Evaluation of a multi-component training programme for employees aged 50+
AbstractLifelong learning offers an opportunity for mature employees to stay adept in the light of changing demands, to promote health and counteract physical and cognitive decline. This intervention study evaluates the effects of a multi-component training programme for employees aged 50+ , focussing on competence expectations, stress management, cognitive, metacognitive and psychomotoric training. Effects were evaluated in a longitudinal control group design with follow-up after six months (24 training groups,n = 247, participants per group:M = 13.04,SD = 2.44; control group,n = 199). To control for ex...
Source: European Journal of Ageing - July 11, 2022 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
A link between age, affect, and predictions?
AbstractThe prevalence of depressive symptoms decreases from late adolescence to middle age adulthood. Furthermore, despite significant losses in motor and cognitive functioning, overall emotional well-being tends to increase with age, and a bias to positive information has been observed multiple times. Several causes have been discussed for this age-related development, such as improvement in emotion regulation, less regret, and higher socioeconomic status. Here, we explore a further explanation. Our minds host mental models that generate predictions about forthcoming events to successfully interact with our physical and ...
Source: European Journal of Ageing - July 5, 2022 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
Correction to: Changes in socioeconomic differentials in old age life expectancy in four Nordic countries: the impact of educational expansion and education-specific mortality
(Source: European Journal of Ageing)
Source: European Journal of Ageing - June 28, 2022 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
Work ability and physical fitness among aging workers: the Finnish Retirement and Aging Study
ConclusionsCardiorespiratory fitness, upper body strength, and lower extremity function were positively associated with work ability. Good physical fitness may help to maintain work ability among aging workers. (Source: European Journal of Ageing)
Source: European Journal of Ageing - June 22, 2022 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
Testing the informal care model: intrapersonal change in care provision intensity during the first lockdown of the COVID-19 pandemic
AbstractInformal care, meaning taking health-related care of people in their own social network, is a topic that gets more and more attention in social science research because the pressure on people to provide informal care is rising due to ageing societies and policy changes. TheInformal Care Model developed by Broese van Groenou and de Boer (Eur J Ageing 13(3):271 –279, 2016) provides a theoretical foundation to understand under what conditions a person provides informal care. We test this theoretical model by applying it to intrapersonal changes in informal care provision during the first COVID-19 lockdown in the Net...
Source: European Journal of Ageing - June 22, 2022 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
Work ability and physical fitness among aging workers: the Finnish Retirement and Aging Study
ConclusionsCardiorespiratory fitness, upper body strength, and lower extremity function were positively associated with work ability. Good physical fitness may help to maintain work ability among aging workers. (Source: European Journal of Ageing)
Source: European Journal of Ageing - June 22, 2022 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
Testing the informal care model: intrapersonal change in care provision intensity during the first lockdown of the COVID-19 pandemic
AbstractInformal care, meaning taking health-related care of people in their own social network, is a topic that gets more and more attention in social science research because the pressure on people to provide informal care is rising due to ageing societies and policy changes. TheInformal Care Model developed by Broese van Groenou and de Boer (Eur J Ageing 13(3):271 –279, 2016) provides a theoretical foundation to understand under what conditions a person provides informal care. We test this theoretical model by applying it to intrapersonal changes in informal care provision during the first COVID-19 lockdown in the Net...
Source: European Journal of Ageing - June 22, 2022 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
Correction to: Revisiting the Nordic long-term care model for older people —still equal?
(Source: European Journal of Ageing)
Source: European Journal of Ageing - June 16, 2022 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
Health system reforms and the needs of the ageing population —an analysis of recent policy paths and reform trends in Finland and Sweden
AbstractPopulation ageing with an increasing number of people experiencing complex health and social care needs challenges health systems. We explore whether andhow health system reforms and policy measures adopted during the past two decades in Finland and Sweden reflect and address the needs of the older people. We discuss health system characteristics that are important to meet the care needs of older people and analyse how health policy agendas have highlighted these aspects in Finland and Sweden. The analysis is based on “most similar cases”. The two countries have rather similar health systems and are facing simi...
Source: European Journal of Ageing - June 1, 2022 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
Cognitive and non-cognitive variables influencing age-related effect of mind wandering across the adult life span
This study aimed to assess the effects of aging on mind wandering (MW) using a sustained attention to response task (SART) with a low cognitive demand. All task-unrelated thoughts (TUTs) and the subcategory of stimulus-independent thoughts (SITUTs) were examined across the adult life span. The relationship between MW, cognitive variables (attention, inhibition, working memory), and non-cognitive variables (mindfulness, psychological well-being, and anxiety) was investigated. The sample included 210 healthy participants from 20 to 89 years old. The overall results showed few or no age-related changes in both TUTs and SITU...
Source: European Journal of Ageing - June 1, 2022 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
Revisiting the Nordic long-term care model for older people —still equal?
AbstractWith the extensive long-term care services for older people, the Nordic countries have been labelled ‘caring states’ as reported (Leira, Welfare state and working mothers: the Scandinavian experience, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1992). The emphasis on services and not cash benefits ensures the Nordics a central place in the public service model (Anttonen and Sipilä, J Eur Soc Policy 6:87–100, 1996). The main feature of this ideal model is public social care services, such as home care and residential care services, which can cover the need for personal and medical care, as well as assistance with ...
Source: European Journal of Ageing - June 1, 2022 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
