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Direct and indirect relationships between physical activity and happiness levels among older adults: a cross-sectional study
- Author:
- de SOUTO BARRETO Philipe
- Journal article citation:
- Aging and Mental Health, 18(7), 2014, pp.861-868.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Objectives: The purposes of this study were to examine if physical activity (PA) is associated to happiness and to investigate if social functioning and health status mediate this association. Method: Participants of this cross-sectional study were 323 men and women, age 60 or over, who were covered by the medical insurance of the French National Education System, France. They received by mail a self-report questionnaire that asked for information about general health, PA, and happiness. Results: In multinomial logistic regressions, the total volume of PA was associated to higher levels of happiness, but this association disappeared in the presence of social functioning. A structural equation modelling (SEM) showed an indirect association between PA and happiness, which was mediated by participants’ health status and social functioning; in this SEM model, social functioning was the only variable directly associated to happiness. Conclusion: Complex associations among PA, health status, and social functioning appear to determine happiness levels in older adults. (Publisher abstract)
Ageing and health status in adults with intellectual disabilities: results of the European Pomona II study
- Authors:
- HAVEMAN Meindert, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability, 36(1), March 2011, pp.49-60.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
POMONA II was a European Commission funded public health project collecting information from 14 countries using a set of key health indicators specifically relevant for people with intellectual disabilities. This research focused on age-specific differences relating to environmental and lifestyle factors and the 17 medical conditions measured by the POMONA Checklist of Health Indicators. The article describes how information was collected using the POMONA Health Interview Survey and Evaluation Form from a sample of 1,253 participants in Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Norway, Romania, Slovenia, Spain, and the United Kingdom. It then presents the results of the analysis, with tables showing characteristics of people with intellectual disabilities in the study, frequency of social contacts with relatives or friends according to age, lifestyle risk factors in people with intellectual disabilities according to age, and general and age-specific prevalence rates of health problems. The authors discuss how healthy older adults with intellectual disabilities are with regard to lifestyle factors, and whether there are health disparities between older adults with and without intellectual disabilities. They note that some evidence of health disparities was found for older people with intellectual disabilities, particularly in terms of under diagnosed or inadequately managed preventable health conditions.
‘Help me! I’m old!’ How negative aging stereotypes create dependency among older adults
- Authors:
- COUDIN Geneviève, ALEXOPOULOS Theodore
- Journal article citation:
- Aging and Mental Health, 14(5), July 2010, pp.516-523.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
This study, examining the effects of negative ageing stereotypes on self-reported loneliness, risk-taking, subjective health, and help-seeking behaviour in a French sample of older people, aimed to show the detrimental effects of negative ageing stereotypes on older people’s self-evaluations and behaviours, therefore contributing to the explanations of the iatrogenic effect of social environments that increase dependency. The first experiment, using 57 older people, explored the effects of positive, neutral, or negative stereotype activation on the feeling of loneliness and risk taking decision. The second experiment, on 60 older people, examined the impact of stereotype activation on subjective health, self-reported extraversion as well as on a genuine help-seeking behaviour, by allowing participants to ask for the experimenter's help while completing a task. Findings showed that, as predicted, negative stereotype activation resulted in lower levels of risk taking, subjective health and extraversion, and in higher feelings of loneliness and a more frequent help-seeking behaviour. These findings suggest that the mere activation of negative stereotypes can have broad and deleterious effects on older peoples’ self-evaluation and functioning, which in turn may contribute to the often observed dependency among older people.
Long term care data pack
- Author:
- SWISS RE LIFE AND HEALTH LIMITED
- Publisher:
- Swiss Re Life and Health Limited
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 118p.,diags.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Defines what long term care is and looks at current provision. Goes on to look at: the community care framework and the provision of long term care; the political environment; background statistics; public attitudes; long term care insurance in the UK; underwriting; claims; implications for long term care insurance of changes in health; long term care in overseas markets; long term care and partnership models in the US; statutory long term care insurance in Germany; long term care solutions in France; and Japan's Gold Plan.
Health and mortality among elderly populations
- Editors:
- CASELLI Graziella, LOPEZ Alan D.
- Publisher:
- Clarendon Press
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 376p.,tables,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Oxford
Pinpoints the most recent trends internationally in the growing population of older people. Includes papers on: what is old age - variation over time and between cultures; prospects for extended survival - a critical review of the biological evidence; a demographic and medical survey about centenarians in France; comparative mortality trends among older people in developed countries; socio-demographic differentials in mortality at older ages in Finland; social support, life satisfaction and survival at older ages; old age mortality in Japan; trends and differentials in disability free life expectancy; disability and functional status among older people - cross national comparisons; health and survival of older people; future longevity; mortality predictions for Japan; new approaches to formal and informal care; and strategies for the provision of health and social care services for older people.
The elder citizens of Rennes
- Authors:
- FRATTINI Marie-Odile, SIPOS Irene
- Journal article citation:
- Social Policy and Administration, 27(3), September 1993, pp.248-256.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Reports on a survey of older people in Rennes, France, and their views on neighbourhood life, family, dependency, health, housing, transport, leisure time, voluntary action, money, and citizenship. One of series of companion studies.
Common experiences of staff working in integrated health and social care organisations: a European perspective
- Author:
- COXON Kirsite
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Integrated Care, 13(2), April 2005, pp.13-21.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Presents a comparison of the views of staff working in 18 integrated care settings, undertaken as part of the PROCARE study of integrated health and social care. The data reveals commonalities across the nine European countries (Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Finland, UK, Denmark, Greece and the Netherlands). Increased job satisfaction was an advantage of integrated working, but respondents also reported difficulties in working with hospitals or medical professionals, and continued barriers to integrated working generally. Single standalone organisations such as home care teams reported the clearest benefits from integrated working, while cross-agency models continued to encounter significant barriers to health and social care integration.