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Fall Prevention in Late Life
(Virginia Tech. Center for Gerontology, 2013-10)Falling is a major public health concern for older adults. One in 3 adults aged 65+ and 1 in 2 adults aged 80+ fall each year, often suffering major changes to health and quality of life. Unintentional falls and traumatic ... -
Family Perceptions of Mild Cognitive Impairment
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Fear of Falling and Older Adults: Finding Balance
(Virginia Tech. Center for Gerontology, 2013-10)Falls are a major public health concern for older adults. Annually, 1 out of every 3 Americans aged 65+ experiences a fall. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, falls are the leading cause of ... -
Final Report Abstract: Caregivers of Persons with Mild Cognitive Impairment: Information and Support Needs
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Financial Abuse in the Headlines: Prevalence of National Newsfeeds
(Virginia Tech, 2010)This presentation provides an overview of elder financial abuse, including causes and effects. -
Friendship in Later Life: A Research Agenda
(Oxford University Press, 2019-01-01)Friendship is a relationship that can endure across the entire lifespan, serving a vital role for sustaining social connectedness in late life when other relationships may become unavailable. This article begins with a ... -
Geriatric Chronic Pain: Issues and Challenges from the Research Literature
(Virginia Tech, 2001-11)Researchers interested in chronic pain in older adults come from multiple disciplines; thus existing information about geriatric pain is widely scattered. To establish a foundation from which to construct future research ... -
Grandchildren as Caregivers for Their Custodial Grandmothers: Who Are They and How Are They Doing?
(Virginia Tech, 2010-11-20)This presentation explores how grandchildren as caregivers balance their caregiving responsibilities with the normative developmental tasks of adolescence. -
Grandfamilies: Parenting Satisfaction and Family Functioning
(Department of Human Developmen, Department of Psychology and Center for Gerontology, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA 24061, 2006-10)Previous research has demonstrated that grandparent caregivers experience high levels of physical, psychological, and relationship stress. However, few studies have examined how psychosocial and relationships. perspective, ... -
Health, Spirituality and Environmental Concern: Older Women's Perspectives on the Natural Environment
(Center for Gerontology and Dept. of Human Development, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 2007-11) -
Helping a Friend/Helping Yourself: Intimate Partner Violence & Rural Older Women
(Virginia Tech. Center for Gerontology, 2010)Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) is physical, emotional, psychological, or sexual abuse by a husband, boyfriend or other intimate partner. IPV may include harsh or cruel criticism, threats of abandonment, intentional isolation ... -
Home and Community-Based Service Use by Vulnerable Older Adults
(Virginia Tech, 2014-11-07)The purpose of this study was to identify distinct profiles of service users and determine whether certain service user profiles have greater potential to meet older adults’ care needs. -
The impact of interventions on appointment and clinical outcomes for individuals with diabetes: a systematic review
(2015-09-02)Background Successful diabetes disease management involves routine medical care with individualized patient goals, self-management education and on-going support to reduce complications. Without interventions that facilitate ... -
The Impacts of the Neighborhood Built Environment on Social Capital for Middle-Aged and Elderly Koreans
(MDPI, 2021-01-14)The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between the neighborhood built environment (NBE) aspects of age-friendly cities and communities (AFCCs) and social capital in the Korean context. We described ... -
Improving Quality: A Guide For Virginia's Personal Care Providers
(Virginia Tech. Center for Gerontology, 2005-08)The goals of every business are to grow and prosper while providing the best services possible. The challenges of providing routine care and meeting the needs of regulations become easier when systems designed to enhance ... -
In Sickness and In Health: Daily Stressors and Implications of Mild Cognitive Impairment for Care Partners
(Center for Gerontology and Dept. of Human Development Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 2009-11) -
Incapacitated and Alone: Prevalence of Unbefriended Residents in Alberta Long-Term Care Homes
(2019-10)The objective of this study was to assess the prevalence of residents who are incapacitated and have no surrogate decision maker, known as the "unbefriended" in Alberta long-term care (LTC) homes. Using cross-sectional ... -
The Influence of Mild Cognitive Impairment on Marital Relationships
(Virginia Tech, 2005)Background: Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) signifies age-related memory decline that is less severe than with dementia. Most scholarship focuses on the clinical diagnosis and prevalence of MCI; the psychosocial aspects ... -
Influences on Psychological Well-being for Elders Receiving Family Assistance
(Virginia Tech, 2004-07-24)We investigated the effects of personal and social resources on the psychological well being of 359 rural older adults living in their own homes with some functional limitations and receiving assistance from relatives or ... -
Innovative Care-partnering in Families Affected by Mild Cognitive Impairment
(Virginia Tech, 2010-11-04)The purpose of this presentation was to examine the effects of memory-related changes in decision-making and ability to carry out daily tasks on family interactions and relationships over time when one member has mild ...
