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Merve Aliye Akyol; Ecem Özgül; Burcu Akpinar Söylemez; Özlem Küçükgüçlü – Educational Gerontology, 2024
Given the increased demand for health professionals to work with older adults, research on the factors that influence students' career choices is critical in order to increase the popularity of gerontology. The purpose of this study was to investigate willingness and related factors of undergraduate nursing students to work with older adults. A…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Older Adults, Nursing Students, Undergraduate Students
Edie C. Sanders – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Prospective memory (PM), the ability to remember to execute an intention in the future, is critical for the performance of everyday tasks important for independence and quality of life. PM failures are associated with negative health, financial, and social outcomes, and are more frequent with increased age and can be even greater for older adults…
Descriptors: Memory, Older Adults, Cognitive Ability, Neurological Impairments
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Jessica K. Bone; Daisy Fancourt; Jill K. Sonke; Feifei Bu – Creativity Research Journal, 2024
There is growing evidence for the impact of arts engagement on later life cognition. However, confounding by socioeconomic factors may have led to an overestimation of this association. We analyzed data from 4,344 older adults in the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study. We measured participatory (e.g. painting, making music, crafts) and receptive (e.g.…
Descriptors: Older Adults, Short Term Memory, Handicrafts, Creative Activities
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Jordan B. Westcott; Louis M. Rocconi – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 2025
Objective: This study sought to examine the factor structure, internal consistency, and measurement invariance of the Brief Resilience Scale (BRS) and the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (MSPSS) among older sexual minority women with disabilities. Method: Participants (n = 208) consisted of sexual minority women aged 55 and…
Descriptors: Psychometrics, Resilience (Psychology), Social Support Groups, Measures (Individuals)
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Lia Araujo; Xosé Manuel Cid; Liliana Sousa – Educational Gerontology, 2025
This study describes the design, implementation, and evaluation of a photovoice program for Social Education students from a Polytechnic University in Portugal. The program was named 'Ageism in Perspective' and developed over six sessions during one semester. The design was based on principles of the original photovoice methodology, along with…
Descriptors: Older Adults, Age Discrimination, Aging (Individuals), Foreign Countries
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Ellen E. Seiter – Educational Philosophy and Theory, 2025
Films provide many memorable scenes of care that both shape and reinforce ideas about who deserves care, how carers should behave, and what kinds of people appear 'naturally' suited to the labors of caring for children, the sick, the elderly and the disabled (namely women). My specific interest here is in films about migrant domestic workers in…
Descriptors: Films, Caring, Migrants, Child Care
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Tanaka, Rumi; Yakushiji, Kanako; Tanaka, Satomi; Tsubaki, Michihiro; Fujita, Kimie – Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science, 2023
This study aimed to review the validity and/or reliability of light-intensity physical activity (LPA) questionnaires and identify the most suitable questionnaires for measurement of LPA in adults. Following the PRISMA-P 2020 guidelines, we searched MEDLINE, PsycINFO, CINAHL, Scopus, Embase, and MedNar. Only studies that targeted adults [greater…
Descriptors: Test Validity, Test Reliability, Physical Activity Level, Adults
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Kalayci, Isil; Basalan I?z, Fatma; Kalinkara, Velittin – Educational Gerontology, 2023
The World Health Organization has been emphasizing the importance of active, healthy, and productive aging due to emerging demographic changes. This study was carried out to measure the validity and reliability of the Turkish version of the Education Participation Scale-A (EPS-A). This methodological study was performed between June 2020 and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Older Adults, Test Validity, Test Reliability
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Alshahrani, Abdulaziz – Eurasian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 2023
The purpose of this study was to investigate the variations in vocabulary and syntax in Instagram posts relating to food among younger and older men and women in the United Kingdom. The study sought to determine if differences in these linguistic features would affect the expression of users on the platform, which was the dependent variable under…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocabulary, Language Usage, Syntax
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Esch, Barbara E.; Lindblad, Tracie L.; Clark, Brittany; Ali, Zareen – Analysis of Verbal Behavior, 2023
An intraverbal assessment was administered to older adults with aphasia, using a hierarchy of questions that required increasingly complex verbal discriminative stimulus control. Five categories of errors were defined and analyzed for putative stimulus control, with the aim to identify requisite assessment components leading to more efficient and…
Descriptors: Aphasia, Brain, Injuries, Error Analysis (Language)
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Lo, Suzanne Hoi Shan; Chau, Janita Pak Chun – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2023
Background: People with post-stroke aphasia tend to have smaller social networks, a higher risk of depression and poorer health-related quality of life than those who do not have aphasia after stroke. Stroke-specific or general rehabilitation programmes offered by community-based organizations are commonly group-based and involve discussions among…
Descriptors: Neurological Impairments, Aphasia, Rehabilitation, Group Therapy
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Baumgartner, Lisa M.; Jin, Bora; Kim, Junghwan – Adult Learning, 2023
Older adults are a growing population. This article reviews the literature on older adults in "Adult Learning" from its inception in 1989 through 2020. Topics focus primarily on program reports, programmatic learning needs, personal reflections, and classroom methods. Key findings include that "older adult" is not well-defined…
Descriptors: Older Adults, Adult Education, Literature Reviews, Educational History
Stacy Jett Jess – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This qualitative descriptive study explored the experiences and perceptions of older, self-employed workers born before 1980 regarding computer self-efficacy related to communication technology before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. The findings of this study provided insight into their perception of age as an influencer on their use of…
Descriptors: Self Employment, Older Adults, Older Workers, Technology
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Levonius, Vilja M. R.; Saari, Eveliina – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2023
Purpose: This paper aims to introduce the Empatia video reflection method, designed to enhance care workers' awareness of empathic care. The method makes the quality of care visible, which is needed when digitalization efforts in elder care focus on the efficiency and adequacy of care work. Design/methodology/approach: The Empatia method leans on…
Descriptors: Empathy, Caregivers, Older Adults, Stimulation
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Hui-Jiun Hu – Educational Gerontology, 2023
Taiwan is facing population aging, a decreasing fertility rate, and reduced adherence to the traditional practice of filial piety. Society as a whole has negative stereotypes about older adults, who are regarded as unproductive burdens on their families and society. Older adults experience ageism from others as well as their own as they grow…
Descriptors: Schemata (Cognition), College Students, Student Attitudes, Older Adults
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