Care Partner Confidence and Experiences in Legal Planning for People Living with Dementia: A Mixed Methods Study
This study used a parallel-mixed methods research design. We administered a web-based survey to 318 adults who self-identified as care partners of persons living with dementia. The survey contained Likert scale questions and open-ended questions about legal planning tasks. Multivariate linear regression was used to analyze quantitative data and inductive thematic analysis was used to analyze qualitative data.RESULTS: Care partners were on average 53 years of age and 78% female. The three topics in which participants were least confident were: protecting oneself legally as a care partner; options when legal documents are no...
Source: The Gerontologist - November 9, 2023 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Anna Jolliff Beth Fields Justin Boutilier Alex Dudek Christian Elliott Matthew Zuraw Nicole E Werner Source Type: research
Needs for Aging in Place: Views of Older Moroccan Adults in the Netherlands
DISCUSSION AND IMPLICATIONS: Older Moroccan adults prioritize different neighborhood resources for aging in place. Our findings suggest that their diverse needs can be satisfied by enabling family to live in close proximity, providing diverse, inclusive neighborhoods with affordable, suitable housing, understandable information, social/cultural activities, and care services for vulnerable groups. Future studies may build on our findings to explore older (migrant) adults' views on needs for aging in place in the Netherlands and other western countries.PMID:37941427 | DOI:10.1093/geront/gnad154 (Source: The Gerontologist)
Source: The Gerontologist - November 9, 2023 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Hager Hussein Jane Murray Cramm Anna Petra Nieboer Source Type: research
Perceptions of hospital care for persons with dementia during the COVID-19 pandemic: a social media sentiment analysis
This study investigates perceptions of hospital care for persons with dementia during the COVID-19 pandemic as shared on Reddit's social media platform.RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: This study combined an opinion mining framework with linguistic processing to conduct a sentiment analysis of word clusters and care-based content in a sample of 1205 posts shared between February 2020 and March 2023 in Reddit's English-language corpus. Data were classified based on reoccurring contiguous sequences of two words from our text sample.RESULTS: Hospital dementia care discourse on Reddit advanced four negative sentiment themes: (1) f...
Source: The Gerontologist - November 9, 2023 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Alixe M énard Tracey O'Sullivan Michael Mulvey Christopher Belanger Sarah Fraser Source Type: research
Sleep Disorders and Cognitive Aging among Cognitively Impaired vs. Unimpaired Older Adults
DISCUSSION AND IMPLICATIONS: Participants with sleep disorder diagnoses may have better access to healthcare, which may help maintain cognition through improved sleep.PMID:37944004 | DOI:10.1093/geront/gnad152 (Source: The Gerontologist)
Source: The Gerontologist - November 9, 2023 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Soomi Lee Monica E Nelson Fumiko Hamada Meredith L Wallace Ross Andel Orfeu M Buxton David M Almeida Constantine Lyketsos Brent J Small Source Type: research
Care Partner Confidence and Experiences in Legal Planning for People Living with Dementia: A Mixed Methods Study
This study used a parallel-mixed methods research design. We administered a web-based survey to 318 adults who self-identified as care partners of persons living with dementia. The survey contained Likert scale questions and open-ended questions about legal planning tasks. Multivariate linear regression was used to analyze quantitative data and inductive thematic analysis was used to analyze qualitative data.RESULTS: Care partners were on average 53 years of age and 78% female. The three topics in which participants were least confident were: protecting oneself legally as a care partner; options when legal documents are no...
Source: The Gerontologist - November 9, 2023 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Anna Jolliff Beth Fields Justin Boutilier Alex Dudek Christian Elliott Matthew Zuraw Nicole E Werner Source Type: research
Needs for Aging in Place: Views of Older Moroccan Adults in the Netherlands
DISCUSSION AND IMPLICATIONS: Older Moroccan adults prioritize different neighborhood resources for aging in place. Our findings suggest that their diverse needs can be satisfied by enabling family to live in close proximity, providing diverse, inclusive neighborhoods with affordable, suitable housing, understandable information, social/cultural activities, and care services for vulnerable groups. Future studies may build on our findings to explore older (migrant) adults' views on needs for aging in place in the Netherlands and other western countries.PMID:37941427 | DOI:10.1093/geront/gnad154 (Source: The Gerontologist)
Source: The Gerontologist - November 9, 2023 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Hager Hussein Jane Murray Cramm Anna Petra Nieboer Source Type: research
Perceptions of hospital care for persons with dementia during the COVID-19 pandemic: a social media sentiment analysis
This study investigates perceptions of hospital care for persons with dementia during the COVID-19 pandemic as shared on Reddit's social media platform.RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: This study combined an opinion mining framework with linguistic processing to conduct a sentiment analysis of word clusters and care-based content in a sample of 1205 posts shared between February 2020 and March 2023 in Reddit's English-language corpus. Data were classified based on reoccurring contiguous sequences of two words from our text sample.RESULTS: Hospital dementia care discourse on Reddit advanced four negative sentiment themes: (1) f...
Source: The Gerontologist - November 9, 2023 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Alixe M énard Tracey O'Sullivan Michael Mulvey Christopher Belanger Sarah Fraser Source Type: research
Sleep Disorders and Cognitive Aging among Cognitively Impaired vs. Unimpaired Older Adults
DISCUSSION AND IMPLICATIONS: Participants with sleep disorder diagnoses may have better access to healthcare, which may help maintain cognition through improved sleep.PMID:37944004 | DOI:10.1093/geront/gnad152 (Source: The Gerontologist)
Source: The Gerontologist - November 9, 2023 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Soomi Lee Monica E Nelson Fumiko Hamada Meredith L Wallace Ross Andel Orfeu M Buxton David M Almeida Constantine Lyketsos Brent J Small Source Type: research
Care Partner Confidence and Experiences in Legal Planning for People Living with Dementia: A Mixed Methods Study
This study used a parallel-mixed methods research design. We administered a web-based survey to 318 adults who self-identified as care partners of persons living with dementia. The survey contained Likert scale questions and open-ended questions about legal planning tasks. Multivariate linear regression was used to analyze quantitative data and inductive thematic analysis was used to analyze qualitative data.RESULTS: Care partners were on average 53 years of age and 78% female. The three topics in which participants were least confident were: protecting oneself legally as a care partner; options when legal documents are no...
Source: The Gerontologist - November 9, 2023 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Anna Jolliff Beth Fields Justin Boutilier Alex Dudek Christian Elliott Matthew Zuraw Nicole E Werner Source Type: research
Needs for Aging in Place: Views of Older Moroccan Adults in the Netherlands
DISCUSSION AND IMPLICATIONS: Older Moroccan adults prioritize different neighborhood resources for aging in place. Our findings suggest that their diverse needs can be satisfied by enabling family to live in close proximity, providing diverse, inclusive neighborhoods with affordable, suitable housing, understandable information, social/cultural activities, and care services for vulnerable groups. Future studies may build on our findings to explore older (migrant) adults' views on needs for aging in place in the Netherlands and other western countries.PMID:37941427 | DOI:10.1093/geront/gnad154 (Source: The Gerontologist)
Source: The Gerontologist - November 9, 2023 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Hager Hussein Jane Murray Cramm Anna Petra Nieboer Source Type: research
Perceptions of hospital care for persons with dementia during the COVID-19 pandemic: a social media sentiment analysis
This study investigates perceptions of hospital care for persons with dementia during the COVID-19 pandemic as shared on Reddit's social media platform.RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: This study combined an opinion mining framework with linguistic processing to conduct a sentiment analysis of word clusters and care-based content in a sample of 1205 posts shared between February 2020 and March 2023 in Reddit's English-language corpus. Data were classified based on reoccurring contiguous sequences of two words from our text sample.RESULTS: Hospital dementia care discourse on Reddit advanced four negative sentiment themes: (1) f...
Source: The Gerontologist - November 9, 2023 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Alixe M énard Tracey O'Sullivan Michael Mulvey Christopher Belanger Sarah Fraser Source Type: research
Sleep Disorders and Cognitive Aging among Cognitively Impaired vs. Unimpaired Older Adults
DISCUSSION AND IMPLICATIONS: Participants with sleep disorder diagnoses may have better access to healthcare, which may help maintain cognition through improved sleep.PMID:37944004 | DOI:10.1093/geront/gnad152 (Source: The Gerontologist)
Source: The Gerontologist - November 9, 2023 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Soomi Lee Monica E Nelson Fumiko Hamada Meredith L Wallace Ross Andel Orfeu M Buxton David M Almeida Constantine Lyketsos Brent J Small Source Type: research
Internet-based conversational engagement randomized controlled clinical trial (I-CONECT) among socially isolated adults 75+ years old with normal cognition or MCI: topline results
We report topline results of this multi-site RCT (Internet-based conversational engagement clinical trial [I-CONECT]; NCT02871921).RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: The experimental group received cognitively stimulating semi-structured conversations with trained interviewers via internet/webcam four times per week for six months (induction) and twice per week for an additional six months (maintenance). The experimental and control groups both received weekly 10-minute telephone check-ins. Protocol modifications were required due to the COVID-19 pandemic.RESULTS: 186 participants were randomized. After the induction period, the...
Source: The Gerontologist - November 7, 2023 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Hiroko H Dodge Kexin Yu Chao-Yi Wu Patrick J Pruitt Meysam Asgari Jeffrey A Kaye Benjamin M Hampstead Laura Struble Kathleen Potempa Peter Lichtenberg Raina Croff Roger L Albin Lisa C Silbert I-CONECT team Source Type: research
Internet-based conversational engagement randomized controlled clinical trial (I-CONECT) among socially isolated adults 75+ years old with normal cognition or MCI: topline results
We report topline results of this multi-site RCT (Internet-based conversational engagement clinical trial [I-CONECT]; NCT02871921).RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: The experimental group received cognitively stimulating semi-structured conversations with trained interviewers via internet/webcam four times per week for six months (induction) and twice per week for an additional six months (maintenance). The experimental and control groups both received weekly 10-minute telephone check-ins. Protocol modifications were required due to the COVID-19 pandemic.RESULTS: 186 participants were randomized. After the induction period, the...
Source: The Gerontologist - November 7, 2023 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Hiroko H Dodge Kexin Yu Chao-Yi Wu Patrick J Pruitt Meysam Asgari Jeffrey A Kaye Benjamin M Hampstead Laura Struble Kathleen Potempa Peter Lichtenberg Raina Croff Roger L Albin Lisa C Silbert I-CONECT team Source Type: research
Meanings of Aging in the Right Place for Older Clients of a Temporary Housing Program
DISCUSSION AND IMPLICATIONS: Participants meanings' of AIRP are applied to Maslow's hierarchy of needs. That is, when basic needs of shelter are met, participants' considerations of 'the right place to age' extend beyond affordable housing to include feeling safe and comfortable in one's home and neighborhood and having access to meaningful engagement and activities - both in vibrant urban districts and nature-scapes - enabled by affordable transportation. Our examination of what AIRP means to this group of older adults broadens current conceptualizations. Given the increase in homelessness among older adults, it is impera...
Source: The Gerontologist - November 6, 2023 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Sarah L Canham Rachel Weldrick Atiya Mahmood Rachelle Patille Morgan Cruz Erisman Source Type: research
