Tricia King, Marcia Grimm, Leah Barclay, Daniel Wadsworth
Objectives
This paper explores the potential of photographs and creative practice to connect older adults to self and community through photograph-sharing and care practices.
Methods
This qualitative study used a combination of collaborative arts-based practice and friendship as a method to explore creative photo walks with 12 older adults based across residential aged care and community dwellings.
Results
Sharing images with others and collaborative exhibitions enhanced new social connections and personal communications. The research highlighted three key dimensions that emerged from the creative practice: connection, agency and the capacity for giving.
Conclusions
This article contributes to discourses in creative gerontology, participatory research methodologies and arts-based approaches to understanding ageing. By foregrounding the experiences of older adults and centring their creative agency, we challenge deficit-based models of ageing and propose alternative frameworks that recognise the ongoing creativity, resilience and social potential of older individuals.
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Terence Kenneth Lau, Man-Kei Tse, Yaqin Liu, Angela Y. M. Leung
Objectives
The increasing number of technological interventions related to Parkinson's disease (PD) signifies growing research interest in the PD technological domain. It remains unknown how these interventions could affect the psychosocial health of people with PD. This systematic review aims to explore how technological interventions affect people with PD psychosocial well-being and their perception towards these interventions.
Method
A systematic review was conducted using Cochrane Library®, Embase®, IEEE Xplore Digital Library®, PsycInfo®, PubMed® and Web of Science® databases following PRISMA guidelines. Two individual assessors conducted quality appraisals using the Mixed Method Appraisal Tool. Both quantitative narrative and qualitative thematic synthesis were adopted to analyse the extracted data.
Results
This review included 27 articles with 752 people with PD, with seven categories of technologies implemented in physical rehabilitation. Qualitative findings indicated the overarching theme of coping with technological intervention. Three themes were identified: user perception of intervention design and functional appropriateness, attitude shift and coping, and perceived benefits from technological interventions. Unsuccessful coping attempts and overcomplicated intervention designs induced negative emotions and affected the psychosocial well-being of people with PD.
Conclusions
Although most PD technological interventions focused on physical rehabilitation, people with PD reported a psychosocial gain in improved autonomy and reinforced social relationships during the intervention period. A better rewardability intervention design was considered more satisfying and could promote self-acceptance rather than stress-inducing. Interventions' technological complexity should match participants' expectations and technological literacy to facilitate the coping process with the intervention for people with PD. More research would be required to quantify the reported psychosocial gain and examine the technological literacy of people with PD when designing a more appropriate intervention regime.
与帕金森病（PD）相关的技术干预越来越多，表明PD技术领域的研究兴趣日益浓厚。目前尚不清楚这些干预措施如何影响PD患者的心理社会健康。本系统综述旨在探讨技术干预如何影响PD患者的心理社会健康以及他们对这些干预措施的看法。方法采用Cochrane Library®、Embase®、IEEE Xplore Digital Library®、PsycInfo®、PubMed®和Web of Science®数据库，按照PRISMA指南进行系统评价。两名单独的评估员使用混合方法评估工具进行质量评估。采用定量叙述和定性专题综合两种方法对提取的数据进行分析。结果纳入文献27篇，共752例PD患者，采用7类康复技术。定性调查结果表明，应对技术干预是首要主题。确定了三个主题：用户对干预设计和功能适当性的感知，态度转变和应对，以及技术干预的感知利益。失败的应对尝试和过于复杂的干预设计诱发了PD患者的负面情绪，影响了患者的心理社会健康。尽管大多数PD技术干预侧重于身体康复，但PD患者在干预期间报告了自主性改善和社会关系加强的心理社会增益。一个更好的奖励性干预设计被认为更令人满意，可以促进自我接受而不是诱导压力。干预措施的技术复杂性应与参与者的期望和技术素养相匹配，以促进PD患者干预的应对过程。在设计更合适的干预方案时，需要更多的研究来量化所报告的社会心理收益，并检查PD患者的技术素养。
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Ava Karusoo-Musumeci, Ling Yeoh, Caroline Edwards, Rebecca Walton, Melanie Crabtree, Michelle M. Hilgeman, Craig Sinclair
Objectives
Advance care planning has evolved from a narrow focus on advance directives completion towards a greater emphasis on ongoing conversations and value clarification. This evolution aligns with a relational perspective on autonomy in a social context. However, limited research explores how relational autonomy might be operationalised in practice. Life story work is a novel approach that may serve to operationalise relational autonomy in advance care planning.
Methods
This paper presents three vignettes from the Enhanced Advance Care Planning and Life Review Longitudinal Intervention (EARLI) project, an arts-based intervention that uses life story work to support advance care planning among older adults living in the community.
Results
The vignettes illustrated how life story work facilitated discussions about values and preferences, enhanced relational autonomy and influenced participants' engagement with advance care planning across different stages.
Conclusions
Integrating life story work into advance care planning provides a practical approach to fostering relational autonomy. This method offers insight into the ways personal narratives can shape decision-making and communication within the advance care planning process.
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This study explored how Repair Cafés in Düsseldorf, Germany, enhance older men's social engagement, well-being and purpose postretirement by providing skill-sharing, mentorship and inclusive community spaces.
Methods
A qualitative approach was adopted, involving participant observations, a focus group discussion with six participants and an analysis of global Repair Café reports and activity records. Thematic analysis identified key patterns in participants' experiences, focusing on community support, traditional masculinity reinforcement and psychological well-being.
Results
Three prominent themes emerged from the analysis. First, Community Support and Engagement was evident as Repair Cafés significantly reduced isolation and fostered connections among individuals from diverse cultural and professional backgrounds. This initiative not only promoted camaraderie but also advanced environmental sustainability. Second, the theme of Re-engaging Skills and Identity was notable, as participants could maintain traditional masculine identities through hands-on repairs and mentorship, which helped reinforce their sense of competence and value. Lastly, Fostering Psychological Well-being and Purpose was a key aspect, with engagement in purposeful activities providing participants with a sense of accomplishment, reducing feelings of loneliness and strengthening their autonomy.
Conclusions
Repair Cafés exemplify community-based interventions that address ageing challenges by promoting social inclusion, resilience and psychosocial health. Policymakers should support such initiatives to mitigate social isolation, enhance well-being and foster sustainable community engagement.
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{"title":"We Need to Talk About Ageing: Essential conversations and practical advice to navigate the ageing journey with confidence By M. Levi, Hachette Australia, Melbourne, Victoria. 2024. ISBN: 9780733646201; ISBN-10: 0733646204. $34.99 (paperback)","authors":"Nina Bowes","doi":"10.1111/ajag.70025","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/ajag.70025","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":55431,"journal":{"name":"Australasian Journal on Ageing","volume":"44 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-04-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143884124","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lysha Zhi Yan Lee, Therese Den Dulk, Mark Silver, Sunil Bhar
Objective
This study evaluated the feasibility, acceptability and outcomes of the Positive Ageing Digital Storytelling Intergenerational Program (PADSIP) for older adults by examining program feasibility, satisfaction and changes in loneliness; feelings of being understood; self-views and attitudes towards ageing.
Methods
A mixed-method, single-arm design was used. Thirty-seven older adults (M = 78.25, SD = 8.88) completed questionnaires at baseline and postprogram. Thirty-one of whom also participated in a follow-up semi-structured interview or focus group.
Results
The program demonstrated high feasibility, with each person attending an average of 94% of sessions. All participants completed the program. Acceptability was strong, with participants highly recommending the program. Identity validation significantly improved postprogram; mood, loneliness and life satisfaction also trended towards improvement. Participants valued intergenerational interactions, the opportunity to connect with others, and to reminisce and share their stories.
Conclusions
This intergenerational digital storytelling program was well-attended, acceptable and associated with increased identity validation for older adults, suggesting viability and potential benefits. Future research is needed to evaluate long-term outcomes of the program and to assess its feasibility in residential aged care settings.
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Celia Rae, Julie Byles, Susan Denholm, Jemma Holford, Catherine Chojenta
Objective
Social connection is important for healthy ageing, yet the ability of older people to participate in community and social activities can be limited. Connections for Ageing Well was a program for older people delivered within the community that enabled participants to select information topics and activities to meet their individual needs and preferences. It aimed to promote social connection with a focus on learning and being active. The evaluation of the program measured its success in meeting its objectives.
Methods
Program attendees were invited to complete a questionnaire at the conclusion of the program (postprogram evaluation survey) and to participate in a focus group. Data collected by the questionnaire were analysed descriptively, and data from the focus group were analysed through a phenomenological lens and coded thematically.
Results
Although participants reported high levels of social connectedness before the program, almost all met someone new (96%) and some of these friendships continued after the program. Nearly half (46%) of survey respondents reported a greater knowledge of how to access community programs and services. Participants described learning something new and sharing this knowledge with others. Others reported enjoying the active fresh air sessions and having a renewed interest in physical activity. All evaluation participants agreed they would recommend the program to others and focus group attendees expressed overwhelming positivity about the program.
Conclusions
The program was successful in achieving its objectives and provided new evidence of the effectiveness of an intervention designed to foster social connectedness that enabled participants to select program components to suit their individual needs and preferences.
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Shuang Liu, Sunil Bhar, Kumchong Lee, Nancy A. Pachana, Jack Lam
Objective
This study aimed to examine the relationship between care networks and perceived happiness in older immigrants who live in their own homes in Australia.
Methods
A cross-sectional survey was conducted with 101 participants aged 65–97 years and from seven cultural groups. Participants completed measures of perceived happiness, care network structure, function and adequacy, and demographics. Data were analysed using correlations, analyses of variance and multiple regression analyses.
Results
Family support, giving and receiving emotional and instrumental support and satisfaction with care networks and physical health were significantly correlated with perceived happiness. Regression analyses identified satisfaction with care networks, satisfaction with physical health and receiving instrumental support as significant predictors of happiness, explaining 41% of the variance in happiness.
Conclusions
The findings emphasised the importance of instrumental support from family and formal community aged care services, and satisfaction with care networks to perceived happiness in older immigrants. The study suggested improving communication between older immigrants, their family and service providers to effectively support older immigrants to age well in Australia.
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Georgina Johnstone, Angela Joe, Marissa Dickins, Judy A. Lowthian
Objective
Frailty in older adults is a vulnerable state, often leading to a reduction in function and quality of life. This study sought to identify modifiable factors associated with frailty in Australian retirement village residents.
Methods
A cross-sectional survey was undertaken with individuals 65 years or older living in 25 retirement villages to collect demographic, health and lifestyle information and screen for frailty (modified Reported Edmonton Frail Scale) and loneliness (UCLA 3-item Loneliness Scale). Partial proportional odds modelling was utilised to determine modifiable resident characteristics associated with frailty, accounting for age and gender.
Results
Of 2240 residents, 1230 completed the survey (55% response rate) with 1081 eligible for analysis. Respondent frailty levels were as follows: Not Frail = 67% (n = 720), Prefrail = 14% (n = 157), Mildly Frail = 11% (n = 123), Moderately–Severely Frail = 7% (n = 81). For individuals 85–89 years old, age was significantly associated with increased odds of frailty (OR = 3.40; 95% CI: 1.62–7.09; p = .001). After adjusting for age and gender, the odds of higher frailty were greater for individuals experiencing (a) pain, which interfered with usual activities (interferes sometimes OR = 3.17; 95% CI: 2.42–4.15; p ≤ .001; interferes all of the time OR = 10.18; 95% CI: 5.42–19.14; p ≤ .001), or (b) feelings of loneliness (OR = 2.55; 95% CI: 1.80–3.62; p ≤ .001). For Not Frail or Prefrail persons, a recent fall incident was associated with enhanced odds of frailty (OR = 2.60; 95% CI: 1.69–3.98; p ≤ .001).
Conclusions
This cohort of older adults living in Australian retirement villages had greater odds of frailty if experiencing pain, loneliness or falls. Addressing these risk factors could reduce or delay progression to frailty and optimise positive ageing in this population.
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This study examined the correlation between dexmedetomidine and postoperative sleep quality in older patients following intestinal surgery.
Methods
A total of 112 older patients were randomly assigned to receive either saline (Group A) or dexmedetomidine (Group B). Sleep quality was evaluated using the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) before surgery and on postoperative days 1, 3, 7 and 30. Urinary melatonin and cortisol levels were measured, and pain intensity was assessed using the Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) at various time points. Logistic regression analysis identified factors influencing postoperative sleep quality.
Results
Both groups showed increased PSQI scores postoperatively, with Group A scoring higher than Group B. Group B exhibited a significantly lower incidence of sleep disorders on Days 1 and 3. Urinary melatonin levels decreased in both groups, with Group A showing lower levels, while cortisol concentrations increased, particularly in Group A. Higher VAS scores were also noted in Group A. Patients not receiving dexmedetomidine had a greater prevalence of sleep disorders. Logistic regression revealed dexmedetomidine dosage, gender and VAS scores at 24 h as significant factors affecting sleep quality.
Conclusions
Dexmedetomidine enhances postoperative sleep quality in older patients undergoing intestinal surgery by reducing cortisol levels, increasing melatonin production and effectively alleviating pain, thereby supporting better recovery outcomes.
目的探讨右美托咪定与老年肠道手术患者术后睡眠质量的关系。方法112例老年患者随机分为生理盐水组（A组）和右美托咪定组（B组）。术前及术后第1、3、7、30天采用匹兹堡睡眠质量指数（PSQI）评价睡眠质量。测量尿褪黑激素和皮质醇水平，并在不同时间点使用视觉模拟量表（VAS）评估疼痛强度。Logistic回归分析确定影响术后睡眠质量的因素。结果两组患者术后PSQI评分均升高，其中A组高于B组。B组患者第1、3天睡眠障碍发生率明显降低。两组尿中褪黑激素水平均下降，A组水平较低，而皮质醇浓度升高，尤其是A组。A组VAS评分也较高。未接受右美托咪定治疗的患者睡眠障碍发生率更高。Logistic回归显示右美托咪定剂量、性别和24 h VAS评分是影响睡眠质量的显著因素。结论右美托咪定通过降低皮质醇水平、增加褪黑激素分泌、有效缓解疼痛，改善老年肠道手术患者术后睡眠质量，从而支持更好的康复效果。
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