The present study examines the association between various facets of generativity, that is, cultural demand for generativity, generative concern, and generative action, with the satisfaction of the needs for relatedness, competence, and autonomy in samples of elderly from Cameroon, China (Hong Kong), the Czech Republic, and Germany. Participants…

Despite an emphasis in government strategy on the provision of later life learning, little is known about the experiences of older people in their pursuit of such opportunities. This paper explores the extent to which middle-class retirees' learning needs are catered for in Northern Ireland. Data from semi-structured interviews suggest that the…

The most prominent theory to explain the curvilinear relationship between income and subjective well-being (SWB) is need theory, which proposes that increased income and wealth can lead to increased well-being in poverty because money is used to satisfy basic physiological needs. The present study tests the tenets of need theory by proposing that…

To improve well-being of nursing home residents and ensure compliance with the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act, programs aimed at improving quality of life must strive to satisfy higher level needs of the elderly as identified in Maslow's hierarchy. (SK)

Reports that four out of five cohorts maturing between the ages of 61-64 years to 65-68 years exhibited an increase in their use of television for process rather than for content. (GT)

An organization of over 400 retired faculty members from a state university was concerned about the increasing frailty of some of its members and the difficulties some members were expecting in the near future in being able to remain in their present homes. It was suggested that the organization could start to function as a self-help or…

Studies report contradictory finding on the hypothesis of an inverse relationship between work satisfaction and retirement attitude. Some suggest this inverse relationship occurs only where work acts as a key organizing factor for the workers. Data testing these hypotheses were analyzed from a study of employed males age 50 and older (N=1,922).…

This study examines the perceived need satisfaction, need importance, and overall life satisfaction of managerial and nonmanagerial individuals as a function of four periods of proximity to retirement. Results suggest that the period of four to seven years before retirement may be a critical time to institute retirement planning programs. (Author)

In China, older people are very much a part of society, playing a responsible role in planning and fulfilling the aims of the school, factory, commune, or street committee. Retired Workers' Centers and rural communes provide for the social, physical, and educational needs of the elderly. (MW)

This paper provides information for the use of leaders concerned with the development of proposals and recommendations for national policy consideration and by delegates to the National White House Conference on Aging. The first four sections discuss the nature of the need for meaningful roles and activities in retirement, identify goals proposed…

Compared elderly parents with national sample of parents in childbearing years with respect to satisfactions and dissatisfactions of having children. Both groups saw children as satisfying needs for love, companionship, fun, and stimulation. Older group was more likely than younger group to report children fulfilling economic-utility needs.…

Little is known about the roles of the family, kin and non-kin support networks in determining the use of social services by the elderly. An examination of the role of the formal and informal support systems to explain social service utilization by black and white older adults used path analytic procedures to test an explanatory model of…

Measured residents' perceptions of quality care and satisfaction with how well their needs are being met. Found that residents' perceptions of quality care (attitude of staff, food, and social activities) and satisfaction with roommates are significant predictors of perceived needs being met. Stressed that self-selected roommates are more…

Explores meanings older people attach to successful aging and life satisfaction and to differentiate these concepts. Content analysis of an open-ended survey confirmed five features of successful aging: interactions with others, a sense of purpose, self-acceptance, personal growth, and autonomy. Findings suggest generativity contributes to…

Describes a survey that collected information about perceived activity participation levels, health status, income, social supports, and life satisfaction of participants in a nutritional lunch program for the elderly. Results showed that perceptions of the above factors were significant predictors of life satisfaction. (NJ)