{"title":"Care Aides Compassion Fatigue, Burnout, and Compassion Satisfaction Related to Long-Term Care (LTC) Working Environment.","authors":"Ashikur Rahman, Yinfei Duan, Holly Symonds-Brown, Jordana Salma, Carole A Estabrooks","doi":"10.1177/07334648251328400","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/07334648251328400","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Severe staff shortages, sustained stress, low compassion satisfaction, high compassion fatigue, and serious levels of burnout among healthcare workers were frequently reported during COVID-19. In this cross-sectional study with 760 care aides working in 28 LTC homes in Alberta, Canada, we used a two-level multilevel regression model to examine how working environments were associated with compassion fatigue, burnout, and compassion satisfaction measured with the Professional Quality of Life (ProQOL-9) scale. Our findings showed that higher compassion satisfaction and lower burnout were observed when care aides perceived a more supportive working culture. Care aides reported higher compassion fatigue when there was a lack of structural or staffing resources. We also found that perceptions of not having enough staff or enough time to complete tasks were significantly associated with higher levels of burnout. These findings suggest which elements of the working environment may be promising targets for improvement efforts.</p>","PeriodicalId":47970,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Applied Gerontology","volume":" ","pages":"7334648251328400"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-03-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143693963","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Audrey Alcantara Garcia Meliani, Alicia Garcia Lima, Jéssica Amaro Moratelli, Juliana da Silveira, Patricia Severo Dos Santos Saraiva, Priscila Rodrigues Gil, Adriana Coutinho de Azevedo Guimarães
{"title":"Can Dance and Yoga Help With the Non-Motor Symptoms of People With Parkinson's? A Systematic Review With Meta-Analysis.","authors":"Audrey Alcantara Garcia Meliani, Alicia Garcia Lima, Jéssica Amaro Moratelli, Juliana da Silveira, Patricia Severo Dos Santos Saraiva, Priscila Rodrigues Gil, Adriana Coutinho de Azevedo Guimarães","doi":"10.1177/07334648251328441","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/07334648251328441","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><b>Objective:</b> To assess the effectiveness of randomized clinical trials that utilized dance and yoga as interventions for individuals with Parkinson's disease in relation to anxiety, self-esteem, cognition, depressive symptoms, and fecal and urinary incontinence. <b>Method:</b> Five databases (Embase, PubMed, ScienceDirect, Scopus, and Web of Science) were consulted following PRISMA guidelines and registered in PROSPERO. <b>Results:</b> Seven studies were included in the meta-analysis, showing low risk of bias and high heterogeneity (I2 = 91%; <i>p</i> < .001). Yoga was effective for anxiety (I2 = 97%; <i>p</i> < .001) and dance showed positive effects on cognition, albeit with high variability (I2 = 90%; <i>p</i> < .001). Both interventions were beneficial for depressive symptoms (I2 = 75%; <i>p</i> < .001). <b>Conclusion:</b> Dance and yoga are promising interventions for anxiety and depressive symptoms in Parkinson's disease patients. <b>Record:</b> Prospero CRD42024533561.</p>","PeriodicalId":47970,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Applied Gerontology","volume":" ","pages":"7334648251328441"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-03-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143659065","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Tara C Klinedinst, Nicholas Hollman, Michael J Hankes, Raymond Jones
{"title":"Linking Social Cohesion to Biological Markers of Aging: Evidence From the National Health and Aging Trends Study.","authors":"Tara C Klinedinst, Nicholas Hollman, Michael J Hankes, Raymond Jones","doi":"10.1177/07334648251325623","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/07334648251325623","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Social cohesion, a measure of community belonging, and inflammatory biomarkers, like interleukin-6 (IL-6) and c-reactive protein (CRP), have emerged as significant factors influencing age-related chronic conditions and functional decline among older adults. Understanding the link between social cohesion and inflammation is particularly relevant in aging populations, as with age, social networks often diminish, and the prevalence of inflammatory conditions increases. Using data from the National Health and Aging Trends Study (NHATS), we assessed the relationship between low social cohesion and IL-6 and CRP. We found that low social cohesion was associated with higher levels of CRP and IL-6 after adjusting for the influence of sociodemographic variables. These findings could inform health policies and community-level interventions designed to enhance social cohesion for aging adults.</p>","PeriodicalId":47970,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Applied Gerontology","volume":" ","pages":"7334648251325623"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-03-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143625833","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Operationalizing Inclusion of Diverse Older Adults in Aging Services Information.","authors":"Joseph Winberry, Bharat Mehra","doi":"10.1177/07334648251318420","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/07334648251318420","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>As the United States' population ages, it is also becoming more diverse. The country's Older Americans Act requires county-level offices on aging to be both service and information providers. But it is unclear to what extent offices on aging can identify gaps within the aging services information they provide and improve efforts to meet the information needs of diverse older adults. Utilizing an action research methodology, this study describes a partnership with an office on aging which ultimately resulted in the development and deployment of a diversity audit which is used to increase diverse representation in the aging services information their organization provides. The results reinforce the importance of designing resources with diversity in mind. By implementing the diversity audit and its recommendations, other aging services providers worldwide can ensure they are prepared to serve all older adults who may benefit from the services and information they have to offer.</p>","PeriodicalId":47970,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Applied Gerontology","volume":" ","pages":"7334648251318420"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-03-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143617635","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"How did the Sudden Closures of Adult Day Services During COVID-19 Impact Dementia Care Dyads?","authors":"Laura M Girling, Regina L Hrybyk","doi":"10.1177/07334648251315261","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/07334648251315261","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The COVID-19 pandemic significantly disrupted daily routines across all age groups. However, the impact of the enforced closures of Adult Day Services (ADS) on dementia care dyads has received limited qualitative attention. To address this gap, data from a National Institute of Health (NIH) study (<i>N</i> = 43) were analyzed to explore how COVID-19 impacted community-dwelling persons with dementia and their caregivers. Analyses were conducted on the subsample of caregivers (<i>n</i> = 13) who supported a community-dwelling person with dementia who attended an ADS program at the onset of COVID-19. Findings indicate four central themes: (a) struggle to meet the needs of the person with dementia, (b) physical and cognitive decline of the person with dementia, (c) lack of time for self-care, and (d) adaptations by ADS and caregivers. This study posits that the mandated closure of ADS sites due to COVID-19 exacerbated both caregiving burden and deterioration in individuals with dementia.</p>","PeriodicalId":47970,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Applied Gerontology","volume":" ","pages":"7334648251315261"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-03-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143606724","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Max E Coleman, Donald A Godfrey, Amber D Thompson, Catharine Sparks, Rebecca L Utz
{"title":"Improving Respite Outcomes for Caregivers: Who Benefits and Under What Conditions?","authors":"Max E Coleman, Donald A Godfrey, Amber D Thompson, Catharine Sparks, Rebecca L Utz","doi":"10.1177/07334648251324270","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/07334648251324270","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD) pose a substantial caregiving burden in the United States, yet efforts to improve caregiver well-being have seen mixed results. We ask whether an app-based intervention (<i>N</i> = 143) to prioritize <i>caregiver respite</i> can substantially improve the caregiving experience, and whether these benefits are moderated by (1) caregiver demographics and (2) conditions of the caregiving situation (such as baseline impairment). Constructing curvilinear growth models to assess changes over a 20-week period, we find significant improvements in the positive aspects of caregiving (PAC). Greater benefits accrue to women, lower-income households, caregivers with a college degree, and caregivers who provide ≥80% of care to their family member. No differences in PAC growth are detected for care recipient memory and behavior problems, caregiver age, or caregiver race. We conclude that efforts to improve caregiver well-being may be especially effective for disadvantaged groups, with the notable exception of educational attainment.</p>","PeriodicalId":47970,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Applied Gerontology","volume":" ","pages":"7334648251324270"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-03-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143606726","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Urška Smrke, Tanja Špes, Izidor Mlakar, Bojan Musil, Nejc Plohl
{"title":"Technophobia Mediates the Associations Between Age, Education Level, and Readiness to Adopt New (Health) Technology Among Aging Adults.","authors":"Urška Smrke, Tanja Špes, Izidor Mlakar, Bojan Musil, Nejc Plohl","doi":"10.1177/07334648241274260","DOIUrl":"10.1177/07334648241274260","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Current research on technophobia and readiness to adopt new technology in the aging population is often limited to the context of specific technologies and treat<b>s</b> technophobia as a unidimensional construct. In this study, we investigate the role of demographic variables and various aspects of technophobia in determining Slovenian aging adults' readiness to adopt new technology. Partial least squares structural equation modeling revealed that age and educational level generally significantly predicted technophobia and indirectly contributed to readiness to adopt new technology via the human versus machine ambiguity dimension of technophobia. Moreover, age and human versus machine ambiguity were significant direct negative predictors of readiness to adopt new technology. Findings obtained specifically in the health sub-domain were similar. Our results have important implications for addressing the low adoption of new technology among aging adults as they provide guidance on whom should be targeted with interventions and which aspects need to be addressed.</p>","PeriodicalId":47970,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Applied Gerontology","volume":" ","pages":"497-507"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11827277/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142037301","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Who can Benefit From Volunteer Participation? Analysis of Wellbeing Heterogeneity in Volunteer Participation of Older People.","authors":"Qiyan Zeng, Lining Zhu, Zhipeng He","doi":"10.1177/07334648241273387","DOIUrl":"10.1177/07334648241273387","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The basic premise of this study is that the traditional method to treating all older people as coming from the same distribution misspecifies the true model and ignores potentially important information in wellbeing outcomes of social participation. Using data from the China Longitudinal Aging Social Survey (CLASS), this paper proposes a finite mixture model (FMM) to identify the heterogeneous relationship between volunteer participation and older people's subjective well-being (SWB) and then explore the determinants of wellbeing heterogeneity in volunteer participation. The results reveal that older people can be classified into two latent subgroups, that is the volunteering beneficiary group (accounting for about 42%) and the volunteering non-beneficiary group (accounting for about 58%). The FMM is therefore more appropriate in estimating the complex impact of volunteering. Rural older people with poorer health, weaker social networks, better economic status, and better community environments are more likely to benefit from volunteer participation. Our findings have suggested some practical implications to increase the probability of benefit from volunteer participation.</p>","PeriodicalId":47970,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Applied Gerontology","volume":" ","pages":"439-449"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142009721","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Exploring the Therapeutic Effects of Music Intervention Embedded With Binaural Beats on Health and Well-Being of Older People: A Scoping Review.","authors":"Onouma Thummapol, Sadaf Murad, Oluwakemi Amodu, Megan Kennedy","doi":"10.1177/07334648241275965","DOIUrl":"10.1177/07334648241275965","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The utilization of music intervention featuring auditory binaural beats (BBs) has garnered attention as a promising avenue for enhancing the health and well-being of younger, healthy individuals. This scoping review systematically examines the effects and correlates associated with BB stimulation in the context of older adults' health. Additionally, it briefly addresses how incorporating BBs as a therapeutic modality can facilitate medical treatment strategies and support the rehabilitation of aging populations. Employing scoping review methodology, and adhering to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses extension (PRISMA-ScR) for Scoping Review guidelines, a comprehensive literature search of seven databases was conducted. Twelve articles meeting the predefined inclusion criteria were identified and subsequently incorporated into the review. The findings of this scoping review underscore a notable paucity of studies exclusively dedicated to investigating the innovative and noninvasive application of binaural beat interventions among older individuals. The review delves into the applications of BB stimulation, health outcomes, and factors influencing the efficacy of BB interventions, with a particular focus on the older adults.</p>","PeriodicalId":47970,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Applied Gerontology","volume":" ","pages":"392-404"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142141443","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
İbrahim Duman, Aysun Kazak Salti, Duygu Vefikuluçay Yilmaz
{"title":"Factors Affecting Successful Aging of Older Adults and the Relationship Between Leisure Activities Duration and Successful Aging.","authors":"İbrahim Duman, Aysun Kazak Salti, Duygu Vefikuluçay Yilmaz","doi":"10.1177/07334648241273432","DOIUrl":"10.1177/07334648241273432","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The study was conducted with older adults who lived in a nursing home and applied to the geriatric outpatient clinic of a university hospital between April and August 2022. The study sample was 516 older adults and the data were collected by using the Older Information Form and Successful Aging Scale (SAS). It was determined that the mean duration of daily leisure activities was 6.61 ± 3.69 hours, and their mean SAS score was 58.31 ± 15.21. A moderate positive correlation was found between the SAS scores of the older adults and the activities of shopping; whereas a low positive correlation was found between their SAS scores and activities of walking, visiting friends and relatives, growing flowers, listening to music, reading, hand knitting, spending time on social media, exercising, and puzzles (<i>p</i> < .05). The main results of our study revealed that planned leisure activities that older adults engage in would contribute to their successful aging.</p>","PeriodicalId":47970,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Applied Gerontology","volume":" ","pages":"450-457"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142019117","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}