Gender Differences in Cardiorespiratory Fitness With Advancing Age: Is the Age-Associated Decline in VO2max More Rapid in Men and Do Older Men and Women Respond Differently to Exercise?

2008 ◽  
Vol 2 (6) ◽  
pp. 492-499 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert F. Zoeller
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
Cardiorespiratory Fitness ◽  
Older Men ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Older Men And Women

Life satisfaction among older people in Italy in a gender approach

2014 ◽  
Vol 35 (7) ◽  
pp. 1481-1504 ◽  
Author(s):  
SILVIA MEGGIOLARO ◽  
FAUSTA ONGARO
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Older People ◽  
Living Arrangements ◽  
Older Men ◽  
Living Alone ◽  
Ageing Population ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Older Men And Women

ABSTRACTOver the last few decades, increasing attention has been paid to the issue of wellbeing among older people, and life satisfaction has been used as an indicator to evaluate older people's life conditions. This paper sheds some light on this topic with reference to Italy, a country characterised by an increasing ageing population. The aim is to examine life satisfaction among people aged 65 and older and its predictors. We adopt a gender approach to examine whether – as suggested by the literature – older men and women have different sources of satisfaction. We test this hypothesis in Italy, a country still characterised by an unbalanced public and private gender system. In doing this, we also control whether living arrangements – specifically living alone – influence the determinants of life satisfaction of older men and women. The data used are from the cross-sectional surveys ‘Aspects of Daily Life’, undertaken in Italy by the National Statistical Institute. The results do not show clear gender differences in the determinants of life satisfaction, with only some slight gender differences among those living alone. This suggests that the social and cultural environment may play a relevant role for older people's life satisfaction.

scholarly journals Effects of resistance training frequency on cardiorespiratory fitness in older men and women during intervention and follow-up

2017 ◽  
Vol 95 ◽  
pp. 44-53 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elena Fernández-Lezaun ◽  
Moritz Schumann ◽  
Tuomas Mäkinen ◽  
Heikki Kyröläinen ◽  
Simon Walker
Keyword(s):  
Resistance Training ◽  
Cardiorespiratory Fitness ◽  
Older Men ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Training Frequency ◽  
Older Men And Women

Gender Differences in Dual Task Gait Performance in Older Adults

2009 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-17 ◽  
Author(s):  
John H. Hollman ◽  
James W. Youdas ◽  
Desiree J. Lanzino
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
Dual Task ◽  
Gait Speed ◽  
Older Persons ◽  
Older Men ◽  
Dual Tasks ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Gait Performance ◽  
Study Participants ◽  
Older Men And Women

Although attention-dividing dual tasks hinder gait performance in older persons, gender differences in gait have not been examined. The purpose of this study was to examine whether gait performance differs between older men and women during dual task walking. A total of 44 healthy adults (20 men and 24 women) aged 65 years or older participated in the study. Participants walked under normal and dual task (backward spelling) conditions at self-selected speeds. Mean gait speed and stride-to-stride variability in gait speed were quantified with GAITRite ® instrumentation. Whereas gait speed decreased and variability in gait speed increased in both groups during dual task walking, men walked with greater variability during dual task walking than did women. The magnitude of the increase in variability in gait speed observed in men indicates that stride-to-stride variability in gait speed during dual task walking requires more investigation as a potential risk factor for falls in older men.

scholarly journals Cardiorespiratory Fitness and Metabolic Syndrome in Older Men and Women: The Dose Responses to Exercise Training (DR's EXTRA) study

Diabetes Care ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 33 (7) ◽  
pp. 1655-1657 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Hassinen ◽  
T. A. Lakka ◽  
L. Hakola ◽  
K. Savonen ◽  
P. Komulainen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Metabolic Syndrome ◽  
Exercise Training ◽  
Cardiorespiratory Fitness ◽  
Older Men ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Dose Responses ◽  
Older Men And Women

Self-image and intergenerational relationships as correlates of life satisfaction in Chinese older adults: will gender make a difference?

2017 ◽  
Vol 38 (7) ◽  
pp. 1502-1519 ◽  
Author(s):  
XUE BAI ◽  
YU GUO ◽  
YUAN YUAN FU
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Gender Differences ◽  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Intergenerational Relationships ◽  
Later Life ◽  
Older Men ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Self Image ◽  
Older Men And Women

ABSTRACTPromoting life satisfaction in later life has long been both a policy and practice challenge. This study examined the association between older adults' self-image and life satisfaction, and that between their intergenerational relationships and life satisfaction. Given that sources of wellbeing for older men and women may vary due to socially constructed realities in early life, gender differences were also investigated in the correlates of life satisfaction. A face-to-face questionnaire survey was conducted in 2014 with a sample of 1,099 older adults aged 60 years and over from four cities in China. Findings of this study showed that older adults’ self-image and intergenerational relationships were significantly associated with their life satisfaction after controlling for certain socio-demographic characteristics, and health and self-care ability. The correlates of life satisfaction were shown to differ between older men and women. Programmes and Services should be developed for older adults to explore and identify positive aspects of themselves, to improve their relationships with their adult children, and to foster a more positive image of ageing in wider society. In addition, service providers should take gender differences in correlates of life satisfaction into account in service and intervention programme development.

Friendships in Later Life: Definitions and Maintenance Patterns

1989 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-19 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karen A. Roberto ◽  
Priscilla J. Kimboko
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
Older Women ◽  
Later Life ◽  
Older Men ◽  
Close Friend ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Older Men And Women

This study examined the meaning and maintenance of friend relationships in later life. The sample consisted of forty-one males and seventy-four females, sixty years of age or older. Participants were asked a series of open-ended questions regarding their past and present relationships with their friends. While older men and women tended to agree on the characteristics of a friend, gender differences emerged when they were asked to differentiate between a “friend” and a “close friend.” Older women were more likely to consider friends made earlier in their lives as still part of their friend network than were older men. Perceptions of current involvement with friends also differed depending upon the gender of the respondent. Discussion centered on the definition of friends in later life and gender differences found in maintenance patterns.

The Case of Thematic Tests Adapted to Older Adults

2011 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 46-71 ◽  
Author(s):  
Benoît Verdon
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Older Persons ◽  
Older Men ◽  
Elderly Persons ◽  
Mental Processes ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Projective Tests ◽  
New Material ◽  
Older Men And Women ◽  
Latent Content

Since the 1950s, the growing interest of clinicians in using projective tests to study normal or pathological aging processes has led to the creation of several thematic tests for older adults. This development reflects their authors’ belief that the TAT is not suitable to the concerns and anxieties of elderly persons. The new material thus refers explicitly to situations related to age; it aims to enable older persons to express needs they cannot verbalize during consultations. The psychodynamic approach to thematic testing is based on the differentiation between the pictures’ manifest and latent content, eliciting responses linked to mental processes and issues the respondent is unaware of. The cards do not necessarily have to show aging characters to elicit identification: The situations shown in the pictures are linked to loss, rivalry, helplessness, and renunciation, all issues elderly respondents can identify with and that lead them to express their mental fragilities and resources. The article first explains the principles underlying four of these thematic tests, then develops several examples of stories told for card 3BM of the TAT, thus showing the effectiveness of this tool for the understanding and differentiation of loss-related issues facing older men and women.

Clyde Warrior, 1939–1968

2015 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tiffany Hale
Keyword(s):  
Native Americans ◽  
Older Men ◽  
The United States ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee ◽  
Political Struggles ◽  
Poor People's Campaign ◽  
Organizational Leader ◽  
Martin Luther King ◽  
Older Men And Women

To identify Clyde Warrior as an intellectual subverts prevailing notions of intellectualism. We often think of intellectuals as older men and women whose major contributions are revealed late in life, once the passions of youth have been tempered by experience. Warrior was not this. People frequently imagine intellectuals as existing in isolation, insulated from the demands of regular folk. Warrior was not this either. He was a Ponca, born on the reservation and raised with the influence of his grandparents and community. He was also a renowned singer and powwow fancy dancer, as well as a college student, an organizational leader, a husband, and father of two daughters. Warrior’s political consciousness grew out of the deep connections he maintained to his rural Ponca roots, but he took care to educate himself about the problems affecting Native Americans across the United States as well as colonized peoples globally. As an Oklahoman, he was attuned to race relations in the South and empathized with the struggles of Africans and African Americans. His approach to indigenous political struggles was shaped and informed, for example, by his early and active participation with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and Martin Luther King Jr.’s Poor People’s Campaign.

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