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Gray hair and pink slips: An analysis of Twitter responses to gendered ageism. 白发和粉红纸条：分析推特上对性别年龄歧视的反应。

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Journal of Women & Aging Pub Date : 2025-01-01 Epub Date: 2024-08-04 DOI: 10.1080/08952841.2024.2380933

Anne E Barrett, Hope Mimbs, Brianna Soulie, Skyler Bastow, Rachael Dominguez-Sandru, Cherish Michael, Melissa Frost

{"title":"Gray hair and pink slips: An analysis of Twitter responses to gendered ageism.","authors":"Anne E Barrett, Hope Mimbs, Brianna Soulie, Skyler Bastow, Rachael Dominguez-Sandru, Cherish Michael, Melissa Frost","doi":"10.1080/08952841.2024.2380933","DOIUrl":"10.1080/08952841.2024.2380933","url":null,"abstract":"When Canadian broadcaster, Lisa LaFlamme, announced in August 2022 that CTV National News did not renew her contract, some observers suggested that the corporation's decision resulted from LaFlamme's choice to \"let her hair go gray\" during the pandemic. An international public outcry ensued on Twitter. Our study involved an examination of these tweets (n = 440). Analyses revealed that approximately 80 percent of tweets indicated opposition to LaFlamme's dismissal, while only 2 percent indicated support and 18 percent indicated a neutral position. Among tweets expressing opposition, the most common justification, found in 79 percent of these tweets, centered on assessments of the employer's decision as poor. The frequency of all other justifications for opposition was considerably lower, with only 26 percent of these tweets mentioning ageism, 22 percent mentioning sexism, and 20 percent mentioning a general sense of unfairness to LaFlamme. These findings suggest the salience of capitalist logics in shaping how the public frames gendered ageism in the workplace. Our analyses also suggest a view of responses to this inequality as personal bodywork choices. Together, these framings reflect a more individual- than structural-level critique of gendered ageism, knowledge of which can inform efforts to dismantle it.","PeriodicalId":47001,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Women & Aging","volume":" ","pages":"35-42"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141890404","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Sex differences in dementia diagnosis: a fourteen-year retrospective analysis of cases using the Registry of Dementia of Girona. 痴呆症诊断中的性别差异：利用赫罗纳痴呆症登记处对病例进行的 14 年回顾性分析。

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Journal of Women & Aging Pub Date : 2025-01-01 Epub Date: 2024-09-03 DOI: 10.1080/08952841.2024.2397158

Mònica Morros-Serra, Eva M Melendo-Azuela, Josep Garre-Olmo, Oriol Turró-Garriga, Sebastià Santaeugènia

{"title":"Sex differences in dementia diagnosis: a fourteen-year retrospective analysis of cases using the Registry of Dementia of Girona.","authors":"Mònica Morros-Serra, Eva M Melendo-Azuela, Josep Garre-Olmo, Oriol Turró-Garriga, Sebastià Santaeugènia","doi":"10.1080/08952841.2024.2397158","DOIUrl":"10.1080/08952841.2024.2397158","url":null,"abstract":"Objective: To evaluate the impact of sociodemographic and clinical sex/gender-associated factors on dementia severity at the time of diagnosis.Methods: Retrospective, cross-sectional study using 2007-2020 data from the Registry of Dementia of Girona (ReDeGi), collecting information from new dementia diagnoses in the seven hospitals of the Health Region of Girona (Northeast region of Catalonia, Spain). Sociodemographic and clinical variables were compared by sex and dementia severity at diagnosis. A multivariate analysis stratified by sex evaluated the risk of having a moderate/severe dementia diagnosis.Results: Of 9614 new dementia cases, 6040 (62.8%) were women, and 3574 (37.2%) were men. Women and men aged 75-85 years had 27.9% (p = .003) and 43.1% (p < .001) less risk of moderate/severe diagnosis, respectively, than those >85. Being institutionalized increased the risk of moderate/severe diagnosis more in women (159.9%; p < .001) than in men (114.8%; p = .030). Being single and having a higher education increased the risk of moderate/severe diagnosis by 76.2% (p = .039) and 69.8% (p = .021), respectively, only in women.Conclusions: Age, education level, marital status, and place of residence were differentially associated with moderate/severe dementia at the time of diagnosis in women and men, indicating sex/gender differences in dementia severity at diagnosis, with an increased impact on women.","PeriodicalId":47001,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Women & Aging","volume":" ","pages":"72-85"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142120876","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Grandparenting and life satisfaction of the aged in rural areas: A study in Kalia Upazila of Narail District. 农村地区祖父母与老年人的生活满意度：纳莱尔县卡利亚乡的一项研究。

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Journal of Women & Aging Pub Date : 2025-01-01 Epub Date: 2024-09-03 DOI: 10.1080/08952841.2024.2393539

Dipika Chandra, Dipak Kumar Das, Afsana Polly

{"title":"Grandparenting and life satisfaction of the aged in rural areas: A study in Kalia Upazila of Narail District.","authors":"Dipika Chandra, Dipak Kumar Das, Afsana Polly","doi":"10.1080/08952841.2024.2393539","DOIUrl":"10.1080/08952841.2024.2393539","url":null,"abstract":"In rural Bangladesh, older adults generally enjoy their role as grandparents and spend their leisure and inactive periods (non-involvement in income-generating activities) with their grandchildren. The life satisfaction of the older adults partly lies in their role-playing as grandparents. The aim of this study was to examine the impact of caring for grandchildren on the life satisfaction of the older adults in rural areas. A survey method was used to conduct the study, and the age of the participants was 60 years and above. Four Mohollas of Kalia Upazilla of Narail district were selected purposively, and 253 older adults (123 male & 130 female) were chosen by using a purposive sampling technique. An interview schedule (containing both open and close-ended questions) was used to collect data in the months of November and December 2018. The findings showed that activities with grandchildren and caregiving roles depended on the age structure, and families with more household income were found to enhance the life satisfaction with grandparenting. There was a significant association between the life satisfaction of older adults and their grandparenting role. By identifying some dimensions of family involvement and socio-demographic conditions, this research aims to provide a deeper understanding of the dynamics of how grandparenting impacts the life satisfaction of older adults in rural areas of Bangladesh. The results might help to minimize the shortfalls of policy regarding the well-being of the older adults by focusing on their social and psychological needs. This will ensure aging is in place for everyone.","PeriodicalId":47001,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Women & Aging","volume":" ","pages":"56-71"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142120874","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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"We can't allow ourselves to fall ill": Health and (self-)discipline in female family caregivers from a gender perspective. "我们不能让自己生病"：从性别角度看女性家庭照顾者的健康与（自我）约束。

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Journal of Women & Aging Pub Date : 2025-01-01 Epub Date: 2024-07-23 DOI: 10.1080/08952841.2024.2372913

Pilar Domínguez-Castillo, Amparo Bonilla-Campos, Margot Pujal I Llombart

{"title":"\"We can't allow ourselves to fall ill\": Health and (self-)discipline in female family caregivers from a gender perspective.","authors":"Pilar Domínguez-Castillo, Amparo Bonilla-Campos, Margot Pujal I Llombart","doi":"10.1080/08952841.2024.2372913","DOIUrl":"10.1080/08952841.2024.2372913","url":null,"abstract":"Research has shown significant differences and inequalities in the health of women and men who care for older dependent family members, with women having poorer health and suffering more from overload. Women internalize a cultural model of caregiving involving social norms whereby caring becomes a central dimension of gender-female identity, cutting across other aspects of life. This study takes a biopsychosocial approach, understanding gender as a determinant of health, in order to investigate the processes of subjectivation (and \"technologies of the self\") that mediate between the social organization of care and the health of women. A reflexive thematic analysis was undertaken in this qualitative study, following in-depth interviews with nineteen women caring for family members. The results show that women's biopsychosocial health is affected by the subjective positions they adopt in order to submit to or resist gender-based social norms about caring in three dimensions: their relationship to their own health problems, their experience of vulnerability, and the place of love and morality in relation to being a caregiver. Those (inter)subjective processes reflect the neoliberal update of the gendered social organization of care and the way its social discourses, such as free choice and unstinting performance, relate to female caregivers' biopsychosocial health. It is necessary to deconstruct this traditional model and the self-regulated processes as recast by the neoliberal order for the sake of women's health, to relieve them of this burden. It is essential to commit to sociopolitical articulations aimed at shared responsibility in care.","PeriodicalId":47001,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Women & Aging","volume":" ","pages":"15-34"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141753041","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Mediating effect of social support on the relationship between social activity and depressive symptoms among older widows in Taiwan. 社会支持对台湾老年丧偶者的社会活动与抑郁症状之间关系的中介效应。

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Journal of Women & Aging Pub Date : 2025-01-01 Epub Date: 2024-07-25 DOI: 10.1080/08952841.2024.2370646

Yueh-Ping Li, Sheng-Yu Fan, Fang-Wen Hu, Chieh-Yu Liu

{"title":"Mediating effect of social support on the relationship between social activity and depressive symptoms among older widows in Taiwan.","authors":"Yueh-Ping Li, Sheng-Yu Fan, Fang-Wen Hu, Chieh-Yu Liu","doi":"10.1080/08952841.2024.2370646","DOIUrl":"10.1080/08952841.2024.2370646","url":null,"abstract":"The purpose of this study was to investigate the mediating effect of social support on the relationship between social activity and depressive symptoms among older widows in Taiwan. A cross-sectional study was conducted that recruited 256 older widows in southern Taiwan. Data were collected on demographic characteristics, self-rated health, instrumental activities of daily living, social activity, social support, and depression. Multiple linear regressions performed examined whether social activities and social support were significantly associated with depressive symptoms and which types of social activity were significantly related to social support and depressive symptoms. Mediation analyses performed tested the mediation effect of social support between the number of different types of social activities performed (termed \"number of activities\" in this study) and depression. Overall, 17.2% of the participants reported having at least two depressive symptoms. The total effect of the number of activities on depressive symptoms was significant (p < .001). The direct pathway from the number of activities to depressive symptoms remained significant (p < .001), and the mediation pathway (from the number of activities to depressive symptoms through social support) was also significant (Bootstrap CI = -.072, -.003). These findings demonstrated that older widows had more social support when they participated in more social activities, which could then decrease depressive symptoms. In addition, informal community group activities and religious group activities were the most effective at increasing social support and reducing depressive symptoms among the older Taiwanese widows.","PeriodicalId":47001,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Women & Aging","volume":" ","pages":"1-14"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141761651","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Retirement preparedness: A study of gender, marital status, and motivation factors by using a theory of planned behavior model. 退休准备：利用计划行为理论模型研究性别、婚姻状况和动机因素。

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Journal of Women & Aging Pub Date : 2025-01-01 Epub Date: 2024-08-04 DOI: 10.1080/08952841.2024.2385858

Hansol Kim, David J Ekerdt, Tamara A Baker

{"title":"Retirement preparedness: A study of gender, marital status, and motivation factors by using a theory of planned behavior model.","authors":"Hansol Kim, David J Ekerdt, Tamara A Baker","doi":"10.1080/08952841.2024.2385858","DOIUrl":"10.1080/08952841.2024.2385858","url":null,"abstract":"Although working men and women share common retirement concerns, women encounter unique challenges in securing their retirement. These challenges arise from factors such as part-time work, intermittent work histories, and potential wealth disparities. Marital status also exerts a profound influence on retirement decisions. Marital status significantly impacts their financial security as they approach retirement. This study investigates the intricate relationship between gender, marital status, and theory of planned behavior factors that influence retirement planning among older adults. Utilizing data from the 2014 Health and Retirement Study (HRS) and RAND, the research analyzed 2,657 participants aged 50 to 62, all of whom reported full or part-time employment. Also, the research leveraged the theory of planned behavior to examine motivational factors affecting retirement planning. The study's findings highlight the significant association of gender with expected retirement timing, revealing that married women typically anticipate retiring earlier than both unmarried women and men. In addition, older adults who secure retirement resources tend to retire earlier. It is important to develop tailored policies and initiatives to address the specific retirement challenges women face. It is imperative to develop retirement support systems that consider the gender, marital statuses, and retirement resources of older adults, and to give special attention to those who are vulnerable. This study provides valuable insights into the intricate interplay of gender, marital status, retirement motivation factors and retirement planning among older adults.","PeriodicalId":47001,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Women & Aging","volume":" ","pages":"43-55"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141890451","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Unruly temporalities: Older queer women and non-binary people narrating later-life sexuality.

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Journal of Women & Aging Pub Date : 2024-12-09 DOI: 10.1080/08952841.2024.2428891

Nika Looman, Ladan Rahbari, Katrien De Graeve

{"title":"Unruly temporalities: Older queer women and non-binary people narrating later-life sexuality.","authors":"Nika Looman, Ladan Rahbari, Katrien De Graeve","doi":"10.1080/08952841.2024.2428891","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/08952841.2024.2428891","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, we explore queer temporalities in relation to queer women and non-binary people's sexuality later in life. Drawing on 30 interviews with 32 queer women and non-binary people aged 49-72 about sexuality and intimacy in later life, we highlight the participants' stories about the instability and non-linearity of sexuality across the life course. First, we examine how our participants narrated later-life changes in their sexual subjectivity and how the assumption of compulsory (hetero)sexuality manifests in the participants' stories about the unfolding of their sexual identities over the life course. We then analyze the compulsory non-sexuality imposed on women as they grow older. Finally, we explore the potential of reinterpreting sexuality in later life to destabilize pervasive normative notions of sexuality by analyzing the bodily changes the participants described. Rather than eradicating difference, such an analysis of later-life sexuality and queer temporality opens up the possibility of affirming changing desires and pleasures and acknowledging the body's agency in shaping later-life sexuality.","PeriodicalId":47001,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Women & Aging","volume":" ","pages":"1-13"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2024-12-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142802814","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Women travelling solo or with other women across Australia: A montage of narratives.

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Journal of Women & Aging Pub Date : 2024-12-03 DOI: 10.1080/08952841.2024.2431412

Margaret Yates, Lin Perry, Jenny Onyx, Tracy Levett-Jones

{"title":"Women travelling solo or with other women across Australia: A montage of narratives.","authors":"Margaret Yates, Lin Perry, Jenny Onyx, Tracy Levett-Jones","doi":"10.1080/08952841.2024.2431412","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/08952841.2024.2431412","url":null,"abstract":"Increasing but unknown numbers of women are adopting itinerant lifestyles on the road, in the pursuit of ambitions and aspirations that extend beyond the conventional role of women as they age. Using data from a study that aimed to describe women who travel without men, either alone or with other women, across Australia in self-contained accommodation, this paper illustrates the richness and diversity of these lives through the narratives of four women. The study from which these data were taken was informed by an ethnographic approach. A montage has been used to present four narratives that together illustrate dominant themes that emerged from the analysis. Initially 29 women, travelling either alone or with other women in mobile accommodation across Australia, were interviewed using audio-visual media or telephones between March 2020-March 2022. From the thematic analysis of these interviews, four participants' narratives were chosen to represent the main themes derived from the analysis while at the same time retaining the women's individual perspectives and voices. The four narratives included in this montage paper exemplify four key themes: the adventure of exploring Australia; experiencing the new and unknown; developing self-knowledge and self-confidence; and taking control of one's life. The women's stories demonstrate commonality as well as diversity, of a chosen lifestyle beyond the conventional view of women as homemakers, and redefining the conventional view of ageing as one of decline and deterioration. These narratives demonstrate older women living lives that provide new and different pathways to personal growth, independence and self-confidence.","PeriodicalId":47001,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Women & Aging","volume":" ","pages":"1-11"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2024-12-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142773555","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Sex differences in unmet needs between male and female older Veterans. 男性和女性老年退伍军人在未满足需求方面的性别差异。

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Journal of Women & Aging Pub Date : 2024-11-01 Epub Date: 2024-07-08 DOI: 10.1080/08952841.2024.2375480

Sandra Garcia-Davis, Pranjal Tyagi, Erin D Bouldin, Jared Hansen, Ben J Brintz, Polly Noel, Randall Rupper, Ranak Trivedi, Bruce Kinosian, Orna Intrator, Mary Jo Pugh, Luci K Leykum, Stuti Dang

{"title":"Sex differences in unmet needs between male and female older Veterans.","authors":"Sandra Garcia-Davis, Pranjal Tyagi, Erin D Bouldin, Jared Hansen, Ben J Brintz, Polly Noel, Randall Rupper, Ranak Trivedi, Bruce Kinosian, Orna Intrator, Mary Jo Pugh, Luci K Leykum, Stuti Dang","doi":"10.1080/08952841.2024.2375480","DOIUrl":"10.1080/08952841.2024.2375480","url":null,"abstract":"Aging Veterans face complex needs across multiple domains. However, the needs of older female Veterans and the degree to which unmet needs differ by sex are unknown. We analyzed responses to the HERO CARE survey from 7,955 Veterans aged 55 years and older (weighted N = 490,148), 93.9% males and 6.1% females. We evaluated needs and unmet needs across the following domains: activities of daily living (ADLs), instrumental ADLs (IADLs), health management, and social. We calculated weighted estimates and compared sex differences using age-adjusted prevalence ratios. On average, female Veterans were younger, more were Non-Hispanic Black and unmarried. Females and males reported a similar prevalence of problems across all domains. However, compared to males, female Veterans had a lesser prevalence of missed appointments due to transportation (aPR 0.49; 95% CI: 0.26-0.92), housework unmet needs (aPR: 0.44; 95% CI: 0.20-0.97), and medication management unmet needs (aPR: 0.33; 95% CI: 0.11-0.95) but a higher prevalence of healthcare communication unmet needs (aPR: 2.40; 95% CI: 1.13-5.05) and monitoring health conditions unmet needs (aPR: 2.13, 95% CI: 1.08-4.20). Female Veterans' common experience of unmet needs in communicating with their healthcare teams could result in care that is less aligned with their preferences or needs. As the number of older female Veterans grows, these data and additional work to understand sex-specific unmet needs and ways to address them are essential to providing high-quality care for female Veterans.","PeriodicalId":47001,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Women & Aging","volume":" ","pages":"518-533"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141560048","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Women Veterans as caregivers: Characteristics and comparisons with women non-veterans using BRFSS. 作为照顾者的女性退伍军人：退伍女兵的特征以及与使用 BRFSS 的非退伍女兵的比较。

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Journal of Women & Aging Pub Date : 2024-11-01 Epub Date: 2024-11-09 DOI: 10.1080/08952841.2024.2409998

Amy Henion, Amanda Cheney, Mary Jo Pugh, Luci K Leykum, Ranak B Trivedi, Stuti Dang, Andrea Kalvesmaki, Kim Sundstrom, Rand Rupper, Erin D Bouldin

{"title":"Women Veterans as caregivers: Characteristics and comparisons with women non-veterans using BRFSS.","authors":"Amy Henion, Amanda Cheney, Mary Jo Pugh, Luci K Leykum, Ranak B Trivedi, Stuti Dang, Andrea Kalvesmaki, Kim Sundstrom, Rand Rupper, Erin D Bouldin","doi":"10.1080/08952841.2024.2409998","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/08952841.2024.2409998","url":null,"abstract":"Veterans frequently need assistance because of injuries and chronic conditions, but also serve as caregivers to family and friends. Our aim was to describe the prevalence of characteristics and experiences of women veterans who serve as caregivers and compare them with non-veteran women. We measured caregiving prevalence caregiving among women veterans (N = 4,179) and women non-veterans (n = 160,307) using population-based data from 48 jurisdictions in the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System from 2021 to 2022. We calculated weighted prevalence estimates and adjusted prevalence ratios [PR] for the association between veteran status and three health outcomes adjusted for age, race and ethnicity, and caregiving activities. Similar proportions (∼23%) of women veterans (n = 1,000) and non-veterans (n = 36,929) were caregivers. Among women caregivers, veterans were more likely than non-veterans to have had a chronic health condition (63 vs. 57%), disability (39 vs. 35%), and current frequent mental distress (27 vs. 22%), although all were quite prevalent in both groups. In adjusted models, the only significant difference was in current frequent mental distress among women veterans compared with non-veteran women caregivers age 18-44 (PR = 1.49, 95%CI: 1.20 - 1.85). Women veterans provide similar care as non-veteran women. However, younger women veteran caregivers more frequently experience mental distress, suggesting the importance of routine assessment of caregiving status to initiate support. This may be a result of military experiences (e.g., combat, trauma) and related comorbidities (e.g., traumatic brain injury, PTSD) that could enhance caregiving burden, making caregiver support, chronic disease self-management programs, and mental health services priorities for women veteran caregivers.","PeriodicalId":47001,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Women & Aging","volume":"36 6","pages":"534-545"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142630422","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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