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The impact of Cooperative Extension programs on late-life mental health outcomes: A systematic review

Rural-dwelling older adults have greater mental health disparities with higher rates of depression and anxiety compared to their urban counterparts; however, reaching these communities to understan...

Kate Perepezko

Medicaid Payments and Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Alzheimer Disease Special Care Units

Are more generous Medicaid payments associated with a decrease in racial and ethnic disparities in the availability of Alzheimer disease special care units in nursing homes?

John R. Bowblis • Huiwen Xu

Polypharmacy and Depressive Symptoms in Older Adults: Does Gender Matter?

This study examined the relationship between polypharmacy and depressive symptoms among U.S. community-dwelling older adults and whether it varied by gender.

Xiao Qui • Cassandra L. Hua • J. Scott Brown • Na Sun

Prevalence of family-based elder abuse and its associated factors in Gandaki Province of Western Nepal: A cross-sectional study

Elder abuse is a rarely discussed public health and human rights issue in Nepal, largely due to traditional values emphasizing reverence for parents.

Saruna Ghimire • Aman Shrestha

Association of Racial and Ethnic Composition with Staff Levels in Nursing Homes: 2013-2019

The nursing home (NH) population has become increasingly diverse, yet many facilities remain de facto racially segregated.

Huiwen Xu • John R. Bowblis

Dialysis Facility Participation In Medicare Advantage Networks Was Highest For Large Dialysis Organizations In 2021

The share of patients with kidney failure enrolled in Medicare Advantage (MA) increased from 27 percent to 47 percent after the implementation of the 21st Century Cures Act, which expanded MA eligi...

Amal N. Trivedi • Eunhae Grace Oh • Laura M. Keohane • Kevin H. Nguyen • Momotazur Rahman • Emily A. Gadbois • David J. Meyers • Denise A. Tyler • Joan F. Brazier

Trajectories of negative and positive marital quality during later life

This study aims to establish trajectories of later-life marital quality and assess predictors of trajectory membership.

Jennifer Roebuck Bulanda • J. Scott Brown • Takashi Yamashita

Adult Children’s Migration and Health-Related Quality of Life Among Older Nepali Adults

Traditionally, adult children have served as primary caretakers and providers for older Nepali adults.

Devendra Raj Singh • Sara J. McLaughlin • Hannah McCarren • Dhirendra Nath • Saruna Ghimire • Janardan Subedi

Experiences of Older Adults During the 2020 COVID-19 Pandemic in the United States: An Initial Exploration of Nationally Representative Data at the Intersection of Gender and Race

Little is known about the overall experiences and feelings of diverse older populations during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic.

Abigail Helsinger • Takashi Yamashita • Wonmai Punksungka • Phyllis A. Cummins • Samuel Van Vleet

Determinants of COVID-19 testing among late middle-aged and older adults: applying the health belief model

The purpose of this study was to examine correlates of taking a COVID-19 test among late middle-aged and older adults using nationally representative data.

J. Scott Brown • Na Sun • Cassandra L. Hua • Xiao Qui

The Older Adult Population of Greene County Ohio

This report provides a socio-demographic snapshot of the older adult population of Greene County, Ohio

Abigail Helsinger • Ian Matt Nelson

Planning for driving retirement: The effect of driving perceptions, driving events, and assessment of driving alternatives

Most older adults will eventually stop driving, but few engage in planning for driving retirement.

Athena Koumoutzis • Jonathon M. Vivoda • Annie C. Harmon • Jiawei Cao • Ganesh M. Babulal

Family satisfaction: Differences between nursing homes and residential care facilities

This study compared differences in overall family satisfaction, specific satisfaction domains, and correlates of satisfaction between nursing homes (NHs) and residential care facilities (RCFs), usi...

Nytasia M. Hicks • Katherine Wood • Jonathon M. Vivoda • Nader Mehri

How accumulated wealth affects driving reduction and cessation

(DRC) are not equally experienced by all groups. Individual characteristics such as poor health, impaired vision, older age, and female gender are known to affect DRC.

Ryan Michael Walker • Jiawei Cao • Jonathon M. Vivoda • Athena Koumoutzis

Trends, determinants and the implications of population aging in Iran

Fertility and mortality decline are major drivers of Iran's population aging.

Nader Mehri • Suzanne R. Kunkel • Mahmood Messkoub

Educational differences in trajectories and determinants of healthy ageing in midlife and older Americans

The purpose of this study is to advance knowledge of the influence of educational level on trajectories and determinants of healthy ageing in midlife and older Americans.

Sara J. McLaughlin • Seonjin Kim • Jiaan Zhang • Lydia W. Li

Community Colleges and Older Learners in Ohio Higher Education

This research brief provides age structure data for those enrolled at Ohio's community colleges and baccalaureate institutions.

Peter Riley Bahr • J. Scott Brown • Phyllis A. Cummins • Nader Mehri

Healthy aging in older Chinese Americans: Associations with immigrant experiences

This study examined the association between aspects of the immigrant experience—acculturation, neighborhood belonging, and perceived discrimination—and healthy aging in older Chinese Am...

Jiaan Zhang • Lydia W. Li • Sara J. McLaughlin

Healthy aging in China: Benchmarks and socio-structural correlates

The objectives of this investigation were to identify a valid and practical benchmark for the assessment of healthy aging in the Chinese population and examine its socio-structural correlates.

Jiaan Zhang • Sara J. McLaughlin • Yun Chen • Lydia W. Li • Suzanne S. X. Tham

Driving status and religious service attendance among older Americans

This study investigated the relationship between driving status and religious service attendance among older Americans and how the perceived importance of religion influences the relationship.

Sara J. McLaughlin • Jonathon M. Vivoda • Cathleen M. Connell • Karen M. Brown

Unpaid Caregivers: Growing Demand and Limited Supply

Several recent studies indicate that the supply of informal caregivers is declining and this change in potential support could have major policy implications.

Shahla Mehdizadeh

Serving an Increasing Older Population with Severe Disability: Serious Challenges Await Ohio Over the Next Twenty Years

Ohio faces a demographic and financing challenge as its population ages in the next 20 years.

Shahla Mehdizadeh

Marital quality, marital dissolution, and mortality risk during the later life course

This study examines the relationship between later-life marital quality, marital dissolution, and mortality using discrete-time event history models with data from nine waves (1992–2008) of t...

J. Scott Brown • Takashi Yamashita

Healthy Aging in the Context of Educational Disadvantage: The Role of "Ordinary Magic"

The objective of this study is to examine the correlates of healthy aging in the context of educational disadvantage and the extent to which identified correlates are shared with the wider, more ed...

Sara J. McLaughlin

Gender differences in trajectories of physical activity among older Americans with diabetes

The primary objective of this study was to examine gender differences in engagement in physical activity over time among older U.S. adults with diabetes.

Sara J. McLaughlin

Quantitative Physical Activity of Children and Adolescents in a Rural Population from Eastern Nepal

We evaluated physical activity of children and adolescents aged 6 to 18 years from the Jirel population of eastern Nepal.

Janardan Subedi

Generativity in elderly Oblate Sisters of Providence

This paper explored how generativity and well-being merged in a group of childless older women: African and Hispanic Roman Catholic Religious Sisters, linking two minority identity characteristics.

Kate de Medeiros

'It depends': Reasons why nursing home residents change their minds about care preferences

This study aims to understand and describe nursing home residents’ perspectives on why the importance of their preferences may change in daily care.

Katherine M. Abbott

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