Retired Educators ’ Career Transition as a New Life Role of Underwriting Career Development in Botswana
AbstractRetired educators of Botswana strongly disagree with the idea that a retiree is a liability and cannot contribute to a system ’s advancement. The study explores retired educators’ view that career development of young persons can benefit from retirees’ career transitional experiences, through mentoring. In-depth interviews were conducted with 16 individuals and 3 groups of retirees. Career construction and phenomenol ogical principles informed the study, while, thematic analysis reflected the experiences of retired educators. Four themes emerged, including, Meaningful experiences for retired educators and Rec...
Source: Journal of Population Ageing - September 7, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
The Relationship between Political Ideology and the Pursuit of Staying Forever Young
AbstractIn an era defined by an aging population, the desire to look younger is so great, that the anti-aging industry is expected to grow by hundreds of billions of dollars within only a few years ’ time. This research aims to investigate how the increasing interest to look younger is related to political ideology. We propose that accepting the ideal beauty of youthful bodies and pursuing physical youthfulness would be more prevalent among conservatives. We build this upon previous research showing that political conservatism is related to the acceptance of norms and values, as well as having strict boundaries for socia...
Source: Journal of Population Ageing - September 4, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Loneliness among Elderly People: Can Food and Meals Change this Situation?
This study used CurroCus ® group interviews, or fast focus groups. Nine CurroCus® groups were conducted, lasting for 37–56 min (average = 45 min). Altogether, 76 persons participated, ranging in age from 60 to 87 years; participants were predominantly female (> 80%). The collected empirical data were recorded, transcribed, and entered into NVivo 11.0. Interviews were analysed using a grounded theory approach. The main findings of this article fall into two main categories: togetherness and life action. Based on the interpretation of respondents ’ answers, elderly people make both conscious and unconscious c...
Source: Journal of Population Ageing - August 23, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Health and socioeconomic risk factors for overnight admission among older adults in Ghana
AbstractGhana ’s older adult population is growing significantly. However, there is limited knowledge or research on the effect of place, chronic health conditions, and socioeconomic status on the risk of overnight hospital admission or the frequency of hospitalisation among older adults in Ghana. Using the WHO SAGE (Wave 1) data, we examine the influence of place of residence, chronic health conditions, and socioeconomic status on overnight hospital admission, as well as, frequency of hospital admission among older adults in Ghana. Multivariate logistic regression and zero-inflated negative binomial regr ession models w...
Source: Journal of Population Ageing - August 21, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Effect of Regional Long-Term Care Service Supply on Choice of Care Arrangement in Old Age
This article investigates how the county-level supply of inpatient and outpatient LTC services influences individual-level LTC choices of older persons. Administrative data on LTC service supply from the German Care Statistic are combined with representative survey data on the LTC choices ofN = 1303 persons aged 80+ from the German Federal State North Rhine-Westphalia. Random utility models are applied to model the choice among three care arrangements: receiving inpatient care in an institutional setting (e.g., nursing home), receiving outpatient care in the community, and living in the community without receiving inpa...
Source: Journal of Population Ageing - August 20, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Senior Millionaires and their Travel Behaviours: the Case of Turkey
This study is one of the preliminary studies in the literature, which explores and analyzes the travel behaviour of an under-researched segment, the millionaire senior tourists who are 70 years old and above living on the west coast of Turkey. The sample consists of 22 respondents and we reached them via snowball sampling technique. Grounding the research on the socioemotional selectivity theory, we attempt to explain the senior tourists’ objectives and motivations for travel and their consumption behaviour within the tourism industry. Findings reveal several preferences of senior tourists while traveling to a specific...
Source: Journal of Population Ageing - August 17, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Effects of Impact Versus Non-impact Cardiovascular Machines in Individuals between Age 50 and 80 Years
This study demonstrated that positive change occurs, physiologically and psychologically when an arc trainer or TM is utilized. Given the similar benefits seen in this study, use of a non-impact modality such as the arc trainer may be a better alternative in the older population. (Source: Journal of Population Ageing)
Source: Journal of Population Ageing - August 14, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Dynamics of Chinese Shidu Parents ’ Vulnerability in Old Age –A Qualitative Study
This article adopts a qualitative approach to analyse interviews with 15 older Shidu parents and four support professionals, capturing dynamic experiences of these parents ’ vulnerability in grief, elderly care and end-of-life care. Through a sociological lens, these Shidu parents are found to have adapted, revised and even rejected the status quo to cope with significant gaps in support and to negotiate for more meaningful support for their old age. This dynamic bu t distressing picture has also revealed a lack of ongoing structures that can effectively address these older Shidu parents’ multifaceted and changing need...
Source: Journal of Population Ageing - August 5, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
A Chance to Create a Better World?
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Source: Journal of Population Ageing - August 5, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Is it Time to Quit? Smoking Persistence and Self-Rated Health
This study evaluates the impact of smoking on self-rated health using a British cohort born in 1970 that was followed through adult life. Records were taken for this dataset many times; individual self-rated health was first recorded in 1996 at age 26, and afterward at ages 30, 34, and 42. The smoking rate over time determined membership in the groups of current-smokers, never-smokers, and former-smokers. Estimates showed that the current-smokers group produced an increase in the probability of being in poor health with respect to never-smokers of about 10 percentage points in the long term. This result was also consistent...
Source: Journal of Population Ageing - August 4, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Vitamin D, Cognitive Function, and Gait Speed in Older Adults: a NHANES Study
AbstractVitamin D deficiency has been linked to poor cognition and neuromuscular impairment. We evaluated the relationships of vitamin D levels with cognitive function and gait speed in older adults. The study sample included 1076 individuals (age = > 60 years) from the 2001–2002 National Health Examination Survey (NHANES). The relationships between vitamin D and cognition and gait speed were studied. Cognitive function was measured as the number of questions correct on a digit-symbol test. Gait speed was measured as seconds to walk 20 ft. Serum 25(OH)D concentrations were measured via the DiaSorin radioimmuno...
Source: Journal of Population Ageing - July 28, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Correlation between Social Support with Anxiety and Depression in the Elderly: a Study in Northern Iran
In this study, the correlation of 157 elders with more than 60 years old was studied. The tools of collecting data were MOS social support survey (MOS-SSS) of Sherbourne and Steward, and Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) questionnaires. For analyzing data, statistical tests from Man Whitney, Kruskal–Wallis, Chi – Square, Fisher exact test, Spea rman correlation coefficient and multiple linear regression test were used. Frequency of anxiety, depression in elders has been 40.8 and 47.1% respectively. The average of social support score was 64.4 ± 8.31. According to multiple linear regression results, by...
Source: Journal of Population Ageing - July 16, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
“Understanding and Evaluating Older Persons Services: the Case of the Gauteng Province, South Africa
This study evaluates an older person ’s services in Gauteng Province, South Africa. The evaluation design was informed by a formative approach. This approach is used in research as a means of gaining insight into how an intervention work and how its weaknesses (if any) can be ameliorated. Three models of care have been found to exist in Gauteng Province, namely family care, residential care, and community care. Family care traditions for older persons in South Africa, including the care of older people, are regularly referred to as examples of good indigenous practices. Family care is mostly based on the “Solidarity Mo...
Source: Journal of Population Ageing - June 18, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Age Effects on Health Expenditures: a Global View
AbstractWe study age-specific effects of population on health expenditures across 165 countries, with reference to their income statuses, from 1995 to 2014. After preparing the data for a valid estimation through principal component analysis, we utilized the Generalized Method of Moments estimation to investigate the age effects. The results indicate that the age-specific effects of population on health expenditures are significant as well as other effects stimulating health expenditures: country ’s overall economic condition, health system and technology, and urbanization effects. We have found that the “old age” fr...
Source: Journal of Population Ageing - June 11, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Understanding Cognitive Impairment after Stroke: Stories from a Middle-Income Country
This study presents findings from a community of Malaysian-Chinese stroke survivors living in Malaysia on their understandings of cognitive deficits after stroke. The way stroke survivors thought about CI was also mediated by the cultural and social context that surrounded them. Of interest was the primacy of physical health over the cognitive which resulted in the invisibility of CI within this community, regardless of whether the deficits were mild or severe. Based on these findings, there is a need to rethink how cognitive decline should be observed in realistic community settings. (Source: Journal of Population Ageing)
Source: Journal of Population Ageing - June 10, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
