Research on AgingPub Date : 2025-01-01Epub Date: 2024-06-19DOI: 10.1177/01640275241263622
Dung Duc Le, Truc Ngoc Hoang Dang, Long Thanh Giang
{"title":"The Effects of Spousal Caregiving on Middle-Age and Older Caregivers' Health and Well-Being: Evidence From Vietnam.","authors":"Dung Duc Le, Truc Ngoc Hoang Dang, Long Thanh Giang","doi":"10.1177/01640275241263622","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/01640275241263622","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><b>Background:</b> Population aging is escalating globally, intensifying the demand for long-term care (LTC), primarily met by informal caregivers, notably spouses. Evidence from developed countries suggests potential adverse effects on caregivers' well-being. Yet, research on this topic is scarce in developing nations. We investigate the effect of informal caregiving on older spousal caregivers' health and well-being in Vietnam, a rapidly aging country with an early stage of LTC system development. <b>Methods:</b> Utilizing the national survey on aging in Vietnam with propensity score matching estimations to mitigate potential endogenous problems of the decision to provide care between caregivers and non-caregivers. <b>Results:</b> Findings showed caregiving increased poor psychological well-being, life dissatisfaction, and functional limitations by 7.3%, 9.7%, and 8.6%, respectively. The caregiving effects are heterogenous by demographic characteristics. <b>Conclusions:</b> We are the first to examine spousal caregiving in Vietnam, highlighting the urgency of addressing its negative impacts and suggesting several potential policy interventions.</p>","PeriodicalId":47983,"journal":{"name":"Research on Aging","volume":"47 1","pages":"47-65"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142630567","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}
Research on AgingPub Date : 2024-02-01Epub Date: 2023-09-15DOI: 10.1177/01640275231202260
Sol Baik, Jennifer Crittenden, Rachel Coleman
{"title":"Social Capital and Formal Volunteering Among Family and Unpaid Caregivers of Older Adults.","authors":"Sol Baik, Jennifer Crittenden, Rachel Coleman","doi":"10.1177/01640275231202260","DOIUrl":"10.1177/01640275231202260","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Using data from 1745 caregivers in the National Study of Caregiving (2017), this study explores the connection between caregiving and formal volunteering by identifying the relationship between social capital and formal volunteering among family and other unpaid caregivers of older adults. In addition, this study examines the representative prevalence of formal volunteering in caregivers. We conducted logistic regression models along with established volunteerism correlates from the prior research literature. Approximately a quarter of caregivers participated in volunteering (25.4%). Being male, having higher educational attainment, being a spouse, living separately from the care recipient, caregiving for multiple care recipients, having a better quality of relationship with the care recipient, having better psychological well-being, receiving more social support, attending religious services, and participating in group activity were positively associated with formal volunteer participation. Findings underscore the role of both human and social capital, including the caregiving context, in formal volunteering among caregivers.</p>","PeriodicalId":47983,"journal":{"name":"Research on Aging","volume":" ","pages":"127-138"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2024-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10610423","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}
Research on AgingPub Date : 2024-02-01Epub Date: 2023-10-11DOI: 10.1177/01640275231206482
Nan Sook Park, Yuri Jang, Soondool Chung, David A Chiriboga, William E Haley
{"title":"Relationship of Living and Eating Arrangements to Mental Distress Among Older Korean Immigrants: Gender Difference in the Mediating Role of Loneliness.","authors":"Nan Sook Park, Yuri Jang, Soondool Chung, David A Chiriboga, William E Haley","doi":"10.1177/01640275231206482","DOIUrl":"10.1177/01640275231206482","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study examined how different living/eating arrangements were associated with loneliness and depressive symptoms among older Korean immigrants. We examined gender differences considering: (1) patterns of living/eating arrangements and their relations with loneliness and mental distress and (2) indirect effect of living/eating arrangements on mental distress through feeling lonely. Data were drawn from the Study of Older Korean Americans that surveyed older; Korean immigrants during 2017-2018 (<i>N</i> = 2150). Living/eating arrangements were classified in the combination of four categores. Using the PROCESS macro, we tested gender differences in the mediation effect of loneliness on the relationship between living/eating arrangements and mental distress while controlling for background/health characteristics and social connectedness-related variables. The mediating role of loneliness was manifested differentially between men and women. By administering simple measures of living/eating arrangements, practitioners could potentially identify key targets to improve social and mental well-being, particularly among older immigrants with limited resources.</p>","PeriodicalId":47983,"journal":{"name":"Research on Aging","volume":" ","pages":"153-166"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2024-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41216214","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}
Research on AgingPub Date : 2024-02-01Epub Date: 2023-10-20DOI: 10.1177/01640275231206484
Dokyung Yoon, Haley Gallo, Zachary D Gassoumis, Susanna Joo
{"title":"The Mediating Role of Sense of Control in the Associations Between Remote Contacts and Loneliness Among Older Adults.","authors":"Dokyung Yoon, Haley Gallo, Zachary D Gassoumis, Susanna Joo","doi":"10.1177/01640275231206484","DOIUrl":"10.1177/01640275231206484","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study explored whether a sense of control over social life mediated the associations between using remote contact (phone calls, letters/emails, social media) and loneliness for socially isolated older adults. We used path analysis with the 2014 and 2016 Health and Retirement Study datasets (<i>N</i> = 3767). Results showed that more frequent phone calls and letters/emails were associated with lower levels of loneliness through sense of control. However, sense of control did not mediate the association between social media and loneliness. Findings suggest that promoting sense of control over social life by remote contact, particularly phone calls and letters/emails, may be effective in alleviating loneliness for isolated older adults.</p>","PeriodicalId":47983,"journal":{"name":"Research on Aging","volume":" ","pages":"167-175"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2024-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49683617","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}
Research on AgingPub Date : 2024-02-01Epub Date: 2023-08-18DOI: 10.1177/01640275231196904
Pamela Nadash, Edward Alan Miller, Elizabeth Simpson, Molly Wylie, Natalie Shellito, Yan Lin, Taylor Jansen, Marc A Cohen
{"title":"Promoting Sustainability in Housing with Services: Insights From the Right Care, Right Place, Right Time Program.","authors":"Pamela Nadash, Edward Alan Miller, Elizabeth Simpson, Molly Wylie, Natalie Shellito, Yan Lin, Taylor Jansen, Marc A Cohen","doi":"10.1177/01640275231196904","DOIUrl":"10.1177/01640275231196904","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Despite the widely-acknowledged potential of housing with services for improving the lives of low-income older adults, ensuring their financial sustainability has been challenging. This study aimed to address this issue, drawing on 31 key informant interviews and three focus groups with payers, housing providers, and community partners involved in the Boston-area Right Care, Right Place, Right Time Program, which enrolled about 400 older adults. Transcripts were qualitatively analyzed using thematic coding. Participants agreed on the program's value, but there was little consensus on mechanisms for securing ongoing funding. The broadly distributed responsibility for individuals in housing sites, which involves health insurers, hospitals, and community service providers, provides little incentive for investment by these entities. Findings suggest that governmental mechanisms, probably at the federal level, are needed to channel funding toward these supportive services. Without such reliable funding sources, replication of supportive housing models for low-income older people will prove difficult.</p>","PeriodicalId":47983,"journal":{"name":"Research on Aging","volume":" ","pages":"113-126"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2024-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10029021","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}
Research on AgingPub Date : 2024-02-01Epub Date: 2023-09-28DOI: 10.1177/01640275231203608
Hui Wang, Huijun Liu, Bei Wu, Lun Hai
{"title":"The Association Between Trajectories of Perceived Unmet Needs for Home and Community-Based Services and Life Satisfaction Among Chinese Older Adults: The Moderating Effect of Psychological Resilience.","authors":"Hui Wang, Huijun Liu, Bei Wu, Lun Hai","doi":"10.1177/01640275231203608","DOIUrl":"10.1177/01640275231203608","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study examined whether trajectories of perceived unmet needs for Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) were associated with life satisfaction among Chinese older adults and whether the association was moderated by psychological resilience. Data came from five waves (2005-2018) of the Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey (CLHLS). Latent class growth analysis revealed three distinct trajectories of perceived unmet HCBS needs: \"increasing\" (<i>n</i> = 977, 36.24%), \"persistent\" (<i>n</i> = 570, 21.14%), and \"decreasing\" (<i>n</i> = 1149, 42.62%). Multiple regression estimates showed that the increasing group was associated with lower life satisfaction, and the association was moderated by psychological resilience, especially for older adults who were male, living in rural, and oldest-old. Results indicate that inequalities in cumulative exposure to perceived unmet HCBS needs may further lead to increasing inequalities in life satisfaction. Interventions focused on minimizing the provision-need gap of HCBS and enhancing personal resilience should be considered to improve the life satisfaction of older adults.</p>","PeriodicalId":47983,"journal":{"name":"Research on Aging","volume":" ","pages":"139-152"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2024-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41152275","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}
Research on AgingPub Date : 2024-02-01Epub Date: 2023-07-11DOI: 10.1177/01640275231188998
Laura Upenieks, Xi Zhu
{"title":"Life Course Religious Attendance and Cognitive Health at Midlife: Exploring Gendered Contingencies.","authors":"Laura Upenieks, Xi Zhu","doi":"10.1177/01640275231188998","DOIUrl":"10.1177/01640275231188998","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A growing body of literature suggests that religious attendance might mitigate processes of cognitive decline associated with aging. However, few studies have made adequate linkages with the life course perspective. We draw from over 35 years of prospective panel data from the National Longitudinal Study of Youth (1979-2015) to assess the associations of cumulative exposures to religious attendance over the life course (childhood and midlife) for self-rated cognitive health and working memory (as assessed by the Serial 7s task). Our results suggest that midlife adults who attended religious services consistently between childhood and adulthood had higher self-rated cognitive health and better working memory. Women were also found to receive stronger benefits to self-rated cognitive health from consistent religious practice between childhood and adulthood. This pattern of findings allows for greater reflection into the neural enrichment and neural depletion arguments proposed to explain the religion/cognitive health link in previous research.</p>","PeriodicalId":47983,"journal":{"name":"Research on Aging","volume":" ","pages":"95-112"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2024-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9770290","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}
Research on AgingPub Date : 2024-01-01Epub Date: 2023-04-17DOI: 10.1177/01640275231170798
Georg Henning, Céline Arriagada, Nora Karnick
{"title":"Retirement and Volunteering in Germany - Historical Changes and Social Inequalities.","authors":"Georg Henning, Céline Arriagada, Nora Karnick","doi":"10.1177/01640275231170798","DOIUrl":"10.1177/01640275231170798","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The first years of retirement have often been seen as a typical time window to take up (or intensify) voluntary work. Due to the changing context of retirement and historical differences in resources, the role of retirement for volunteering may have changed with historical time. We compared individuals aged 60-70 in five cross-sectional waves (1999, 2004, 2009, 2014, 2019) of the German Survey on Volunteering (Deutscher Freiwilligensurvey: FWS) to investigate how the association of retirement status and volunteering has changed. We found a negative association of retirement and volunteering, which was not significant once controlling for age, education, gender and region. While engagement levels seem to have increased with historical time, voluntary work seems to have become less time consuming. There were no historical differences in the association of retirement and volunteering. Our results highlight the role of historical time and contextual factors when investigating volunteering and post-retirement activities.</p>","PeriodicalId":47983,"journal":{"name":"Research on Aging","volume":" ","pages":"15-28"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9665501","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}
Research on AgingPub Date : 2024-01-01Epub Date: 2023-06-22DOI: 10.1177/01640275231185788
Kyung Won Choi, Harris Hyun-Soo Kim
{"title":"Social Capital and Willingness to Comply With Anti-Pandemic Government Intervention.","authors":"Kyung Won Choi, Harris Hyun-Soo Kim","doi":"10.1177/01640275231185788","DOIUrl":"10.1177/01640275231185788","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study examines the relationship between individual-level social capital and compliance attitudes toward health protective measures in the context of COVID-19. We drew on secondary population-based data fielded during the pandemic's initial phase (April - June of 2020). The analytic sample consists of 9124 older American adults (ages 55 and over) across 18 U.S. States and Metropolitan Statistical Areas. We estimated mixed-effects models with random intercepts and slopes. People who are better socially connected are more willing to comply with anti-pandemic government intervention. This relationship is stronger among those who are more psychologically distressed. Its magnitude also increases in more densely populated areas and places with higher numbers of coronavirus infection. Older Americans' anti-coronavirus compliance attitudes is significantly driven by preexisting interpersonal connectedness and civic engagement. The role of social capital is also contingent on the existing levels of risk factor (threat and vulnerability).</p>","PeriodicalId":47983,"journal":{"name":"Research on Aging","volume":" ","pages":"43-58"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9680380","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}
Research on AgingPub Date : 2024-01-01Epub Date: 2023-05-09DOI: 10.1177/01640275231174561
Agathe Prieur Chaintré, Yves Couturier, T H Trang Nguyen, Mélanie Levasseur
{"title":"Influence of Hearing Loss on Social Participation in Older Adults: Results From a Scoping Review.","authors":"Agathe Prieur Chaintré, Yves Couturier, T H Trang Nguyen, Mélanie Levasseur","doi":"10.1177/01640275231174561","DOIUrl":"10.1177/01640275231174561","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study aimed to provide a comprehensive understanding of the influence of hearing loss on social participation in older adults and including its facilitators and barriers. Following the rigorous methodological framework of scoping studies, nine multidisciplinary databases were searched with 44 keywords. Published mainly in the last decade, 41 studies using primarily a quantitative cross-sectional design were selected. Older adults with hearing loss have been found to have difficulty maintaining relationships and social activities. While social support and engaged-coping strategies were major facilitators of social participation, barriers included greater hearing loss, communication difficulties, comorbidities and reduced mental health. To better promote the social participation of older adults, early detection of hearing loss, holistic assessment, and interprofessional collaboration must be considered. Future research is necessary to better address the stigma related to hearing loss in older adults and challenges of early detection, and to propose innovative solutions to develop interprofessional collaboration.</p>","PeriodicalId":47983,"journal":{"name":"Research on Aging","volume":" ","pages":"72-90"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10666503/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9487775","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}