Research on AgingPub Date : 2023-01-01DOI: 10.1177/01640275221122914
Sacramento Pinazo-Hernandis, Juan J Zacares, Rodrigo Serrat, Feliciano Villar
{"title":"The Role of Generativity in Later Life in the Case of Productive Activities: Does the Type of Active Aging Activity Matter?","authors":"Sacramento Pinazo-Hernandis, Juan J Zacares, Rodrigo Serrat, Feliciano Villar","doi":"10.1177/01640275221122914","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/01640275221122914","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Active aging has been associated with both personal and social benefits. However, active aging encompasses a broad range of activities, including self-oriented and community-oriented ones. The aim of this study was to explore to what extent generativity is a key factor in differentiating between both types of activity, and to contribute to the theoretical and methodological literature on generativity as a multidimensional concept relevant to later life participation in certain activities related to an active style of living. A sample of 549 older adults who engaged in two types of self-oriented activity (leisure activities and students of University of the Third Age programs) and two types of community-oriented activity (formal volunteering and political activism) participated in this study. Following a mixed-method strategy, we administered several qualitative and quantitative measures of generativity, including generative concern, generative goals, and perceived cultural demand. Our results showed that participants who engaged in self-oriented and community-oriented activities differed on all dimensions of generativity. Differences in generativity were particularly high regarding cultural demand and future generative goals, which were far more frequently mentioned by political activists and volunteers than by university of the third age students and those pursuing leisure activities. Overall, our findings suggest that generativity plays a role in older adults' participation in some (but not all) active aging activities in later life, and that our understanding of generativity in later life gains from a multidimensional assessment of the concept.</p>","PeriodicalId":47983,"journal":{"name":"Research on Aging","volume":"45 1","pages":"35-46"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9085946","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 : 2023-01-01DOI: 10.1177/01640275221103793
Dawn C Carr, Ben L Kail, Miles Taylor
{"title":"Productive Aging Lifestyles: A Latent Class Analysis of Work and Volunteer Patterns over the Retirement Transition.","authors":"Dawn C Carr, Ben L Kail, Miles Taylor","doi":"10.1177/01640275221103793","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/01640275221103793","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Frank Caro and colleagues' foundational work set the stage for a broad and multifaceted productive aging (PA) literature. Recent PA research has focused on health benefits associated with work and volunteering, respectively. However, these activities are often assumed to have independent associations with health and wellbeing. Less clear is whether and in what ways older adults participate in productive engagement lifestyles including multiple activities over a long period of time. This paper uses latent class analyses and the Health and Retirement Study to examine combined engagement in work and volunteer activities over 12 years between ages 56-68 to (1) identify patterns of work and volunteer activities across the retirement transition, (2) evaluate characteristics of individuals within these patterns, and (3) explore whether particular patterns are associated with markers of health and wellbeing. We describe how our findings inform successful aging by incentivizing socially and individually beneficial PA lifestyles.</p>","PeriodicalId":47983,"journal":{"name":"Research on Aging","volume":"45 1","pages":"60-76"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9452188","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}
{"title":"Introduction to the Special Issue on Productive Aging in Honor of Frank Caro.","authors":"Sae Hwang Han, Pei-Chun Ko, Sacramento Pinazo-Hernandis, Mariano Sanchez","doi":"10.1177/01640275221135901","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/01640275221135901","url":null,"abstract":"This special issue covers topics related to productive aging around the globe, with data informing the studies coming from countries as diverse as Belgium, Italy, Korea, Spain, and the United States. The authors provide insights into productive aging research and explore potential strategies to handle key challenges posed by our 21 century aging societies. This special issue honors the legacy of Frank Caro, a pioneer in the area of productive aging. In his personal and professional life, Frank Caro studied and mobilized the productive potential of older people in society, organizing projects that responded to how society could draw more effectively on older adults to address community service needs, and creating new opportunities for productive participation of older adults (e.g., civic participation such as volunteering or providing long-term care).","PeriodicalId":47983,"journal":{"name":"Research on Aging","volume":"45 1","pages":"3-7"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9452235","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 : 2023-01-01DOI: 10.1177/01640275221089203
Ginevra Floridi
{"title":"Capacity or Necessity? Comparing the Socio-Economic Distribution of Productive Activities Between Italy and South Korea.","authors":"Ginevra Floridi","doi":"10.1177/01640275221089203","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/01640275221089203","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Much productive ageing research aims to identify the conditions under which older adults engage in productive roles within and outside the family. This study conceptualises two individual-level explanations for productive participation: <i>capacity</i> and <i>necessity</i>. I hypothesise that whether <i>capacity</i> or <i>necessity</i> prevails across different socio-economic groups depends on the degree of social protection guaranteed by pensions and long-term care systems, which varies across countries. Drawing on data from the SHARE and KLoSA surveys, this study compares socio-economic gradients in full-time work and informal caregiving across cohorts of men and women aged 50-75 in Italy and South Korea in 2006/07 and 2014/15. In Italy, where later-life social protection is generous, productive engagement is more common among wealthier and higher-educated individuals, who have greater capacity to engage in productive roles. In Korea, where social protection is limited, working is more common among socio-economically disadvantaged women, who have higher necessity to remain economically productive.</p>","PeriodicalId":47983,"journal":{"name":"Research on Aging","volume":"45 1","pages":"21-34"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9814022/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9435691","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}
Research on AgingPub Date : 2023-01-01DOI: 10.1177/01640275221104716
Jeremy W Lim-Soh, Yeonjin Lee
{"title":"Social Participation Through the Retirement Transition: Differences by Gender and Employment Status.","authors":"Jeremy W Lim-Soh, Yeonjin Lee","doi":"10.1177/01640275221104716","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/01640275221104716","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study examines how retirees' formal and informal social participation change over time and investigates gendered differences. Seven waves of the Korean Longitudinal Study of Ageing track the frequency of social participation. A comparison group of employed individuals, weighted with coarsened exact matching, controls for age and time trends, and mixed model regressions estimate changes over time. Retirees show a gradual decline in the frequency of meeting friends and an abrupt decrease in the frequency of attending a social gathering, compared to their working peers. These trends are much stronger for men than women, and compound pre-existing gender differences in social participation. The more severe decline in the social participation of men is of great concern and points to the persistence of gendered employment structures into the retirement transition, putting Korean retirees at risk of social isolation and related health deterioration.</p>","PeriodicalId":47983,"journal":{"name":"Research on Aging","volume":"45 1","pages":"47-59"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9452187","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 : 2023-01-01DOI: 10.1177/01640275221094288
Laurent Reyes
{"title":"Experiences of Civic Participation Among Older African American and Latinx Immigrant Adults in the Context of an Ageist and Racist Society.","authors":"Laurent Reyes","doi":"10.1177/01640275221094288","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/01640275221094288","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In the past 20 years, older adults' civic participation has received considerable attention. Current literature shows that rates of voting and volunteering have been consistently lower among African Americans and Latinx older adults compared to White older adults. However, little research has explored civic participation in the context of historical structures of inequality that influence how Black and Latinx populations participate in civic life. I draw from an intersectional life course perspective and phenomenological methods to examine experiences of civic participation through participants' lens. Findings draw our attention to how race/racism and age/ageism shape how, where, and with whom participants participate. Findings demonstrate how civic participation is embedded within systems of inequality that inform individual behavior as well as available opportunities for engagement. These findings call attention to the need to re-conceptualize and support civic participation that centers the experiences of historically ethnoracially oppressed populations.</p>","PeriodicalId":47983,"journal":{"name":"Research on Aging","volume":"45 1","pages":"92-103"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9435690","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 : 2022-10-01DOI: 10.1177/01640275221074020
Nannan Zhang, Mengting Li, XinQi Dong
{"title":"Associations Between Gambling and Cognitive Function among U.S. Chinese Older Adults.","authors":"Nannan Zhang, Mengting Li, XinQi Dong","doi":"10.1177/01640275221074020","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/01640275221074020","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study aims to examine the associations between gambling participation, problem gambling, and cognition. Data were derived from the PINE study. Gambling participation was measured by Modified South Oaks Gambling Screen. Problem gambling was assessed with Problem Gambling Severity Index. Cognition was measured by East Boston Memory Test, Digit Span Backward, Symbol Digit Modalities Test, and Mini-Mental State Examination. Of all participants, 41.940% were male. Higher gambling participation was significantly associated with higher global cognition (<i>b</i> = .008, <i>SE</i> = .003, <i>p</i> < .05), executive function (<i>b</i> = .118, <i>SE</i> = .049, <i>p</i> < .05), and episodic memory (<i>b</i> = .009, <i>SE</i> = .004, <i>p</i> < .05). Higher problem gambling was significantly related to lower Mini-Mental State Examination (<i>b</i> = -.105, <i>SE</i> = .031, <i>p</i> < .001). Guiding older adults' gambling behaviors and intervening in problem gambling timely might be crucial for their cognitive function.</p>","PeriodicalId":47983,"journal":{"name":"Research on Aging","volume":"44 9-10","pages":"682-691"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2022-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9950784/pdf/nihms-1865080.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10839031","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}
Research on AgingPub Date : 2022-10-01DOI: 10.1177/01640275221075739
Shana D Stites, Emily A Largent, Jeanine Gill, Anna Gurian, Kristin Harkins, Jason Karlawish
{"title":"Predictors of who Serves as an Alzheimer's Disease Research Participant's Study Partner and the Impact of their Relationship on Study Partners' Reports on Participants.","authors":"Shana D Stites, Emily A Largent, Jeanine Gill, Anna Gurian, Kristin Harkins, Jason Karlawish","doi":"10.1177/01640275221075739","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/01640275221075739","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><b>Background:</b> Alzheimer's disease and Alzheimer's disease related dementias (AD/ADRD) research typically requires participants to enroll with a \"study partner\" (SP). Little is known about what predicts who steps into the SP role or whether the SP's relationship to the participant affects their reports of disease severity.<b>Methods:</b> Health and Retirement Study data (HRS), collected prior to the Aging, Demographics and Memory Study (ADAMS), was used to identify sociocultural factors that predict who serves as a SP in ADAMS. SP-reported outcomes were compared between three types of participant-SP relationships: spousal, adult child, and other.<b>Results:</b> Spouses (35%) and adult children (39%) were similarly likely to serve as SPs. Factors predicting who served differed. In multivariable analyses, adult children rated participants less impaired than spouses on measures of memory, judgment, and organizational abilities (<i>p</i> < .05). <b>Conclusions:</b> The participant-SP relationship has independent effects on the SP's reports of the severity of cognitive impairments.</p>","PeriodicalId":47983,"journal":{"name":"Research on Aging","volume":"44 9-10","pages":"734-746"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2022-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10108385/pdf/nihms-1885130.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9325347","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}
Research on AgingPub Date : 2022-08-01Epub Date: 2021-12-27DOI: 10.1177/01640275211053239
Vaneh Hovsepian, Ani Bilazarian, Amelia E Schlak, Tatiana Sadak, Lusine Poghosyan
{"title":"The Impact of Ambulatory Dementia Care Models on Hospitalization of Persons Living With Dementia: A Systematic Review.","authors":"Vaneh Hovsepian, Ani Bilazarian, Amelia E Schlak, Tatiana Sadak, Lusine Poghosyan","doi":"10.1177/01640275211053239","DOIUrl":"10.1177/01640275211053239","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This systematic review presents an overview of the existing dementia care models in various ambulatory care settings under three categories (i.e., home- and community-based care models, partnership between health systems and community-based resources, and consultation models) and their impact on hospitalization among Persons Living with Dementia (PLWD). PRISMA guidelines were applied, and our search resulted in a total of 13 studies focusing on 11 care models. Seven studies reported that utilization of dementia care models was associated with a modest reduction in hospitalization among community-residing PLWD. Only two studies reported statistically significant results. Dementia care models that were utilized in specialty ambulatory care settings such as memory care showed more promising results than traditional primary care. To develop a better understanding of how dementia care models can be improved, future studies should explore how confounders (e.g., stage of dementia) influence hospitalization.</p>","PeriodicalId":47983,"journal":{"name":"Research on Aging","volume":"44 7-8","pages":"560-572"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2022-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9429825/pdf/nihms-1782205.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9903609","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}
Research on AgingPub Date : 2022-08-01Epub Date: 2021-11-12DOI: 10.1177/01640275211052834
Yixiao Wang, Wei Yang
{"title":"Does Receiving Informal Care Lead to Better Health Outcomes? Evidence From China Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey.","authors":"Yixiao Wang, Wei Yang","doi":"10.1177/01640275211052834","DOIUrl":"10.1177/01640275211052834","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Population aging has become a global challenge. Drawing data from Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey 2008, 2011, and 2014, this study examines the effect of informal care receipt on functional limitations and depressive symptoms among older people in China using lagged fixed effects model. Our findings suggest that receiving informal care is significantly associated with a slower functional decline. We also find that this effect varies across different income groups. The protective effect of informal care is more pronounced among older people with higher income compared to those with lower income. We do not observe any significant associations between receiving informal care and depressive symptoms of older people. This study highlights a pressing need for the Chinese government to establish a comprehensive long-term care system.</p>","PeriodicalId":47983,"journal":{"name":"Research on Aging","volume":"44 7-8","pages":"510-518"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2022-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9284086/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10594754","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}