Reference values for Jamar+ digital dynamometer hand grip strength in healthy adults and in adults with non-communicable diseases or osteoarthritis: the Norwegian Troms ø study 2015–2016
This article provides up-to-date references values for HGS in the community-dwelling population aged 40+ wit h or without osteoarthritis or non-communicable diseases, in Tromsø, Norway. These reference values will guide clinicians and researchers. (Source: European Journal of Ageing)
Source: European Journal of Ageing - November 24, 2023 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
Professional competences to promote healthy ageing across the lifespan: a scoping review
AbstractAs societies age, the development of resources and strategies that foster healthy ageing from the beginning of life become increasingly important. Social and healthcare professionals are key agents in this process; therefore, their training needs to be in agreement with societal needs. We performed a scoping review on professional competences for social and health workers to adequately promote healthy ageing throughout life, using the framework described by Arksey and O ’Malley and the Joanna Briggs Institute Guidelines. A stakeholder consultation was held in each of the participating countries, in which 79 exper...
Source: European Journal of Ageing - November 24, 2023 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
Reference values for Jamar+ digital dynamometer hand grip strength in healthy adults and in adults with non-communicable diseases or osteoarthritis: the Norwegian Troms ø study 2015–2016
This article provides up-to-date references values for HGS in the community-dwelling population aged 40+ wit h or without osteoarthritis or non-communicable diseases, in Tromsø, Norway. These reference values will guide clinicians and researchers. (Source: European Journal of Ageing)
Source: European Journal of Ageing - November 24, 2023 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
Do we all perceive experiences of age discrimination in the same way? Cross-cultural differences in perceived age discrimination and its association with life satisfaction
In this study, t herefore, we examined cross-cultural differences in perceived experiences of age discrimination and their detrimental association with a specific indicator of psychological well-being, which is life satisfaction. The sample was drawn from the Ageing as Future study and comprised 1653 older adults (6 0–90 years) from the Czech Republic, Germany, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and the USA. Participants self-reported their experiences of age discrimination and their life satisfaction. Findings indicated that participants from Hong Kong and Taiwan reported experiences of perceived age discrimination more of ten than pa...
Source: European Journal of Ageing - November 16, 2023 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
Religion and survival among European older adults
This study aims to examine the association between religion and all-cause mortality in a large sample of older European adults, comparing religious affiliations, and using prayer frequency as well as frequency of participation in a religious organisation as measures of religiousness. To this end, a total of 16,062 participants from the Survey of Health Ageing and Retirement in Europe were employed for a survival analysis (median follow-up 11.3 years; 3790 recorded deaths). Following a religion was negatively associated with mortality regardless of demographic and socioeconomic factors (HR = 0.81; 95% CI 0.74 –0.89). Larg...
Source: European Journal of Ageing - October 30, 2023 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
Trajectories of hospitalizations after age-based statutory retirement
AbstractRetirement years are ideally spent in good health. We aimed to produce new information using person-oriented methods by identifying groups of statutory retirees who did or did not achieve this objective and the factors that distinguish these groups from each other. Our particular focus was on the years directly after the transition into retirement, and the pre-retirement factors that explained the development of health, using a more severe health-related outcome —hospitalization. We studied the retirement, hospitalizations, education, and work characteristics of former employees of the City of Helsinki, Finland (...
Source: European Journal of Ageing - October 28, 2023 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
Senior volunteers: addressing loneliness in times of COVID-19
This study investigates the longitudinal impact of volunteering on feelings of loneliness. We analyzed data from 31,667 adults aged 50 years and older in the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE), across three consecutive waves (one before the pandemic and two during the COVID-19 pandemic). Binary logistic regression analyses were conducted for loneliness, using volunteering and several control variables as in dependent variables, and found that even after controlling for previous loneliness, volunteering has a protective effect against experiencing feelings of loneliness. Those who participated in vo...
Source: European Journal of Ageing - October 20, 2023 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
Consequences of contact restrictions for long-term care residents during the first months of COVID-19 pandemic: a scoping review
The objective of this scoping review was to identify and map evidence of direct and indirect consequences of contact restrictions, guided by three conceptual perspectives: (1) stress and learned helplessness (i.e., failure to use coping behaviors even when they are available and actionalble); (2) social contact loss; and (3) ‘total institution’ (i.e., a facility operates following a fixed plan due to spelled-out rules and norms, controlled by institutional representatives). We used the framework for conducting a scoping review by Arksey and O'Malley; included were peer-reviewed manuscripts reporting on the outcomes of ...
Source: European Journal of Ageing - October 17, 2023 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
Effects of digital skills and other individual factors on retirement decision-making and their gender differences
AbstractIncreasing the pension age as a dominant solution to population ageing does not bring desirable outcomes, if not accompanied by other essential measures in lifelong learning and fighting age discrimination. Moreover, rapid digitalisation and automation in the labour market bring additional uncertainties for the growing group of older workers. The analysis is based on the SHARE data from Waves 5, 6, and 7 and examines predictors of retirement intentions by two different estimation methods. While digital skills are positively associated with a willingness to stay in the labour market in the random-effect modelling, f...
Source: European Journal of Ageing - October 7, 2023 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
