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Direct linkGraham, Carrie L.; Scharlach, Andrew E.; Price Wolf, Jennifer – Health Education & Behavior, 2014
Background: Villages represent an emerging consumer-driven social support model that aims to enhance the social engagement, independence, and well-being of community-dwelling seniors through a combination of social activities, volunteer opportunities, service referral, and direct assistance. This study aimed to assess the perceived impact of…
Descriptors: Health, Well Being, Health Services, Access to Health Care
English, Tammy; Carstensen, Laura L. – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2014
Past research has documented age differences in the size and composition of social networks that suggest that networks grow smaller with age and include an increasingly greater proportion of well-known social partners. According to socioemotional selectivity theory, such changes in social network composition serve an antecedent emotion regulatory…
Descriptors: Social Networks, Age Differences, Social Theories, Self Control
Lee, Kyoung Hag; Yoon, Dong Pil – Social Work, 2011
This study explores factors that influence the general well-being (anxiety, depression, positive well-being, self-control, vitality, and general health) of low-income Korean immigrant elders by interviewing 206 older adults living in Los Angeles County and Orange County, California. Ordinary least squares regression results reveal that lack of…
Descriptors: Financial Problems, Low Income, Physical Health, Interviews
Simone, Patricia M.; Cesena, Jacob – Educational Gerontology, 2010
Leisure activity participation has been found to have a positive impact on our health and well-being (e.g., Rowe & Kahn, 1998), and interest in lifelong learning as a leisure time activity is rising. This study compared self-reported measures of demographics, life satisfaction, cognitive status, and mood states in adult populations (over 50…
Descriptors: Noncredit Courses, Socioeconomic Status, Life Satisfaction, Familiarity
Download full textMinkler, Meredith – 1983
The Tenderloin Senior Outreach Project (TSOP) in San Francisco facilitated the development of intentional networks among elderly residents of eight single room occupancy (SRO) hotels in an attempt to improve residents' health and well being, and to focus on social and environmental change. The 45 block Tenderloin area is one of the largest…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Community Involvement, Gerontology, Individual Power
Kaskie, Brian; Ettner, Susan – 2001
This working paper is one of eleven individual research reports in which researchers with expertise in older adult populations gathered the most current available data, examined policies, regulations, and programs relevant to population aging and older Californians, and presented findings and recommendations. The issues examined-- economic…
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Counseling, Economic Status, Family Caregivers
