Pub Date : 2023-02-06DOI: 10.1080/01924788.2023.2172900
A. Ardelean, R. Redolat
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Pub Date : 2023-02-02DOI: 10.1080/01924788.2023.2174732
D. Jansen, J. L. Sauve, Stacie M. Aubart
ABSTRACT Although essential to life, variety is incompletely conceptualized and limited research exists on its perceived significance to community-dwelling elders. Study purposes were to ascertain the importance of variety and examine relationships between perceptions of variety and facets of wellbeing. A content analysis of interviews from 34 community-dwelling elders revealed six variety importance categories: Contributes to mental health; makes life enjoyable/interesting; sustains health/wellness; supports motivation/activity; promotes mental sharpness/alertness; and creates concern for others/decreases self-absorption. Variety perceptions correlated significantly with quality of life (r = .54), outlook on life (r = .56), and depression (r = −.53). Variety appears important to wellbeing.
{"title":"Importance of Variety to the Lives and Wellbeing of Elders","authors":"D. Jansen, J. L. Sauve, Stacie M. Aubart","doi":"10.1080/01924788.2023.2174732","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01924788.2023.2174732","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Although essential to life, variety is incompletely conceptualized and limited research exists on its perceived significance to community-dwelling elders. Study purposes were to ascertain the importance of variety and examine relationships between perceptions of variety and facets of wellbeing. A content analysis of interviews from 34 community-dwelling elders revealed six variety importance categories: Contributes to mental health; makes life enjoyable/interesting; sustains health/wellness; supports motivation/activity; promotes mental sharpness/alertness; and creates concern for others/decreases self-absorption. Variety perceptions correlated significantly with quality of life (r = .54), outlook on life (r = .56), and depression (r = −.53). Variety appears important to wellbeing.","PeriodicalId":45731,"journal":{"name":"Activities Adaptation & Aging","volume":"13 1","pages":"461 - 481"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2023-02-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86197606","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-02-01DOI: 10.1080/01924788.2023.2172877
Hsiu-Ju Chen
{"title":"The Different Value of Facebook for Taiwanese Older Adults","authors":"Hsiu-Ju Chen","doi":"10.1080/01924788.2023.2172877","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01924788.2023.2172877","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45731,"journal":{"name":"Activities Adaptation & Aging","volume":"24 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2023-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81328695","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-01-30DOI: 10.1080/01924788.2023.2172881
Manothai Wongsala, E. Anbäcken, Pornpun Manasatchakun, Viliporn Rungkawatt, S. Rosendahl
ABSTRACT The aim of this study was to explore experiences of applying the Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) cycle among older Thai adults. A qualitative research approach was used based on focus group interviews with eight male and five female participants aged 62–78 years old. Data was analyzed using qualitative thematic analysis. The findings presented how older adults set, carried out, and adjusted their own lifestyle change plans to enhance active aging. Although participants experienced difficulties at first, learning during the group process following the PDSA steps became easier. Support from the moderator during meetings, as well as family during the execution of their plans at home ensured successful application of the PDSA cycle. The PDSA cycle encouraged participants to be concerned about their health, something they themselves found beneficial. This tool will be useful to apply in health practice and policy when performing group activities to enhance active aging.
{"title":"Lifestyle Changes Using the Plan-Do-Study-Act Cycle among Older Thai Adults – A Focus Group Study","authors":"Manothai Wongsala, E. Anbäcken, Pornpun Manasatchakun, Viliporn Rungkawatt, S. Rosendahl","doi":"10.1080/01924788.2023.2172881","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01924788.2023.2172881","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The aim of this study was to explore experiences of applying the Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) cycle among older Thai adults. A qualitative research approach was used based on focus group interviews with eight male and five female participants aged 62–78 years old. Data was analyzed using qualitative thematic analysis. The findings presented how older adults set, carried out, and adjusted their own lifestyle change plans to enhance active aging. Although participants experienced difficulties at first, learning during the group process following the PDSA steps became easier. Support from the moderator during meetings, as well as family during the execution of their plans at home ensured successful application of the PDSA cycle. The PDSA cycle encouraged participants to be concerned about their health, something they themselves found beneficial. This tool will be useful to apply in health practice and policy when performing group activities to enhance active aging.","PeriodicalId":45731,"journal":{"name":"Activities Adaptation & Aging","volume":"17 1","pages":"566 - 587"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2023-01-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79942271","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-01-18DOI: 10.1080/01924788.2023.2168588
A. Mathur, G. Moschis
ABSTRACT The study examines personal control as an antecedent of optimism, which is theorized to explain older adults’ consumption-related activities and life satisfaction. Implications of these findings for marketers of products and services targeted toward older consumers are also discussed. An online survey of 267 adults, 50 years of age and older, is used to test the model of antecedents and consequence of optimism, using structural equation modeling. Results suggest that personal control is an important antecedent of optimism, which may influence several consumption-related behaviors and the well-being of older consumers.
{"title":"Effects of Personal Control and Optimism on Older Adults’ Wellbeing","authors":"A. Mathur, G. Moschis","doi":"10.1080/01924788.2023.2168588","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01924788.2023.2168588","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The study examines personal control as an antecedent of optimism, which is theorized to explain older adults’ consumption-related activities and life satisfaction. Implications of these findings for marketers of products and services targeted toward older consumers are also discussed. An online survey of 267 adults, 50 years of age and older, is used to test the model of antecedents and consequence of optimism, using structural equation modeling. Results suggest that personal control is an important antecedent of optimism, which may influence several consumption-related behaviors and the well-being of older consumers.","PeriodicalId":45731,"journal":{"name":"Activities Adaptation & Aging","volume":"42 1","pages":"519 - 534"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2023-01-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73969436","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-01-02DOI: 10.1080/01924788.2022.2157957
Weng Marc Lim, Carmen Bowman
ABSTRACT Many older adults live with dementia and equally many studies endeavor to provide insights that will support them and improve their quality of life. This article sheds light on what’s trending in social science research on older adults living with dementia. The trending insights are unpacked using a scientometrics analysis and supplemented with the latest insights emerging out of the latest articles published in the current issue of Activities, Adaptation & Aging: Dignified and Purposeful Living for Older Adults.
{"title":"Older Adults Living with Dementia: Trending Insights from the Social Sciences","authors":"Weng Marc Lim, Carmen Bowman","doi":"10.1080/01924788.2022.2157957","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01924788.2022.2157957","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Many older adults live with dementia and equally many studies endeavor to provide insights that will support them and improve their quality of life. This article sheds light on what’s trending in social science research on older adults living with dementia. The trending insights are unpacked using a scientometrics analysis and supplemented with the latest insights emerging out of the latest articles published in the current issue of Activities, Adaptation & Aging: Dignified and Purposeful Living for Older Adults.","PeriodicalId":45731,"journal":{"name":"Activities Adaptation & Aging","volume":"47 1","pages":"1 - 9"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2023-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49449520","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-01-02DOI: 10.1080/01924788.2022.2148402
Patricia Marco, R. Redolat
ABSTRACT Art therapy (AT) has been adopted in recent years as a possible non-pharmacological approach in older persons living with Alzheimer’s disease (AD) to improve both cognitive and behavioral and psychological symptoms that accompany the disease. Our main aim was to conduct a systematic review of the methodological and practical effectiveness of different approaches using AT in older people living with AD. The systematic analysis of the studies finally selected (n = 12) suggests that the measures applied to evaluate the effectiveness of AT may not always be the most appropriate to assess the impact of this approach in this type of population, in many cases not being sufficiently sensitive to adequately capture all the significant changes produced by the intervention. Neurologically informed AT, as well as the use of biomarkers, could better identify and capture intervention-induced changes, being a step toward evidence-based practice in the application of this type of approach.
{"title":"Art Therapy Approaches in Alzheimer’s Disease: A Systematic Review","authors":"Patricia Marco, R. Redolat","doi":"10.1080/01924788.2022.2148402","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01924788.2022.2148402","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Art therapy (AT) has been adopted in recent years as a possible non-pharmacological approach in older persons living with Alzheimer’s disease (AD) to improve both cognitive and behavioral and psychological symptoms that accompany the disease. Our main aim was to conduct a systematic review of the methodological and practical effectiveness of different approaches using AT in older people living with AD. The systematic analysis of the studies finally selected (n = 12) suggests that the measures applied to evaluate the effectiveness of AT may not always be the most appropriate to assess the impact of this approach in this type of population, in many cases not being sufficiently sensitive to adequately capture all the significant changes produced by the intervention. Neurologically informed AT, as well as the use of biomarkers, could better identify and capture intervention-induced changes, being a step toward evidence-based practice in the application of this type of approach.","PeriodicalId":45731,"journal":{"name":"Activities Adaptation & Aging","volume":"47 1","pages":"75 - 106"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2023-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47011507","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-12-22DOI: 10.1080/01924788.2022.2160687
E. Orsega-Smith, Alana Beiman, B. Wolfle
Senior centers provide recreational and social opportunities to millions of older adults. As a result of COVID-19, many senior center directors were forced to adapt and provide new physical distancing opportunities for their members quickly. The study aimed to identify restrictions, challenges, and successes that Delaware senior center administrators faced during the COVID-19 pandemic. Interviews with 15 senior center administrators revealed that many sites relied upon state or federal guidelines for their policies while significantly reducing their specific class and activity offerings. These senior center administrators indicated a lack of guidance on openings, financial hardships, and lack of volunteers and employees as challenges they faced. Policies and frameworks should be developed to assist these organizations when adapting to future disasters.
{"title":"Snapshot of Delaware Senior Centers:COVID-19 Restrictions, Challenges and Successes","authors":"E. Orsega-Smith, Alana Beiman, B. Wolfle","doi":"10.1080/01924788.2022.2160687","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01924788.2022.2160687","url":null,"abstract":"Senior centers provide recreational and social opportunities to millions of older adults. As a result of COVID-19, many senior center directors were forced to adapt and provide new physical distancing opportunities for their members quickly. The study aimed to identify restrictions, challenges, and successes that Delaware senior center administrators faced during the COVID-19 pandemic. Interviews with 15 senior center administrators revealed that many sites relied upon state or federal guidelines for their policies while significantly reducing their specific class and activity offerings. These senior center administrators indicated a lack of guidance on openings, financial hardships, and lack of volunteers and employees as challenges they faced. Policies and frameworks should be developed to assist these organizations when adapting to future disasters.","PeriodicalId":45731,"journal":{"name":"Activities Adaptation & Aging","volume":"30 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2022-12-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75253196","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-12-20DOI: 10.1080/01924788.2022.2160689
N. Karlin, J. Weil
{"title":"Need and Potential Use of Telemedicine in Two Rural Areas","authors":"N. Karlin, J. Weil","doi":"10.1080/01924788.2022.2160689","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01924788.2022.2160689","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45731,"journal":{"name":"Activities Adaptation & Aging","volume":"127 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2022-12-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76999677","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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