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Peer reviewedBurt, Vicki L.; Harris, Tamara – Gerontologist, 1994
Describes third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III), noting that upper age limit was removed and that older black, Mexican American, and white populations were oversampled. Sees NHANES III component for older adults providing multidimensional overview of physical and functional health status (osteoporosis; arthritis;…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Diseases, Health, National Surveys
Peer reviewedClipp, Elizabeth C.; George, Linda K. – Gerontologist, 1993
Compared 272 spouse caregivers of dementia sufferers with 30 spouse caregivers of cancer victims on multiple indicators of well-being. Found that dementia caregivers were more adversely affected by their role than cancer caregivers. Illness duration and caregivers' employment status did not help to explain this difference. Younger spouse…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Alzheimers Disease, Cancer, Family Caregivers
Peer reviewedNeundorfer, Marcia M.; Harris, Phyllis Braudy; Britton, Paula J.; Lynch, Delores A. – Gerontologist, 2005
Purpose: The number of women aged 45 years and older infected with the HIV virus continues to increase. This study sought to identify, from the voices of midlife and older women living with HIV, the factors in their lives that put them at risk for HIV, so as to improve HIV-prevention efforts for women of this age group. Design and Methods: In this…
Descriptors: Older Adults, Females, Age Differences, Gender Differences
Peer reviewedLeibson, Cynthia; And Others – Gerontologist, 1990
Examination of hospitalizations for 5,854 elderly adults for 1980, 1985, and 1987 revealed significant increases in 60-day mortality and nursing home transfers after Medicare's Prospective Payment System began and hospital stays were shortened. Increases were largely explained by differences in risk factors other than length of stay (age, gender,…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Death, Diseases, Hospitals
Peer reviewedCamp, Cameron J.; Judge, Katherine S.; Bye, Carol A.; Fox, Kathleen M.; Bowden, Jay; Bell, Michael; Valencic, Kristin; Mattern, Jeanne M. – Gerontologist, 1997
Reports on a program that brought together older adults (n=12) with dementia and preschool children (n=14) in one-on-one interactions, using Montessori activities. Experience indicates that older adults with dementia can still serve as effective mentors and teachers to children in an appropriately structured setting. (RJM)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Alzheimers Disease, Education, Individualized Instruction
Direct linkJanssen, Fanny; Nusselder, Wilma J.; Looman, Caspar W. N.; Mackenbach, Johan P.; Kunst, Anton E. – Gerontologist, 2003
Purpose: This study assesses whether the stagnation of old-age (80+) mortality decline observed in The Netherlands in the 1980s continued in the 1990s and determines which factors contributed to this stagnation. Emphasis is on the role of smoking. Design and Methods: Poisson regression analysis with linear splines was applied to total and…
Descriptors: Smoking, Diseases, Older Adults, Foreign Countries
Rahman, M. Omar; Barsky, Arthur J. – Gerontologist, 2003
Purpose: This study examines the value of self-reported health (SRH) as an indicator of underlying health status in a developing country setting. Design and Methods: Logistic regression methods with adjustments for multistage sampling are used to examine the factors associated with SRH in 2,921 men and women aged 50 and older in rural Bangladesh.…
Descriptors: Physical Activity Level, Foreign Countries, Developing Nations, Measurement Techniques
