{"title":"Afro-Centric Care Matching Strategies - A Potential Approach to Providing Culturally Appropriate Older Adult Care.","authors":"Anthony Obinna Iwuagwu","doi":"10.1080/01634372.2025.2471468","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01634372.2025.2471468","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47579,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Gerontological Social Work","volume":" ","pages":"1-4"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-02-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143494237","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Correction.","authors":"","doi":"10.1080/01634372.2025.2471190","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01634372.2025.2471190","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47579,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Gerontological Social Work","volume":" ","pages":"1"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-02-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143484409","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Implicit Theory of Ability Affects Working Memory of Older Adults: The Roles of Group Stereotypes and Self-Stereotypes of Aging.","authors":"Qiong Hu, Ling Yang, Fengji Hu, Canmei Xu, Qiong Zhang","doi":"10.1080/01634372.2025.2470247","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01634372.2025.2470247","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>To examine the relation between the implicit theory of ability, age stereotypes, and WM performance, the present study recruited a sample of 202 Chinese older adults (<i>M</i><sub>age</sub> = 71.17, <i>SD</i> = 7.27) who completed questionnaires and tasks. Mediation analyses revealed that the incremental theory of ability, both in memory and general ability, predicted WM performance indirectly through the mediation by self-stereotypes of aging. What is more, this effect was mediated by group stereotypes of aging and self-stereotypes of aging, demonstrating a serial mediation effect. These findings highlighted the significance of positive mind-sets in enhancing WM among older adults.</p>","PeriodicalId":47579,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Gerontological Social Work","volume":" ","pages":"1-17"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-02-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143477135","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lena Rebecca Richardson, Sarah L Canham, Rachel Weldrick, Jill Hoselton, Alison Grittner, Christine A Walsh
{"title":"\"I Feel Like a Somebody Again\": Ethics of Care at a Shelter for Older Adults Fleeing Abuse in Canada.","authors":"Lena Rebecca Richardson, Sarah L Canham, Rachel Weldrick, Jill Hoselton, Alison Grittner, Christine A Walsh","doi":"10.1080/01634372.2025.2468314","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01634372.2025.2468314","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Abuse against older adults is an under-researched pathway to older adult homelessness. This paper fills a gap through a secondary data analysis of qualitative interviews with five providers and 10 clients from a homeless shelter serving older adults fleeing abuse. Drawing on a feminist ethics of care framework, we explored the role of care in participants' experiences of shelter life and what aging in the right place meant to them, identifying three themes: 1) cultivating trust and relationship-building between providers and clients; 2) caregiving, mutual care, and collective care among clients; and 3) lack of care and processes of repair.</p>","PeriodicalId":47579,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Gerontological Social Work","volume":" ","pages":"1-23"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-02-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143473349","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sunirose Ishassery Pathrose, Kiran Thampi, Shilpa V Yohannan, Lija Mary Mathew
{"title":"Life Review Interventions in Improving Mental Health and Well-Being of Older Adults in Institutional Care.","authors":"Sunirose Ishassery Pathrose, Kiran Thampi, Shilpa V Yohannan, Lija Mary Mathew","doi":"10.1080/01634372.2025.2467347","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01634372.2025.2467347","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study examines the impact of life review interventions on depression, resilience, and overall well-being among older adults residing in institutional settings in Ernakulam, Kerala. Using a pre-post experimental design, 201 participants from 18 institutions underwent a structured 12-session life review intervention facilitated by trained social work students. Results showed significant improvements in depression, resilience, and overall well-being. The findings underscore the importance of addressing unresolved issues and nurturing ego integrity in later life. The study advocates for integrating life review interventions into standard care practices for older adults, highlighting interdisciplinary collaboration among geriatric social workers, psychologists, and healthcare providers.</p>","PeriodicalId":47579,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Gerontological Social Work","volume":" ","pages":"1-17"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-02-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143442291","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Laura Bradbury, Katherine Supiano, Troy Andersen, Kimberly Ponce-Gonzalez, Adrienne Bott
{"title":"Lessons Learned in Recruitment, Training, and Retention in a Pre-Loss Grief Support Intervention.","authors":"Laura Bradbury, Katherine Supiano, Troy Andersen, Kimberly Ponce-Gonzalez, Adrienne Bott","doi":"10.1080/01634372.2025.2465244","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01634372.2025.2465244","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Participant recruitment in dementia caregiver research is recognized as challenging. This article details the strategies, barriers, and successes of a recruitment approach of a clinical intervention trial for family caregivers of persons living with dementia. Throughout the study, we dealt with challenges both within and outside the researchers' control. These challenges included institutional barriers, community barriers, and individual barriers. To maximize our chances for success, we focused on building strong relationships between the research team and the participants. Using social workers as recruiters, maintaining frequent contact with participants, and flexibility in managing challenges promoted modest success in recruitment and retention.</p>","PeriodicalId":47579,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Gerontological Social Work","volume":" ","pages":"1-16"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-02-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143434097","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Effects of Training on Older Volunteers' Skill Competency, Volunteer Motivation, Self-Efficacy, and Work Satisfaction: A Cluster Randomized Trial.","authors":"Szu-Yu Chen, Li-Ching Yang, Kuei-Min Chen, Meng-Chin Chen, Chiang-Ching Chang, Tzu-Yu Lin, Frank Belcastro","doi":"10.1080/01634372.2025.2465252","DOIUrl":"10.1080/01634372.2025.2465252","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This longitudinal cluster-randomized trial investigated older volunteers' changes following a 3-month training program. A total of 156 older Taiwanese volunteers in the community care centers participated in this study (<i>n</i> <sub>training</sub> = 80, <i>n</i> <sub>control</sub> = 76). Older volunteers' skills/competency and psychosocial variables were assessed at baseline, one and three months. Results showed that trained volunteers significantly improved skills, motivation, self-efficacy, and work satisfaction, while untrained volunteers showed no improvements in self-efficacy or work satisfaction and experienced a decline in motivation . The results hightlighted that training is crucial for maximazing the positive impact of volunteering on older adults.</p>","PeriodicalId":47579,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Gerontological Social Work","volume":" ","pages":"1-22"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-02-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143426461","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nathalie McIntosh, Lara VandenBergh, Whitney L Mills
{"title":"The Impact of a Guardianship Social Worker on Inpatient Time-To-Guardianship and Costs: Preliminary Findings.","authors":"Nathalie McIntosh, Lara VandenBergh, Whitney L Mills","doi":"10.1080/01634372.2024.2424421","DOIUrl":"10.1080/01634372.2024.2424421","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Unrepresented patients who lack decision-making capacity can remain in hospitals for weeks awaiting guardianship and subsequent discharge, resulting in medically unnecessary and costly extended stays. The guardianship process is complicated and requires collaboration between the medical and legal systems. The Rocky Mountain Regional Veteran Affairs Medical Center created a guardianship social worker position to improve the guardianship process by developing subject matter expertise, infrastructure, and standardized procedures. In this brief report, we provide preliminary data on the impact of a guardianship social worker. Time to guardianship completion, mean lengths of stay (LOS), counts of completed guardianships, and cost estimates were compared before and after the guardianship social worker position was created. The mean time to complete guardianships decreased from 121.9 to 69.8 days (<i>p</i> = .13), the mean LOS for patients awaiting guardianship decreased from 129.8 to 117.2 days (<i>p</i> = .39), and the yearly counts of completed guardianships increased from 2 to 9 (<i>p</i> = .002). Estimated inpatient cost savings per patient was $56,244. While promising, these preliminary data are limited by small case numbers and the unknown impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on long-term placement. Creating guardianship-focused social work positions has the potential to create efficiencies in the guardianship process.</p>","PeriodicalId":47579,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Gerontological Social Work","volume":" ","pages":"269-278"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142584640","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Successful Aging Through Financial Empowerment (SAFE): Financial Coaching with Older Adult Victims of Financial Exploitation.","authors":"LaToya Hall, Peter A Lichtenberg","doi":"10.1080/01634372.2024.2373288","DOIUrl":"10.1080/01634372.2024.2373288","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Financial exploitation (FE) of older adults is a growing public health problem. Current estimates of financial exploitation show between 5% and 11% of older adults are victimized each year. This study examined an empowerment-centered financial coaching intervention. Program records and participant baseline and follow-up assessment data were used to detail program dynamics and investigate participant outcomes. Most SAFE participants were very satisfied or satisfied (91%) with the services they received. Participants also reported significantly less stress at the six-month follow-up. These findings demonstrate that empowerment-centered financial coaching interventions can successfully address FE in older adult populations.</p>","PeriodicalId":47579,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Gerontological Social Work","volume":" ","pages":"151-171"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11695440/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141493864","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yuan Cao, Gerald Shiu Yin Kwan, Zita Cho Kwan Tse, Karen Kit Sum Chow, Dilys Kwai Sin Kwan, Windes Wai Yin Lam, David Ho Keung Shum
{"title":"Managing Uncertainty and Loneliness: Protective and Risk Factors Impacting on Older People's Mental Health in Hong Kong.","authors":"Yuan Cao, Gerald Shiu Yin Kwan, Zita Cho Kwan Tse, Karen Kit Sum Chow, Dilys Kwai Sin Kwan, Windes Wai Yin Lam, David Ho Keung Shum","doi":"10.1080/01634372.2024.2423678","DOIUrl":"10.1080/01634372.2024.2423678","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study investigated the roles of loneliness and prospective intolerance of uncertainty (IU-P) on mental health, and identified the sources of stress and joy during the COVID-19 in Hong Kong. Two thousand two hundred and fifty-eight older adults completed the survey. Older adults who had higher levels of loneliness and IU-P were more likely to have poor mental health. IU-P was found to partially and positively mediate the relationship between loneliness and mental health. Top stressors were contracting the virus, uncertainty about the future, and loneliness; while family/friends, peace of mind, and hobbies were identified as protective factors.</p>","PeriodicalId":47579,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Gerontological Social Work","volume":" ","pages":"234-255"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142570036","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}