method is nowadays commonly used by clinicians to improve specific motor outcomes in various sub-populations such as elderly and young healthy adults, either sedentary or well-trained. ...
Published in BMC Public Health
BackgroundSocial participation is a modifiable health determinant influenced by physical and social aspects of the environment. Little is known about aging women’s and men’s community activities and barriers according to region and population size. This study compared social participation, desire to participate more, and perceived barriers of aging...
