The research described here looked at the psychological effect on patients of being informed that they have dementia. [read more...]

The researchers explored this issue - challenging behavior in older adults with intellectual disabilities – because of its importance to staff welfare and the need to provide the best care for these individuals. The authors particularly wanted to study the intra-individual change in staff-averse challenging behavior among older adults with intellectual disabilities. [read more...]

Although there has been much research examining play, it nevertheless seems that play is hard to define, especially for people beyond childhood. In fact, there has been only a little research concerning adult play, particularly among older women. [read more...]

Two studies have looked at older adults’ life satisfaction and depressed mood as indicators of psychological well-being. [read more...]

This creatively designed study by Andel and colleagues addressed some problems in previous research to shed new light on whether physical exercise in midlife helps prevent dementia 30 years later. [read more...]

Influenza is a contagious viral infection characterized by inflammation of the respiratory tract and by fever, chills, and muscular pain. It is a significant cause of incapacity and death of older people in the winter months. Complications are more common in older adults, who may need urgent hospitalization or substantial increases in home care. It is therefore important for older people to get the recommended influenza vaccination. But do they actually take advantage of the vaccination? [read more...]

One possible explanation for the observed association between risk of fracture and depressive symptoms is the finding in some studies that depression is associated with lower bone mineral density (BMD). However, there is limited prospective data (that is, data collected over time) regarding an association between depressive symptoms and rate of change in BMD. [read more...]

These researchers believed that social networks are associated with higher levels of physical and mental health, and therefore they created and strengthened neighborhood social networks to help sustain a walking regimen for older people. [read more...]

These researchers found that the performance on a series of cognitive tests could predict whether an older adult would be alive after four years. Individuals who died had performed poorly (four years previously) at baseline on several cognitive tests compared to their peers who remained alive. However, the reason why poorer cognition was linked to death remains a mystery. [read more...]

The present study provides information whether older adults are obtaining disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (DMARDs) for treatment of rheumatoid arthritis. [read more...]

This study examined “health-engagement control strategies” (HECS) which is a measure of how actively one engages in countering physical health problems. [read more...]

In this article, the authors focus on divorce and remarriage because it is assumed that divorce weakens the bonds between parent and child. This has important implications for later in life. As years pass, and these parents are aging, will their children (now adults) support them (financially or personally)? [read more...]