scholarly journals Detroit Needs Assessment Study: A Community Academic Partnership With the Detroit Area Agency on Aging

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 491-491
Author(s):  
Faith Hopp ◽  
Fay Keys ◽  
Elizabeth Chapleski ◽  
La Cheryl Wicker ◽  
Patricia Rencher ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Needs Assessment ◽  
Diabetes Management ◽  
Unmet Need ◽  
Community Services ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Transportation Safety ◽  
Caregiver Support ◽  
Service Information ◽  
Detroit Area

Abstract This presentation discusses a comprehensive needs assessment to inform long-term strategic planning for the Detroit Area Agency on Aging. The goal was to provide in-depth input from the older population (age 60+) and key agency stakeholders, using surveys (413 community participants), listening sessions (132 participants), 23 interviews with homebound older adults, and online surveys (94) targeting medical, church, government, academic, media and HSO stakeholders. Findings indicate that many participants were not aware of available community services. For example, one-third (33.3%) had not heard of Medicaid waivers providing services outside of nursing homes, while nearly one in five (22.0%) had not heard about senior employment services. The most common areas of unmet need were for caregiver workshops (16.3%) and diabetes management classes (15.7%). Community services most often noted as ‘extremely important’ included health and wellness programs (68.8%), services to help access health and supportive services (71%), easy to find service information (67.7%), home care and housekeeping services (66.4%), and caregiver support (63.7%). Stakeholder findings provide insight regarding this lack of awareness. Asked “How familiar do you think the general public is with DAAA?” , 10.8% answered ‘very familiar’ and 33% ‘unfamiliar’. Findings related to an “Age-Friendly City” suggest the importance of access to supportive community services, transportation, safety, housing, and healthcare. Engagement of older adults in needs assessments plays a vital role in Area Agencies on Aging meeting the needs of emerging aging cohorts by developing ‘age friendly’ strategies to address increasing racial, ethnic, socioeconomic, and cultural diversity.

Revisiting competences of adult learning facilitators: Perspectives from the Mongolian context

2021 ◽  
pp. 147797142110031
Author(s):  
Togtokhmaa Zagir ◽  
Helga Dorner
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Adult Learners ◽  
Adult Learning ◽  
Needs Assessment ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
International Studies ◽  
Teaching Role ◽  
Core Competences ◽  
Key Stakeholders

Competent adult learning facilitators play a vital role in improving the quality of adult learning programmes. This article thus explores common and core competences of adult learning facilitators from the perspective of key stakeholders, such as facilitators, adult learners and administrators. By synthesising previous international studies, we developed a survey and collected data in Mongolia ( n = 227). We identified adult learning facilitators’ common and core competences focusing on their teaching role. As found, areas of adult learners’ needs assessment, communication and motivation should be integrated in professional development programmes in order to aim for a better completion rate and higher participation of target audiences in adult learning programmes.

scholarly journals The Sense of Smell and Aging: What We Have Learned From Population Studies

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 810-811
Author(s):  
Jayant Pinto
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Older Adults ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Population Studies ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Sensory Function ◽  
Physical And Mental Health ◽  
Sense Of Smell ◽  
Health Aging

Abstract Decline of the sense of smell with age causes a marked impact on older adults, markedly reducing quality of life. Olfactory dysfunction impairs nutrition, decreases the ability to experience pleasure, and results in depression, among other burdens. Large-scale population studies have identified impaired olfaction as a key heath indicator that predicts the development of decreased physical and mental health, reduced physical activity, weight loss, mild cognitive impairment and dementia, and mortality itself. These data have been generated via analyses of data from several aging cohorts, including the National Social Life, Health, and Aging Project (NSHAP); the Beaver Dam cohort; the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities project; the Rush Memory and Aging Project; the Health, Aging, and Body Composition project; the Washington Heights/Inwood Columbia Aging Project; among others. In this presentation, we will review the close connection between olfaction, health, aging, including discussion of insights from these studies. We will also discuss emerging data from NSHAP on the effects of sensory function on cognition, mental health, and social interaction, which demonstrate that sensory function plays a vital role in the lives of older adults. Part of a symposium sponsored by Sensory Health Interest Group.

Exploring the health and wellbeing benefits of gardening for older adults

2014 ◽  
Vol 35 (10) ◽  
pp. 2176-2200 ◽  
Author(s):  
THERESA L. SCOTT ◽  
BARBARA M. MASSER ◽  
NANCY A. PACHANA
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Word Association ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Psychological Wellbeing ◽  
Health And Wellbeing ◽  
Therapeutic Benefits ◽  
Open Questions ◽  
Leisure Pursuit ◽  
Casual Leisure

ABSTRACTResearch shows that contact with nature plays a vital role in our psychological wellbeing. Domestic gardening is common among older adults who spend more leisure hours gardening than any other age group. Despite this, few studies have systematically explored the significance of domestic gardens in relation to older adults' health and wellbeing. This study examined the perceived therapeutic benefits of gardening, and the effect of ageing in relation to older gardeners' continued participation in gardening, using quantitative and qualitative data from a survey of Australian older adult gardeners (N=331). The quantitative data, which included frequencies, were analysed using the PASW Statistics 18.0 package. The qualitative data, which included participants' responses to open questions, were analysed by deriving themes via Leximancer, an innovative text analytics software that uses word association information to elicit concepts, extracting the most important and grouping these according to themes. In relation to the reasons for gardening, several themes were identified including valuing the aesthetics of gardens, connecting with nature, achievement, and physical and mental activity. The benefits of gardening, and the variety of ways that respondents had adapted or modified their gardening activities in order to continue, are also reported. Gardening was more than a casual leisure pursuit for these participants, who saw it as critical to their physical and psychological wellbeing.

Older Adults in Rural Appalachia

2017 ◽  
Vol 86 (4) ◽  
pp. 364-381 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raven H. Weaver ◽  
Karen A. Roberto ◽  
Rosemary Blieszner
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Mixed Method ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Community Services ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Care Needs ◽  
Formal Services ◽  
Future Care ◽  
Rural Appalachia ◽  
Informal Help

Little is known about how rural-dwelling older adults anticipate and plan for future care needs. Using a mixed-method explanatory design, structural equation modeling ( n = 535) revealed significant associations between concerns about using services on preference for type of help; preference was associated with likelihood of using future services. Content analysis of interview data from 19 older adults who needed but were not receiving help revealed how they conceptualize their need for assistance and anticipated future care arrangements. Nine older adults were not thinking about future care needs. While most older adults articulated preferences for informal help, they indicated some openness to formal assistance. Preferences did not always align with expectations for the future. Rather, concerns about burdening family and friends outweighed concerns about community services and influenced expectations of using formal services. Understanding rural older adults’ expectations for future care arrangements is necessary for advancing policy and implementing successful services options.

scholarly journals Barriers and Facilitators to the Implementation of a Mobile Insulin Titration Intervention for Patients With Uncontrolled Diabetes: A Qualitative Analysis

10.2196/13906 ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (7) ◽  
pp. e13906 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erin Rogers ◽  
Sneha R Aidasani ◽  
Rebecca Friedes ◽  
Lu Hu ◽  
Aisha T Langford ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Text Messaging ◽  
Diabetes Management ◽  
Unmet Need ◽  
Health Care Facilities ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Management Support ◽  
Implementation Climate ◽  
Time Saving ◽  
Provider Perceptions

Background In 2016, a short message service text messaging intervention to titrate insulin in patients with uncontrolled type 2 diabetes was implemented at two health care facilities in New York City. Objective This study aimed to conduct a qualitative evaluation assessing barriers to and the facilitators of the implementation of the Mobile Insulin Titration Intervention (MITI) program into usual care. Methods We conducted in-depth interviews with 36 patients enrolled in the MITI program and the staff involved in MITI (n=19) in the two health care systems. Interviews were transcribed and iteratively coded by two study investigators, both inductively and deductively using a codebook guided by the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research. Results Multiple facilitator themes emerged: (1) MITI had strong relative advantages to in-person titration, including its convenience and time-saving design, (2) the free cost of MITI was important to the patients, (3) MITI was easy to use and the patients were confident in their ability to use it, (4) MITI was compatible with the patients’ home routines and clinic workflow, (5) the patients and staff perceived MITI to have value beyond insulin titration by reminding and motivating the patients to engage in healthy behaviors and providing a source of patient support, and (6) implementation in clinics was made easy by having a strong implementation climate, communication networks to spread information about MITI, and a strong program champion. The barriers identified included the following: (1) language limitations, (2) initial nurse concerns about the scope of practice changes required to deliver MITI, (3) initial provider knowledge gaps about the program, and (4) provider perceptions that MITI might not be appropriate for some patients (eg, older or not tech-savvy). There was also a theme that emerged during the patient and staff interviews of an unmet need for long-term additional diabetes management support among this population, specifically diet, nutrition, and exercise support. Conclusions The patients and staff were overwhelmingly supportive of MITI and believed that it had many benefits and that it was compatible with the clinic workflow and patients’ lives. Initial implementation efforts should address staff training and nurse concerns. Future research should explore options for integrating additional diabetes support for patients.

scholarly journals DEVELOPMENT OF RESEARCH AND COMMUNITY SERVICE INFORMATION SYSTEM AT THE INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH AND COMMUNITY SERVICE UNIVERSITY OF PALANGKA RAYA

2018 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Abertun Sagit Sahay ◽  
Felicia Sylviana ◽  
Rony Teguh ◽  
Devina Devina
Keyword(s):  
Information System ◽  
Community Service ◽  
Interface Design ◽  
Community Services ◽  
Final Report ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
Service Information ◽  
Testing Stage ◽  
Analysis Design ◽  
Access Rights

The Institute for Research and Community Service University of Palangkaraya (IRCSUPR) manages research activities, community services and controls the administration ofnecessary resources. Therefore, an application is requiredto record a lot of data from theproposal to the final report of research and community servicethat ultimately is expected tobe a control and evaluation on the performance of all parties involved.The methodology used in the development of this application there are several stagesranging from problem identification, needs analysis, design (which includes architecturedesign, database design, interface design and website navigation design), coding, testingand maintenance. On the testing stage used blackbox testing method.The results achieved from the making of this application there are 4 actors areadministrators, proposers, reviewers and operators who have different access rights inaccordance with its function. While from the results of the testing is known that all thefunctionality of the system is running well in accordance with the required and designedpreviously.

A Critical and Concise Review of Mass Spectrometry Applied to Imaging in Drug Discovery

2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (9) ◽  
pp. 963-976
Author(s):  
Richard J. A. Goodwin ◽  
Zoltan Takats ◽  
Josephine Bunch
Keyword(s):  
Mass Spectrometry ◽  
Drug Discovery ◽  
Research And Development ◽  
Unmet Need ◽  
Pharmaceutical Research ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Therapeutic Modalities ◽  
Concise Review ◽  
Program Attrition ◽  
Endogenous Metabolites

During the past decade, mass spectrometry imaging (MSI) has become a robust and versatile methodology to support modern pharmaceutical research and development. The technologies provide data on the biodistribution, metabolism, and delivery of drugs in tissues, while also providing molecular maps of endogenous metabolites, lipids, and proteins. This allows researchers to make both pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic measurements at cellular resolution in tissue sections or clinical biopsies. Despite drug imaging within samples now playing a vital role within research and development (R&D) in leading pharmaceutical companies, however, the challenges in turning compounds into medicines continue to evolve as rapidly as the technologies used to discover them. The increasing cost of development of new and emerging therapeutic modalities, along with the associated risks of late-stage program attrition, means there is still an unmet need in our ability to address an increasing array of challenging bioanalytical questions within drug discovery. We require new capabilities and strategies of integrated imaging to provide context for fundamental disease-related biological questions that can also offer insights into specific project challenges. Integrated molecular imaging and advanced image analysis have the opportunity to provide a world-class capability that can be deployed on projects in which we cannot answer the question with our battery of established assays. Therefore, here we will provide an updated concise review of the use of MSI for drug discovery; we will also critically consider what is required to embed MSI into a wider evolving R&D landscape and allow long-lasting impact in the industry.

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