scholarly journals Pet Ownership Patterns and Successful Aging Outcomes in Community Dwelling Older Adults

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erika Friedmann ◽  
Nancy R. Gee ◽  
Eleanor M. Simonsick ◽  
Stephanie Studenski ◽  
Barbara Resnick ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Successful Aging ◽  
Community Dwelling ◽  
Pet Ownership ◽  
Community Dwelling Older Adults ◽  
Ownership Patterns

The Role of Pet Ownership and Attachment in Older Adults

2007 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 32-43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Deidre Watt ◽  
Nancy A. Pachana
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Companion Animals ◽  
Clinical Work ◽  
Positive Influence ◽  
Community Dwelling ◽  
Population Increase ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Pet Ownership ◽  
Pet Attachment ◽  
Community Dwelling Older Adults

AbstractAustralia is preparing for a population increase in persons aged over 65 years, which will likely result in increased mental health needs for this group. Sub-clinical levels of depression, anxiety and loneliness are common in older adults. Older adults are also more likely than any other age group to live alone. Research has suggested that older adults living on their own often report companion animals as providing important social support. Thirty-two community-dwelling older adults, between 60 and 75+ years of age, took part in this study examining attachment to pets in an older cohort. Previous or current pet ownership was a requirement for inclusion in the study in order to account for possible bias of nonpet owners on reporting pets as a positive influence on wellbeing. Results found support for the psychometric properties of a relatively new attachment scale designed for older adults. Results also indicated limited support for a relationship between pet attachment and quality of life in the study group. Implications for clinical work with older adults and areas for future research are discussed.

scholarly journals Development of a Comprehensive Chinese Successful Aging Scale: Incorporating the Viewpoints of Older Adults

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 215-216
Author(s):  
Edwin K H Chung ◽  
Dannii Yeung
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Successful Aging ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Community Dwelling ◽  
Survey Study ◽  
Age Related ◽  
Initial Item ◽  
Civic Awareness ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Community Dwelling Older Adults

Abstract Inspiring by Martinson and Berridge’s (2015) systematic review, the current definition of successful aging (SA) fails to acknowledge the laypeople’s conceptualization of SA. Adopting a mixed-method approach, two studies were conducted with the aim of soliciting older adults’ perceptions of SA and to develop a multidimensional instrument for assessing SA. Study 1 was a qualitative study and 27 community-dwelling older adults (Mage=68.07 years, SD=7.10, range=60–83; 56.3% females) were interviewed. Interview transcripts were analyzed, and seven themes were emerged. An initial item pool for the Successful Aging Scale (SAS) was then established based on these themes as well as those in the SA literature, such as acceptance and independence. Study 2 was a survey study which was conducted among 414 community-dwelling older adults (Mage=64.50 years, SD=4.01, range=60–82; 55.3% females) to identify optimal items for constitution of the SAS. Exploratory factor analysis revealed a 12-factor solution, accounting for 62% of the variance. The 12 factors are adequate health, perceived constraints, flexible attitudes toward life, acceptance of age-related change, life embracement, active engagement, harmonious family, supportive friendship, civic awareness, social contribution, living independently, and adaptive coping strategies. The 12 factors exhibit similar strength of associations with most of the well-being measures, but certain factors show stronger correlation with depressive symptoms and social relationship, suggesting the uniqueness of each factor. Overall, the SAS demonstrates promising psychometric properties. These findings disclose that the older adults’ perceptions of SA could cover broader dimensions than those in Rowe and Kahn’s model (1997).

Correlates of Self-Rated Successful Aging Among Community-Dwelling Older Adults

2006 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 43-51 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lori P. Montross ◽  
Colin Depp ◽  
John Daly ◽  
Jennifer Reichstadt ◽  
Shahrokh Golshan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Successful Aging ◽  
Community Dwelling ◽  
Community Dwelling Older Adults

Pre-Dementia Stages and Incident Dementia in the NuAge Study

2021 ◽  
Vol 80 (4) ◽  
pp. 1465-1470
Author(s):  
Olivier Beauchet ◽  
Harmehr Sekhon ◽  
Cyrille P. Launay ◽  
Pierrette Gaudreau ◽  
José A. Morais ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Successful Aging ◽  
Population Based ◽  
Community Dwelling ◽  
Cognitive Risk ◽  
Incident Dementia ◽  
Annual Visit ◽  
Observational Cohort ◽  
Community Dwelling Older Adults

Background: Motoric cognitive risk syndrome (MCR) and mild cognitive impairment (MCI) are two pre-dementia stages with an overlap, which may influence the risk for dementia. Objective: The study aims to examine the association of MCR, MCI, and their combination with incident dementia in Quebec community-dwelling older adults. Methods: 1,063 older adults (i.e., ≥65) were selected from a population-based observational cohort study known as the “Nutrition as a determinant of successful aging: The Quebec longitudinal study” (NuAge). Participants were separated into four groups at the baseline assessment: those without MCR and MCI (i.e., cognitively healthy individual; CHI), those with MCR alone, those with MCI alone, and those with MCR plus MCI. Incident dementia was recorded at each annual visit during a 3-year follow-up. Results: The prevalence of CHI was 87.2%, MCR 3.0%, MCI 8.8%, and MCR plus MCI 0.9%. The overall incidence of dementia was 2.4% and was significantly associated with MCR alone (Odd Ratio (OR) = 5.00 with 95% Confidence interval (CI) = [1.01;24.59] and p = 0.049), MCI alone (OR = 6.04 with 95% CI = [2.36;15.47] and p≤0.001), and the combination of MCR and MCI (OR = 25.75 with 95% CI = [5.32;124.66] and p≤0.001). Conclusion: Combining MCR and MCI increased the risk for incident dementia. These results also demonstrated that this combination is a better predictor of dementia than MCI or MCR alone.

scholarly journals Hospitalization and Successful Aging of Community-Dwelling Older Adults: Using the Korean National Survey Data

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 137-138
Author(s):  
Ji Yeon Lee ◽  
Bora Kim ◽  
Kyung Hee Lee ◽  
Changgi Park
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Health Status ◽  
Propensity Score ◽  
Propensity Score Matching ◽  
Survey Data ◽  
Successful Aging ◽  
Community Dwelling ◽  
Poor Health ◽  
Poor Health Status ◽  
Community Dwelling Older Adults

Abstract Hospitalization experience can be an obstructive factor to successful aging. Although older adults who had hospitalization experience has been considered to have poor health status and low participation in one’s life, it is not obviously evident whether hospitalization itself affects successful aging. This study aimed to investigate whether three components of successful aging (i.e., diseases and disease-related complications, physical and mental functions, and engagement with life) were different in community-dwelling older adults who had hospitalization experience for the past one year compared to the counterpart older adults without hospitalization experience. A secondary data analysis was performed using a nationally representative survey data in Korea. A total of 1,812 who had hospitalization experience were matched to 1,812 control counterpart using propensity score matching. Sampling weight of the survey was considered for all statistical analysis. The community-dwelling older adults with hospitalization experience were less likely to be aging successfully than the older adults without hospitalization experience. The older adults with hospitalization experience had more chronic illnesses and malnourishment; they had more impairment in physical function and depressive symptoms; they were less active in working, social activities, and traveling. However, there were no differences in cognitive function and religious activities between the groups. In conclusion, the community-dwelling older adults who had hospitalization experience have poor health status and less engagement in one’s life in general after matching covariates using propensity score matching analysis. Therefore, more attention and assist are needed to the community-dwelling older adults with hospitalization experience to facilitate successful aging.

Self-Perception of Aging Among Older Adults and Participation in Prevention

2021 ◽  
pp. 019394592198901
Author(s):  
Amy L. Silva-Smith ◽  
Melissa J. Benton
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Successful Aging ◽  
Healthy Lifestyle ◽  
Community Dwelling ◽  
Lifestyle Behaviors ◽  
Self Rated Health ◽  
Health Community ◽  
Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors ◽  
Community Dwelling Older Adults ◽  
Young Old

Many older adults do not engage in age-based prevention despite evidence to support reduced health risks and enhanced successful aging. The purpose of this study was to determine whether self-perceived aging (SPA) differed among older adults by age (young-old vs. old-old), participation in healthy lifestyle behaviors, screening, vaccinations, and self-rated health. Community-dwelling older adults (n=204) completed questionnaires reporting their SPA, self-rated health, and participation in recommended preventive healthy lifestyle behaviors, screening, and vaccinations. Our findings indicated that adults who were older and engaged in more preventive health behaviors, yet had lower self-rated health, tended to have better SPA. Prevention was greater in older adults who scored higher on aging well and aging successfully. Old-old (75 years or older) participants scored higher on aging successfully than those who were younger. Self-rated health was inversely related to SPA scores. Reporting poor or fair health did not diminish positive SPA in this sample.

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