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
Retirement ’s impact on health: what role does social network play?
AbstractWhile a large body of literature investigates the bidirectional relationship between retirement and health, few have analyzed the mechanism through which retirement affects health which will provide important policy instrument insights. Using three waves of National Social Life, Health, and Aging Project, we examine the mediating role of the social network in the relationship between retirement and health in USA. We address the endogeneity and reverse causality through panel instrumental fixed-effect methods. We apply both single and parallel mediation analyses to identify the potential mechanism by which social ne...
Source: European Journal of Ageing - May 10, 2023 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
Patterns and correlates of old-age social exclusion in the Balkan states
This study is in line with the limited evidence that differ ent types of SE exist. Policies designed to reduce SE should take account of the different SE types and specific associated risk factors in order to enhance the impact of interventions to reduce social exclusion. (Source: European Journal of Ageing)
Source: European Journal of Ageing - May 4, 2023 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
Cared and uncared populations: understanding unmet care needs of older adults (65+) across different social care systems in Europe
In this study, we explored the unmet social care needs of individuals in twelve European countries with different soc ial care systems. We used data from the seventh wave of the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) to conduct a cross-sectional study of individuals aged 65 and over with care needs (n = 7136). Unmet care needs were measured from an absolute approach. We fitted binomial regression models to explain the relative importance of individuals’ characteristics, health status and different social care systems on unmet needs. The absolute measure shows that 53.02% of the analytical sample fa...
Source: European Journal of Ageing - April 29, 2023 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
Unmet healthcare needs among the population aged 50+ and their association with health outcomes during the COVID-19 pandemic
This study investigates the association between SUN in 2020 and three health outcomes in 2021 —mortality, cancer, and self-assessed health (SAH), among adults aged 50 years and older, using data from the regular administration of the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe and from the two special waves administered in 2020 and 2021 regarding COVID-19. Three types of SUN were su rveyed: care foregone due to fear of contracting COVID-19, pre-scheduled care postponed, and inability to get medical appointments or treatments demanded. We resort on the relative risk and the logistic specification to investigate the...
Source: European Journal of Ageing - April 29, 2023 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
Cared and uncared populations: understanding unmet care needs of older adults (65+) across different social care systems in Europe
In this study, we explored the unmet social care needs of individuals in twelve European countries with different soc ial care systems. We used data from the seventh wave of the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) to conduct a cross-sectional study of individuals aged 65 and over with care needs (n = 7136). Unmet care needs were measured from an absolute approach. We fitted binomial regression models to explain the relative importance of individuals’ characteristics, health status and different social care systems on unmet needs. The absolute measure shows that 53.02% of the analytical sample fa...
Source: European Journal of Ageing - April 29, 2023 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
Unmet healthcare needs among the population aged 50+ and their association with health outcomes during the COVID-19 pandemic
This study investigates the association between SUN in 2020 and three health outcomes in 2021 —mortality, cancer, and self-assessed health (SAH), among adults aged 50 years and older, using data from the regular administration of the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe and from the two special waves administered in 2020 and 2021 regarding COVID-19. Three types of SUN were su rveyed: care foregone due to fear of contracting COVID-19, pre-scheduled care postponed, and inability to get medical appointments or treatments demanded. We resort on the relative risk and the logistic specification to investigate the...
Source: European Journal of Ageing - April 29, 2023 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
Correction: Subjective age and the association with intrinsic capacity, functional ability, and health among older adults in Norway
(Source: European Journal of Ageing)
Source: European Journal of Ageing - April 21, 2023 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
Correction: Gendered late working life trajectories, family history and welfare regimes: evidence from SHARELIFE
(Source: European Journal of Ageing)
Source: European Journal of Ageing - April 10, 2023 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
Will your child take care of you in your old age? Unequal caregiving received by older parents from adult children in Sweden
This study uses data from the nationally representative 2011 Swedish Panel Study of Living Conditions of the Oldest Old (SWEOLD) and includes child-specific information from parents aged 76 years and above. Analyses used ordinal logistic regression and are presented as average marginal effects and predictive margins. Results show that parents in need of care report that one-third of all adult children in the sample provide care to three out of five of them. The care is most often non -intensive, yet nearly one in ten of all children provide more intensive care of two or more tasks. When adjusting for dyad characteristics...
Source: European Journal of Ageing - April 3, 2023 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
