Relationship of frailty status with health resource use and healthcare costs in the population aged 65 and over in Catalonia
ConclusionsOur findings underline the economic relevance of frailty in the aged population, with healthcare spending increasing as frailty increases. (Source: European Journal of Ageing)
Source: European Journal of Ageing - June 7, 2023 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
Changes in physical performance according to job demands across three cohorts of older workers in the Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam
This study set out to evaluate the association between job demands at baseline and physical performance over a six-year period across three cohorts of older Dutch workers examined 10 years apart. Data were drawn from three cohorts (1992–1999, 2002–2009 and 2012–2019) of the Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam. Individuals aged 55–65 years from each cohort who worked for pay were included (n = 274, n = 416, n = 618, respectively). Physical performance was mea sured using gait speed and chair stand performance. A population-based job exposure matrix was used to indicate levels of exposure probability of ...
Source: European Journal of Ageing - June 7, 2023 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
Relationship of frailty status with health resource use and healthcare costs in the population aged 65 and over in Catalonia
ConclusionsOur findings underline the economic relevance of frailty in the aged population, with healthcare spending increasing as frailty increases. (Source: European Journal of Ageing)
Source: European Journal of Ageing - June 7, 2023 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
Changes in physical performance according to job demands across three cohorts of older workers in the Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam
This study set out to evaluate the association between job demands at baseline and physical performance over a six-year period across three cohorts of older Dutch workers examined 10 years apart. Data were drawn from three cohorts (1992–1999, 2002–2009 and 2012–2019) of the Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam. Individuals aged 55–65 years from each cohort who worked for pay were included (n = 274, n = 416, n = 618, respectively). Physical performance was mea sured using gait speed and chair stand performance. A population-based job exposure matrix was used to indicate levels of exposure probability of ...
Source: European Journal of Ageing - June 7, 2023 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
Social disadvantage, context and network dynamics in later life
AbstractHow do personal networks evolve as individuals age? To what degree do social disadvantage and contextual factors matter for network dynamics in later life? This paper answers these two questions based on egocentric network data of older adults over a ten-year period. Specifically, I use longitudinal and nationally representative data on 1,168 older adults from the National Social Life, Health, and Aging Project. I use between-within models to separate the within- and between-individual effects of sociodemographic characteristics and contextual factors on three aspects of social connectedness in later life: network ...
Source: European Journal of Ageing - May 27, 2023 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
Transitions across states with and without difficulties in performing activities of daily living and death: a longitudinal comparison of ten European countries
This study analyses the role of age, sex, education and self-perceived health in disability, dependency and death transitions, addressing the heterogeneity across European countries and inconsistencies when using different measures of disability. Multi-state models were adjusted to evaluate the role of risk and protective factors in the transitions to disability, dependency and death. Difficulties in performing activities of daily living (ADLs) assess disability and dependency states. Data were from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe conducted in 2004 –2013, considering individuals aged 65 and older at...
Source: European Journal of Ageing - May 18, 2023 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
Joint predictability of physical frailty/pre-frailty and subjective memory complaints on mortality risk among cognitively unimpaired older adults
In this study, 11.9% of participants had both frailty/pre-frailty and SMC. A total of 239 deaths were recorded after 9009.5 person-years of follow-up. Afte r adjustment for other factors, compared with participants who were physically robust with no SMC, participants who reported either SMC alone (HR = 0.88, 95% CI = 0.60–1.27) or were frail/pre-frail alone (HR = 1.32, 95% CI = 0.90–1.92) had no significantly increased mortality ris k. However, coexisting frailty/pre-frailty and SMC was associated with a significantly increased hazard ratio for mortality of 1.48 (95% CI = [1.02–2.16]). Our results...
Source: European Journal of Ageing - May 18, 2023 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
Transitions across states with and without difficulties in performing activities of daily living and death: a longitudinal comparison of ten European countries
This study analyses the role of age, sex, education and self-perceived health in disability, dependency and death transitions, addressing the heterogeneity across European countries and inconsistencies when using different measures of disability. Multi-state models were adjusted to evaluate the role of risk and protective factors in the transitions to disability, dependency and death. Difficulties in performing activities of daily living (ADLs) assess disability and dependency states. Data were from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe conducted in 2004 –2013, considering individuals aged 65 and older at...
Source: European Journal of Ageing - May 18, 2023 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
Joint predictability of physical frailty/pre-frailty and subjective memory complaints on mortality risk among cognitively unimpaired older adults
In this study, 11.9% of participants had both frailty/pre-frailty and SMC. A total of 239 deaths were recorded after 9009.5 person-years of follow-up. Afte r adjustment for other factors, compared with participants who were physically robust with no SMC, participants who reported either SMC alone (HR = 0.88, 95% CI = 0.60–1.27) or were frail/pre-frail alone (HR = 1.32, 95% CI = 0.90–1.92) had no significantly increased mortality ris k. However, coexisting frailty/pre-frailty and SMC was associated with a significantly increased hazard ratio for mortality of 1.48 (95% CI = [1.02–2.16]). Our results...
Source: European Journal of Ageing - May 18, 2023 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
Civic engagement among foreign-born and native-born older adults living in Europe: a SHARE-based analysis
This study aims therefore to examine potential predictors of civic engagement in terms of formal volunteering and participation in political organisations among foreign-born and native-born older adults in Europe. Attention is hereby given to how socio-structural resources and social capital are associated with civic engagement, and whether these associations differ between foreign-born and native-born. Data from wave 7 of the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe [n = 74,150; 5710 of them are foreign-born] were used in multivariable logistic regression analyses. Results show that socio-structural and socia...
Source: European Journal of Ageing - May 11, 2023 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
Family care during the first COVID-19 lockdown in Germany: longitudinal evidence on consequences for the well-being of caregivers
AbstractWe examine changes in the well-being of family caregivers during the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany, using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) and the SOEP-CoV study. The COVID-19 pandemic posed an extraordinary challenge for family caregivers, as care recipients are a high-risk group requiring special protection, and professional care services were severely cut back. The specific situation of the COVID-19 pandemic allows us to re-examine the caregiver stress process model. Using first difference regression models, we analyse changes in general life satisfaction and depressive symptoms...
Source: European Journal of Ageing - May 11, 2023 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
Civic engagement among foreign-born and native-born older adults living in Europe: a SHARE-based analysis
This study aims therefore to examine potential predictors of civic engagement in terms of formal volunteering and participation in political organisations among foreign-born and native-born older adults in Europe. Attention is hereby given to how socio-structural resources and social capital are associated with civic engagement, and whether these associations differ between foreign-born and native-born. Data from wave 7 of the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe [n = 74,150; 5710 of them are foreign-born] were used in multivariable logistic regression analyses. Results show that socio-structural and socia...
Source: European Journal of Ageing - May 11, 2023 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
Family care during the first COVID-19 lockdown in Germany: longitudinal evidence on consequences for the well-being of caregivers
AbstractWe examine changes in the well-being of family caregivers during the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany, using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) and the SOEP-CoV study. The COVID-19 pandemic posed an extraordinary challenge for family caregivers, as care recipients are a high-risk group requiring special protection, and professional care services were severely cut back. The specific situation of the COVID-19 pandemic allows us to re-examine the caregiver stress process model. Using first difference regression models, we analyse changes in general life satisfaction and depressive symptoms...
Source: European Journal of Ageing - May 11, 2023 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
