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Conundrums in Implementing Consumer Direction in Home-Based Care: Perspectives of Older Adults and Family Members in China. 在家庭护理中实施消费者导向的难题：中国老年人和家庭成员的视角》。

IF 2.1 3区社会学

Journal of Aging & Social Policy Pub Date : 2026-01-01 Epub Date: 2024-11-14 DOI: 10.1080/08959420.2024.2422665

Jinbao Zhang, Julia Shu-Huah Wang, Wing Kit Chan, Yongen Chen, Danhong Lan

{"title":"Conundrums in Implementing Consumer Direction in Home-Based Care: Perspectives of Older Adults and Family Members in China.","authors":"Jinbao Zhang, Julia Shu-Huah Wang, Wing Kit Chan, Yongen Chen, Danhong Lan","doi":"10.1080/08959420.2024.2422665","DOIUrl":"10.1080/08959420.2024.2422665","url":null,"abstract":"Consumer-directed care (CDC) for older people enables clients to arrange personalized services and improves their well-being. However, little is known about clients' preferences for policies in collectivist cultures. We investigate the views of older clients and family members about policies that promote consumer direction in a collectivist cultural setting - Guangzhou, China. Using semi-structured interviews, we recruited older persons and their family members (n = 24) in 2021. Inductive thematic analysis was employed. Two themes emerged. The first theme, the need for flexibility in utilizing benefits, includes the need for: 1) flexibility in selecting care workers; 2) autonomy in choosing budget management agents; 3) flexibility in selecting care-related goods; and 4) adequate and equitable benefits. The second theme, the need for professional support, contains the need for: 1) information and support; and 2) individualized training for care workers. Similar to those in individualistic cultures, people in collectivist environments desire autonomy and choice in service arrangements. However, the welfare and preferences of family members, rather than clients, may be prioritized by family members when making care decisions. Adapting CDC to collectivist cultures requires navigating between client preferences and family preferences.","PeriodicalId":47121,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Aging & Social Policy","volume":" ","pages":"414-434"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2026-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142629807","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"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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New Technology, Older Workers: How Workplace Technology is Associated with Indicators of Job Retention. 新技术，老员工：工作场所技术如何与工作保留指标相关联。

IF 1.8 3区社会学

Journal of Aging & Social Policy Pub Date : 2026-01-01 Epub Date: 2025-06-27 DOI: 10.1080/08959420.2025.2523122

Leah Abrams, Daniel Schneider, Kristen Harknett

{"title":"New Technology, Older Workers: How Workplace Technology is Associated with Indicators of Job Retention.","authors":"Leah Abrams, Daniel Schneider, Kristen Harknett","doi":"10.1080/08959420.2025.2523122","DOIUrl":"10.1080/08959420.2025.2523122","url":null,"abstract":"Middle-aged and older adults who are employed in precarious, high-strain jobs may face challenges to continued work, risking economic insecurity and poor wellbeing in retirement. Technology in the workplace, an under-studied aspect of work environments, could accommodate aging workers or could add stress to their jobs. This study examines how technology in sales and surveillance at work are related to job satisfaction and planned job exits among approximately 6,000 workers aged 50-69 employed in the low-wage service sector (e.g. retail, pharmacy, grocery, hardware, fast food, casual dining, delivery, and hotel). On-the-job surveillance was related to lower job satisfaction and higher reports of looking for a new job, especially when combined with sanctioning for slow speed of work. However, rewards for speed, and to a lesser extent the use of leaderboards, were associated with higher job satisfaction, demonstrating the potential of technology to enhance the work experience for older employees. The use of sales technologies was not associated with job satisfaction or intentions to look for a new job. These results provide a uniquely detailed portrait of prevailing labor market conditions for aging workers in the service sector and demonstrate how certain kinds of technology matter for older workers' employment.","PeriodicalId":47121,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Aging & Social Policy","volume":" ","pages":"635-651"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2026-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12310157/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144512549","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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"Old Age is Like a Curse:" Perspectives of Retired Pensioners on Late Life Precarity in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. “老年就像诅咒：”埃塞俄比亚亚的斯亚贝巴退休养老金领取者对晚年生活不稳定的看法。

IF 2.1 3区社会学

Journal of Aging & Social Policy Pub Date : 2026-01-01 Epub Date: 2025-10-09 DOI: 10.1080/08959420.2025.2568278

Teshome Kondale Gurara, Yekoyealem Desie, Margaret E Adamek

{"title":"\"Old Age is Like a Curse:\" Perspectives of Retired Pensioners on Late Life Precarity in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.","authors":"Teshome Kondale Gurara, Yekoyealem Desie, Margaret E Adamek","doi":"10.1080/08959420.2025.2568278","DOIUrl":"10.1080/08959420.2025.2568278","url":null,"abstract":"Despite rapid population aging, the situation of older adults in Ethiopia has received limited attention from policymakers, leaving older adults with little to no social protection. To understand the impact of the lack of a basic income benefit, this study explored the perspectives of retired pensioners on late life precarity in Addis Ababa. An exploratory descriptive study using interviews and focus group discussions was conducted with 31 retirees age 60 + . Data were analyzed thematically. The findings highlight five major life challenges of retirees leading to precarious lives in Ethiopia: unattended health issues and unaffordable health care; absence of recreational places; lack of respect and feeling disengaged; vulnerable livelihoods; and overlooked value and contribution of older adults. The findings underscore the need to employ intersectional perspectives in future studies for better understanding of inequality and inequity in aging in resource-poor contexts. Furthermore, the findings underline the need for national policies aimed at improving the well-being and quality of life of both retirees and all older adults. By implementing a social protection policy, creating elder-focused community centers, and implementing sustainable income-generating initiatives, Ethiopia can ensure that older citizens receive the necessary support needed to thrive and enjoy a fulfilling late life.","PeriodicalId":47121,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Aging & Social Policy","volume":" ","pages":"112-136"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2026-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145259596","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"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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Nursing Home Administrator Experiences Navigating the Changing Regulatory Environment During the COVID-19 Pandemic. 在COVID-19大流行期间，养老院管理员驾驭不断变化的监管环境的经验。

IF 1.8 3区社会学

Journal of Aging & Social Policy Pub Date : 2026-01-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-13 DOI: 10.1080/08959420.2026.2615771

Jacy Weems, Courtney Hawes, Amy E Meehan, Joan F Brazier, Elizabeth M White, Brian E McGarry, David C Grabowski, Momotazur Rahman, Emily A Gadbois

{"title":"Nursing Home Administrator Experiences Navigating the Changing Regulatory Environment During the COVID-19 Pandemic.","authors":"Jacy Weems, Courtney Hawes, Amy E Meehan, Joan F Brazier, Elizabeth M White, Brian E McGarry, David C Grabowski, Momotazur Rahman, Emily A Gadbois","doi":"10.1080/08959420.2026.2615771","DOIUrl":"10.1080/08959420.2026.2615771","url":null,"abstract":"Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and state health agencies implemented numerous regulations for nursing homes addressing infection control and data reporting. This study explores interviews (n = 156) with administrators of 40 nursing homes across the U.S. between July 2020 and December 2021 to better understand their experiences with governmental agencies amid shifting regulatory standards, frequent inspections, and possible enforcement actions. Administrators highlighted confusion due to the evolving and sometimes conflicting guidance between state and federal agencies, although some states offered valuable COVID-19-specific assistance. They also described challenges in understanding and implementing new, frequently changing requirements, resulting in potential inspection deficiencies. Although enforcement actions, including financial penalties, are intended to deter noncompliance, administrators expressed concerns about added resource strain. Recommendations included increasing collaboration and data collection between regulatory agencies; reducing administrative burden during outbreaks and incorporating feedback from centers during regulatory changes; and increasing reimbursement to support compliance. Continued changes to oversight, including increased penalization and risk-based survey prioritization, should be evaluated to determine differential impacts on nursing home operations and resident care.","PeriodicalId":47121,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Aging & Social Policy","volume":" ","pages":"795-812"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2026-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145960438","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"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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Aging Cities, Aging Lives: A Comparative Study of Older Citizen Policy Preferences in Kolkata and Chennai, India. 老龄化城市，老龄化生活：印度加尔各答和金奈老年公民政策偏好的比较研究。

IF 2.1 3区社会学

Journal of Aging & Social Policy Pub Date : 2026-01-01 Epub Date: 2025-07-06 DOI: 10.1080/08959420.2025.2528581

Debashis Mitra

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The Changing Landscape of Older Adults' Living Arrangements in Iran. 伊朗老年人生活安排的变化。

IF 2.1 3区社会学

Journal of Aging & Social Policy Pub Date : 2026-01-01 Epub Date: 2025-10-12 DOI: 10.1080/08959420.2025.2568434

Milad Bagi, Wang Zhenglian, Feng Qiushi

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Dementia Knowledge in Chinese Newspapers (2005-2020): A Topic Modeling Analysis. 中国报纸上的老年痴呆症知识（2005-2020 年）：主题建模分析

IF 2.1 3区社会学

Journal of Aging & Social Policy Pub Date : 2026-01-01 Epub Date: 2024-05-06 DOI: 10.1080/08959420.2024.2348966

Lin Chen, Felicia F Tian, Yu Fu, Eva Kahana

{"title":"Dementia Knowledge in Chinese Newspapers (2005-2020): A Topic Modeling Analysis.","authors":"Lin Chen, Felicia F Tian, Yu Fu, Eva Kahana","doi":"10.1080/08959420.2024.2348966","DOIUrl":"10.1080/08959420.2024.2348966","url":null,"abstract":"How public policies convey dementia is an important source of the public's understanding of dementia, and newspapers are critical to depicting and disseminating this information to the public. The present study used topic modeling strategies to analyze Chinese newspaper portrayals of dementia from 2005 to 2020 to trace changes in key areas of dementia knowledge in relevant policies. Using WiseNews, the largest Chinese media database, we chose 45 newspapers from mainland China and identified 12,719 articles related to dementia. Using latent Dirichlet allocation (LDA), we performed a topic modeling analysis and identified the six most prevalent topics on dementia across articles: lifestyle recommendations, neighborhood life, foundational scientific research, celebrity and media portrayals, dementia caregiving, and pharmaceutical innovations - all related to the dementia knowledge scale's four dimensions. Findings suggest a steady increase in the number of articles on dementia caregiving and a decline in lifestyle recommendations from 2005 to 2020. However, newspapers continued to stigmatize aging by regularly co-depicting dementia and old age and by using biased terminology. Among the first to investigate dementia's portrayals in mainland Chinese newspapers, this study illuminates the need for expanding mass media campaigns to raise the country's dementia knowledge to foster a dementia-inclusive society.","PeriodicalId":47121,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Aging & Social Policy","volume":" ","pages":"37-53"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2026-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140871958","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"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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Fostering Skills and Relief: Positive Spillover Effects Between Unpaid Caregiving and Paid Work. 培养技能与救济：无偿看护与有偿工作之间的正向溢出效应。

IF 1.8 3区社会学

Journal of Aging & Social Policy Pub Date : 2026-01-01 Epub Date: 2025-10-27 DOI: 10.1080/08959420.2025.2561425

Klara Raiber

{"title":"Fostering Skills and Relief: Positive Spillover Effects Between Unpaid Caregiving and Paid Work.","authors":"Klara Raiber","doi":"10.1080/08959420.2025.2561425","DOIUrl":"10.1080/08959420.2025.2561425","url":null,"abstract":"With the expected rise in unpaid caregiving, many caregivers will have to combine care with employment. While most research finds negative spillovers between caregiving and employment, it is crucial to understand the factors under which caregiving has positive spillover effects. Analyzing Dutch retrospective data from the Longitudinal Internet Studies for the Social science (3,543 caregiving situations of 2,042 caregivers), this study examined how factors from the work environment and the caregiving situation are related to two positive spillovers, namely learned skills from caregiving for paid work and employment being a relief from caregiving. Results from multilevel models show that a working environment with high flexibility compared to no flexibility was related to more skill learning and relief. Further, we found that more understanding of managers and colleagues was related to learning skills, while managers and colleagues knowing about caregiving was linked to feeling relief. More diverse caregiving tasks were associated with more skills learned for paid work and more relief felt. These findings can guide state or firm-based policies to not only prevent negative but also foster positive spillovers.","PeriodicalId":47121,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Aging & Social Policy","volume":" ","pages":"754-770"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2026-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145379438","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"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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The Relationship Between Registered Nurse (RN) Skill Mix and QM Star Ratings in Nursing Homes. 养老院注册护士技能组合与质量管理星级的关系

IF 1.8 3区社会学

Journal of Aging & Social Policy Pub Date : 2026-01-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-13 DOI: 10.1080/08959420.2026.2613192

Douglas R Whitman, Robert Weech-Maldonado, Ganisher Davlyatov, Nathaniel Carroll, Amy Landry, Pia Bisakha Sen

{"title":"The Relationship Between Registered Nurse (RN) Skill Mix and QM Star Ratings in Nursing Homes.","authors":"Douglas R Whitman, Robert Weech-Maldonado, Ganisher Davlyatov, Nathaniel Carroll, Amy Landry, Pia Bisakha Sen","doi":"10.1080/08959420.2026.2613192","DOIUrl":"10.1080/08959420.2026.2613192","url":null,"abstract":"Nursing homes are under immense pressure to improve quality. The purpose of this study was to determine if there is a relationship between registered nurse (RN) skill mix (proportion of RN hours among all nursing staff hours) and higher quality measure (QM) star ratings. Data sets from 2021-2022 were utilized from the American Community Survey, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Medicare Cost Reports, Payroll-Based Journal, and Care Compare. The final analytic sample was 14,556 unique nursing homes. Ordered logistic regression was used to examine the relationship between RN skill mix (independent variable) and QM star ratings (dependent variable). The study found that RN skill mix is positively associated with QM star ratings. For a 1% increase in RN proportion, the odds of being in a higher QM star rating category increase by 4% (OR = 1.04, p < .001). This study fills two significant gaps in prior literature by relying on more accurate nurse labor hours through electronic payroll records vs. self-reported data, and by using the government standard of 15 quality measures vs. a few selected metrics. The results have implications for policymakers to incentivize improved quality, and for nursing home administrators to improve QM star ratings.","PeriodicalId":47121,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Aging & Social Policy","volume":" ","pages":"875-893"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2026-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145960480","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"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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Nursing Homes Struggled with Maintaining Staffing and Disparities Widened During the First Year of the COVID-19 Pandemic. 在2019冠状病毒病大流行的第一年，养老院难以维持人员配备，差距扩大。

IF 1.8 3区社会学

Journal of Aging & Social Policy Pub Date : 2026-01-01 Epub Date: 2025-09-24 DOI: 10.1080/08959420.2025.2563440

Micah Segelman, Kristie A Porter, Angela Gasdaska, Galina Khatutsky, Zhanlian Feng, Nathan Rowan, Denise A Tyler

{"title":"Nursing Homes Struggled with Maintaining Staffing and Disparities Widened During the First Year of the COVID-19 Pandemic.","authors":"Micah Segelman, Kristie A Porter, Angela Gasdaska, Galina Khatutsky, Zhanlian Feng, Nathan Rowan, Denise A Tyler","doi":"10.1080/08959420.2025.2563440","DOIUrl":"10.1080/08959420.2025.2563440","url":null,"abstract":"Nursing homes have historically struggled to maintain adequate nurse staffing. We analyzed Payroll Based Journal data linked to other publicly available sources and conducted interviews to understand changes in nurse staffing between 2019 and 2020. We found large declines in total staffing hours, but slight increases in staffing measured as hours per resident day (HPRD). Staffing was nonetheless a major challenge for nursing homes because they required increased staffing due to the impact of the pandemic. Nursing homes in higher quartiles of percentage of racial/ethnic minority residents served lost more nurse staffing HPRD relative to nursing homes in the lowest quartile of minority residents. Mitigating disparities between nursing homes is central to strengthening the workforce and improving care delivered in nursing homes. Policymakers may consider policies to address the outcome disparities resulting from COVID-19 by considering more targeted resources to nursing homes in underserved areas where these health disparities are more prominent.","PeriodicalId":47121,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Aging & Social Policy","volume":" ","pages":"771-794"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2026-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145138919","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"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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