Successful ageing in the oldest old: objectively and subjectively measured evidence from a population-based survey in Germany
AbstractDespite rapid increase of people aged 80 and over, concepts of successful ageing (SA) are primarily examined for people below that age. Therefore, successful ageing was examined in a population-based representative sample ofN = 1863 people aged 80 to 102 (NRW80+) with 11% living in institutionalized settings. In this survey on quality of life and well-being, multiple linear and logistic regression models were used to calculate the distribution of successful agers. According to Rowe and Kahn’s objective definition, 9% of the sample aged successfully, but one-third (33%) still met four to five SA criteria. This...
Source: European Journal of Ageing - December 1, 2021 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
Social network ties before and after retirement: a cohort study
This study examined how the number of ties in social network changes across the retirement transition. The study population consisted of 2319 participants (84% women, mean age 63.2 years) from the Finnish Retirement and Aging study. Information about social network ties, including the number of ties in the inner, middle and outer circles of the social convoy model, was gathered using annual postal surveys before and after retirement. Three repeat su rveys per participant covered the retirement transition and the post-retirement periods. Mean number of network ties was 21.6 before retirement, of which 5.6 were situated in ...
Source: European Journal of Ageing - December 1, 2021 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
Gender differences in years of remaining life by living arrangement among older Singaporeans
AbstractLiving arrangements of older adults have often been studied as a measure of the support available to them. Given the rapidly ageing and low fertility context of Singapore where the prevalence of older adults living alone and without children is expected to increase, we construct multistate life tables to estimate the number of years that older persons can expect to live in different living arrangements at a population level (population-based) as well as based on their initial living arrangement (status-based). We focus particularly on whether there are gender differences in the expected years of life in different l...
Source: European Journal of Ageing - December 1, 2021 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
New thinking about health expectancy: introduction to the special section
(Source: European Journal of Ageing)
Source: European Journal of Ageing - December 1, 2021 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
Economic stress of people 50 + in European countries in the Covid-19 pandemic–do country policies matter?
AbstractThe Covid-19 pandemic caused lockdown of economies, which in turn led to the worsening of the economic situation of many households. During the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic governments undertook various measures to support economies and societies, including jobs protection along with financial support provision to people who suffered financial loss during the economic crisis. We analyse the economic situation of older Europeans, depending on their socio-economic status as well as country of residence characteristics, including economic and labour market changes during the first phase of the pandemic, the str...
Source: European Journal of Ageing - November 24, 2021 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
