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Trust: an essential condition in the application of a caregiver support intervention in nursing practice
(2017)
Background
The recent policy of deinstitutionalization of health care in Western countries has resulted in a growing number of people - including elderly - with severe mental illness living in the community where they ...
Social pathways to health: On the mediating role of the social network in the relation between socio-economic position and health
(Elsevier, 2017)
Good health is one of the key qualities of life, but opportunities to be and remain healthy are unequally distributed across socio-economic groups. The beneficial health effects of the social network are well known. However, ...
Longitudinal associations between late-life depression dimensions and cognitive functioning: a cross-domain latent growth curve analysis
(Cambridge University Press, 2016)
Background.
Cognitive impairment and depression often co-occur in older adults, but it is not clear whether depression
is a risk factor for cognitive decline, a psychological reaction to cognitive decline, or whether ...
Dynamics of volunteering and life satisfaction in midlife and old age: Findings from 12 European countries
(MDPI, 2018-05-04)
A growing literature shows that doing voluntary work not only helps the wider community but can also improve one’s own well-being. To date, however, few studies have examined the relationship between volunteering and ...
Welfare Regimes Modify the Association of Disadvantaged Adult-life Socioeconomic Circumstances with Self-rated Health in Old Age
(Oxford University Press, 2019-01-03)
Background: Welfare regimes in Europe modify individuals’ socioeconomic trajectories over
their life-course, and, ultimately, the link between socioeconomic circumstances (SECs) and
health. This paper aimed to assess ...
Predictors in starting and stopping Internet use between 2002 and 2012 by Dutch adults 65 years and older
(SAGE Publications, 2017-07-27)
Research has indicated the need to consider the ageing process with technology adoption by older adults.
This study examined psychological, health, social and demographic predictors with starting and stopping
Internet ...
Spousal Loss and Change in Cognitive Functioning: An Examination of Temporal Patterns and Gender Differences
(Oxford University Press, 2018-09-14)
Objectives: The study investigates whether the disadvantaged position of men in the adverse
consequences of widowhood for health and mortality also exists for changes in cognitive health.
Methods: We used data of up ...
A critical review and development of a conceptual model of exclusion from social relations for older people
(Springer Verlag, 2019-02-20)
Social exclusion is complex and dynamic, and it leads to the non-realization of social, economic, political or cultural rights or participation within a society. This critical review takes stock of the literature on exclusion ...
Advantaged socioeconomic conditions in childhood are associated with higher cognitive functioning, but stronger cognitive decline in older age
(National Academy of Sciences, 2019-02-25)
Cognitive aging is characterized by large heterogeneity, which may be due to variations in childhood socioeconomic conditions (CSC). Although there is substantial evidence for an effect of CSC on levels of cognitive ...
Life course socioeconomic conditions and frailty at older ages
(Oxford University Press, 2019-02-07)
Objectives: This article aimed to assess associations of childhood socioeconomic conditions (CSC) with the risk of frailty in old age and whether adulthood socioeconomic conditions (ASC) influence this association. Methods: ...