Longitudinal Correlates of Grandparenting with Depressive Symptoms and Poor Sleep Quality Among Middle-Aged and Older Women and Men in South Africa
CONCLUSION: Grandparenting significantly reduced poor mental health among grandmothers but not among grandfathers.CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS: Practitioners may encourage grandparent caregiving, among grandmothers, to reduce poor mental health in South Africa.PMID:37493053 | DOI:10.1080/07317115.2023.2240793 (Source: Clinical Gerontologist)
Source: Clinical Gerontologist - July 26, 2023 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Supa Pengpid Karl Peltzer Source Type: research
Family Support During Hospitalization Buffers Depressive Symptoms Among Independent Older Adults
CONCLUSIONS: This study partially supports the stress-buffering hypothesis, in that social support ameliorated depressive symptoms among hospitalized independent older adults.CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS: Assessing depressive symptoms and functional ability and creating an environment conducive to family support for older adults may be beneficial to hospitalized older adults' mental health.PMID:37493087 | DOI:10.1080/07317115.2023.2236097 (Source: Clinical Gerontologist)
Source: Clinical Gerontologist - July 26, 2023 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Ksenya Shulyaev Yochy Spielberg Nurit Gur-Yaish Anna Zisberg Source Type: research
Longitudinal Correlates of Grandparenting with Depressive Symptoms and Poor Sleep Quality Among Middle-Aged and Older Women and Men in South Africa
CONCLUSION: Grandparenting significantly reduced poor mental health among grandmothers but not among grandfathers.CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS: Practitioners may encourage grandparent caregiving, among grandmothers, to reduce poor mental health in South Africa.PMID:37493053 | DOI:10.1080/07317115.2023.2240793 (Source: Clinical Gerontologist)
Source: Clinical Gerontologist - July 26, 2023 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Supa Pengpid Karl Peltzer Source Type: research
Family Support During Hospitalization Buffers Depressive Symptoms Among Independent Older Adults
CONCLUSIONS: This study partially supports the stress-buffering hypothesis, in that social support ameliorated depressive symptoms among hospitalized independent older adults.CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS: Assessing depressive symptoms and functional ability and creating an environment conducive to family support for older adults may be beneficial to hospitalized older adults' mental health.PMID:37493087 | DOI:10.1080/07317115.2023.2236097 (Source: Clinical Gerontologist)
Source: Clinical Gerontologist - July 26, 2023 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Ksenya Shulyaev Yochy Spielberg Nurit Gur-Yaish Anna Zisberg Source Type: research
Longitudinal Correlates of Grandparenting with Depressive Symptoms and Poor Sleep Quality Among Middle-Aged and Older Women and Men in South Africa
CONCLUSION: Grandparenting significantly reduced poor mental health among grandmothers but not among grandfathers.CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS: Practitioners may encourage grandparent caregiving, among grandmothers, to reduce poor mental health in South Africa.PMID:37493053 | DOI:10.1080/07317115.2023.2240793 (Source: Clinical Gerontologist)
Source: Clinical Gerontologist - July 26, 2023 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Supa Pengpid Karl Peltzer Source Type: research
Family Support During Hospitalization Buffers Depressive Symptoms Among Independent Older Adults
CONCLUSIONS: This study partially supports the stress-buffering hypothesis, in that social support ameliorated depressive symptoms among hospitalized independent older adults.CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS: Assessing depressive symptoms and functional ability and creating an environment conducive to family support for older adults may be beneficial to hospitalized older adults' mental health.PMID:37493087 | DOI:10.1080/07317115.2023.2236097 (Source: Clinical Gerontologist)
Source: Clinical Gerontologist - July 26, 2023 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Ksenya Shulyaev Yochy Spielberg Nurit Gur-Yaish Anna Zisberg Source Type: research
Hearing Loss and Subjective Well-Being Among Older Adults: Mediating Effect of Social Activity and Cognitive Function
CONCLUSIONS: Social activity and cognitive function play a serial intermediary role in the relationship between hearing loss and SWB among older Chinese adults.CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS: Multidimensional health and social interventions aimed at improving mental health and social inclusion among adults with hearing loss should be recommended.PMID:37489052 | DOI:10.1080/07317115.2023.2240337 (Source: Clinical Gerontologist)
Source: Clinical Gerontologist - July 25, 2023 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Xia Cao Binfang Yang Jiansong Zhou Source Type: research
An Environmental Scan of Suicide Prevention Resources for Older Veterans in Primary Care
CONCLUSION: Although only 10 of the identified resources were exclusively primary care focused, many of the resources had content applicable to suicide prevention in primary care.CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS: Primary care providers can use this compendium of resources to strengthen suicide prevention work within their clinics including: safety planning, lethal means reduction, assessing for risk factors that place older veteran at increased risk of suicide, and mitigating risk factors through referral to programs designed to support older adult health and well-being.PMID:37433058 | DOI:10.1080/07317115.2023.2234901 (Source: Clinical Gerontologist)
Source: Clinical Gerontologist - July 11, 2023 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Jennifer L Sullivan Benjamin Burns Kelly O'Malley Michelle Mlinac Source Type: research
