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A pilot randomized mobile health mindfulness intervention for older adult caregivers of family members with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias. 一个试点随机移动健康正念干预老年成人照顾者的家庭成员阿尔茨海默病和相关痴呆。

IF 2.8 3区医学

Aging & Mental Health Pub Date : 2025-05-28 DOI: 10.1080/13607863.2025.2506774

Autumn M Gallegos, Benjamin P Chapman, Joshua Kaplan, Kimberly A Van Orden, Kathi L Heffner

{"title":"A pilot randomized mobile health mindfulness intervention for older adult caregivers of family members with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias.","authors":"Autumn M Gallegos, Benjamin P Chapman, Joshua Kaplan, Kimberly A Van Orden, Kathi L Heffner","doi":"10.1080/13607863.2025.2506774","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13607863.2025.2506774","url":null,"abstract":"Objectives: To examine feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary effectiveness of a mindfulness training in lonely older adult caregivers for family members with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias using mobile health technology.Method: This was a two-arm randomized controlled trial: 55 caregivers were randomized to a 14-day (a) smartphone-based mindfulness training (Headspace mobile app; n = 24) or (b) active control (Breathing app; n = 31). Loneliness was assessed using end-of-day diary surveys pre- and post-training.Results: A total of 50 caregivers completed the training and pre- and post-training assessments (91%), and all who completed the post-training assessment reported they were satisfied or very satisfied with the program. A secondary aim was to examine whether the mobile health mindfulness training intervention reduced loneliness. A mixed effect linear model using end-of-day survey-sampled loneliness showed a non-significant decline in loneliness among participants in the mindfulness group (p = .27). Participants who used the breathing app demonstrated a significant decrease in loneliness (p = .00).Conclusion: The 14-day breathing training may have provided a more targeted approach to improving subjective loneliness in this population. Overall, these results demonstrate that older caregivers can use technology to improve experiences of loneliness.","PeriodicalId":55546,"journal":{"name":"Aging & Mental Health","volume":" ","pages":"1-8"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-05-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144175789","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}

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Gender-specific impacts of employment on mental and cognitive health in older adults. 就业对老年人心理和认知健康的性别影响。

IF 2.8 3区医学

Aging & Mental Health Pub Date : 2025-05-27 DOI: 10.1080/13607863.2025.2502797

Su Hyun Shin, Jessie X Fan

{"title":"Gender-specific impacts of employment on mental and cognitive health in older adults.","authors":"Su Hyun Shin, Jessie X Fan","doi":"10.1080/13607863.2025.2502797","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13607863.2025.2502797","url":null,"abstract":"Background: As the workforce ages, understanding the impact of employment on older adults' mental and cognitive health is increasingly important. These effects have implications for productivity, economic burden, and well-being. This study examines the causal relationship between employment and mental/cognitive health, with a focus on gender differences.Methods: Using panel data from the Health and Retirement Study (HRS) (1996-2016), we employ an instrumental variable (IV) two-stage least squares (2SLS) model, controlling for individual and time-fixed effects. An exogenous health shock (e.g. accident or injury outside of work) serves as the instrument. Employment outcomes (working for pay, hours worked per day, and weeks worked per year) are regressed on the instrument, and predicted values are used to explain CES-D (mental health) and fluid intelligence (cognitive health) scores.Results: Health shocks significantly reduce the probability of working, hours per day, and weeks per year. This decline in employment leads to lower fluid intelligence scores but has no effect on CES-D scores. This negative cognitive effect appears only among older women, not men.Implications: Supporting workforce participation among older women may help protect cognitive health while enhancing financial stability.","PeriodicalId":55546,"journal":{"name":"Aging & Mental Health","volume":" ","pages":"1-10"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-05-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144163733","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}

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'Nowhere to go:' older African immigrants' experience of loneliness while living with adult children in the United States. 无处可去：“年长的非洲移民在美国与成年子女生活时的孤独感”。

IF 2.8 3区医学

Aging & Mental Health Pub Date : 2025-05-25 DOI: 10.1080/13607863.2025.2508758

Dolapo O Adeniji, Gifty D Ashirifi, Margaret E Adamek

{"title":"'Nowhere to go:' older African immigrants' experience of loneliness while living with adult children in the United States.","authors":"Dolapo O Adeniji, Gifty D Ashirifi, Margaret E Adamek","doi":"10.1080/13607863.2025.2508758","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13607863.2025.2508758","url":null,"abstract":"Objectives: Loneliness emerged in previous studies as a challenge that negatively impacts older immigrants' physical and mental health. Despite the rapid growth of this population in the United States, there is limited knowledge about the loneliness experiences of older African immigrants. This study explored the loneliness experiences of older African immigrants living with their adult children in the United States.Methods: In‑depth interviews were conducted with nine participants aged 69‑84. The tape recordings of the interviews were transcribed verbatim for thematic analysis.Results: Findings show that loneliness is prevalent among older African immigrants, despite living with their adult children's family. Four major themes emerged from the study: 1) \"Nowhere to go\": Loneliness experience, 2) \"It makes one sick if one is doing nothing\": Consequences of loneliness, 3) \"My grandkid makes me happy\": Protective strategies, and 4) \"If they ask older people to come. I will go there\": Way forward in the community.Conclusion: This study provides evidence that living with adult children may not prevent the experience of loneliness for older immigrant parents. Interventions that promote social interactions and embeddedness into the United States community are needed to ensure a good quality of life for older African immigrants.","PeriodicalId":55546,"journal":{"name":"Aging & Mental Health","volume":" ","pages":"1-9"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-05-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144144429","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}

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Development and validation of the Perceived Care Stigma Scale (PerCSS): measuring cognitive, emotional and behavioral reactions to (unpaid) caregivers of older family members and friends. 感知照顾污名量表（PerCSS）的开发和验证：测量对老年家庭成员和朋友（无偿）照顾者的认知、情感和行为反应。

IF 2.8 3区医学

Aging & Mental Health Pub Date : 2025-05-23 DOI: 10.1080/13607863.2025.2502782

Larissa Zwar, Hans-Helmut König, Emily Delfin, André Hajek

{"title":"Development and validation of the Perceived Care Stigma Scale (PerCSS): measuring cognitive, emotional and behavioral reactions to (unpaid) caregivers of older family members and friends.","authors":"Larissa Zwar, Hans-Helmut König, Emily Delfin, André Hajek","doi":"10.1080/13607863.2025.2502782","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13607863.2025.2502782","url":null,"abstract":"Objectives: This study reports the development and validation of the first scale to measure perceived care stigma among unpaid (family and friends) caregivers of older adults based on a social stigma framework.Methods: Based on data from the Attitudes Towards Informal Caregiving (ATTIC) project collected in Germany in December 2023, a sample of 433 unpaid caregivers of older relatives or friends (65+ years) was questioned with an online survey. Supported by a group of informal caregivers, the Perceived Care Stigma Scale (PerCSS) was developed. The PerCSS was tested for content and concurrent validity, factor structure and reliability by using two subsamples and conducting exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses.Results: The PerCSS's two subscales (Perceived Prejudice and Rejection and Perceived Support and Admiration) showed good to excellent internal consistency based on McDonald's omega. They showed high concurrent and discriminant validity when compared to the Warmth-Competence Scale and the Social Impact Scale.Discussion: This study developed and tested the first instrument to measure stigmatization of informal care for older adults as perceived by caregivers in their close social network (family and friends). This provides the basis for further research on the impact perceived care stigma has on caregivers' well-being, decision-making and care performance.","PeriodicalId":55546,"journal":{"name":"Aging & Mental Health","volume":" ","pages":"1-9"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-05-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144136620","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}

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Rural-urban disparities in cognitive performance in Brazil and Mexico. 巴西和墨西哥的城乡认知表现差异。

IF 2.8 3区医学

Aging & Mental Health Pub Date : 2025-05-21 DOI: 10.1080/13607863.2025.2502780

Natalia Gomes Gonçalves, Regina Silva Paradela, Jaqueline C Avila, Laiss Bertola, Cleusa Pinheiro Ferri, Rebeca Wong, Claudia Kimie Suemoto

{"title":"Rural-urban disparities in cognitive performance in Brazil and Mexico.","authors":"Natalia Gomes Gonçalves, Regina Silva Paradela, Jaqueline C Avila, Laiss Bertola, Cleusa Pinheiro Ferri, Rebeca Wong, Claudia Kimie Suemoto","doi":"10.1080/13607863.2025.2502780","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13607863.2025.2502780","url":null,"abstract":"Objectives: There is little evidence of the disparities in cognitive performance in rural and urban areas in Latin America. We used data from the Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Aging (ELSI) and the Mexican Health and Aging Study (MHAS), to assess whether rurality is associated with cognitive impairment.Methods: Cognitive impairment was determined using a regression-based approach. Logistic regression was used to estimate the association between rurality and cognitive function, and if education modified this association.Results: ELSI participants (n = 9412) had a mean age of 62.5 ± 9.8 years, 53.9% were women, 64.4% had low education (<8 years). MHAS participants (n = 14,207) had a mean age of 64.7 ± 9.7 years, 55.3% were women, 68.1% had low education. Rurality increased the odds of cognitive impairment in MHAS but not in ELSI. Education modified this association.Conclusion: Rurality was associated with higher odds of cognitive impairment compared to living in urban areas in Mexico only.","PeriodicalId":55546,"journal":{"name":"Aging & Mental Health","volume":" ","pages":"1-7"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-05-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144112791","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}

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Unmasking negative affect in older incarcerated individuals with varying criminal histories. 揭示具有不同犯罪历史的老年囚犯的负面影响。

IF 2.8 3区医学

Aging & Mental Health Pub Date : 2025-05-18 DOI: 10.1080/13607863.2025.2499696

Jessica Rich, Kristen M Zgoba

{"title":"Unmasking negative affect in older incarcerated individuals with varying criminal histories.","authors":"Jessica Rich, Kristen M Zgoba","doi":"10.1080/13607863.2025.2499696","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13607863.2025.2499696","url":null,"abstract":"Objectives: Although older individuals are believed to have better emotional regulation than their counterparts, limited attention has been given to the nonclinical dimensions of incarcerated individuals' well-being. The present study contributes to the research by evaluating the differences in subjective well-being for those incarcerated for the first time and those habitually reincarcerated across age groups.Methods: Using the 2016 Survey of Prison Inmates, we examined the differences in well-being across age and criminal history using three distinct age groups. Well-being, or negative affect, was measured through six self-report items. Ordinal regressions were then used to evaluate the relationship between negative affect and the age groups.Results: Consistent with prior research, individuals aged 50+ were less likely to feel \"nervous, restless, and think that everything felt like an effort\"; however, they were significantly more likely to report feelings of worthlessness. The study also identified negative feelings were less pronounced among first-time older incarcerated individuals than among those with longer incarceration histories.Conclusion: The current study provided further extension in understanding the age-related and criminal history-related differences in emotional functioning and adjustment. The findings suggested that criminal history and age are distinct yet interrelated factors impairing incarcerated individuals' mental health.","PeriodicalId":55546,"journal":{"name":"Aging & Mental Health","volume":" ","pages":"1-11"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-05-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144095716","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}

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'Dementia has got two faces': grief as an experience of holding on and letting go for people living with primary progressive aphasia and posterior cortical atrophy. “痴呆症有两张面孔”：对于患有原发性进行性失语症和后皮层萎缩的人来说，悲伤是一种坚持和放手的经历。

IF 2.8 3区医学

Aging & Mental Health Pub Date : 2025-05-18 DOI: 10.1080/13607863.2025.2502793

Claire Waddington, Henry Clements, Sebastian Crutch, Martina Davis, Jonathan Glenister, Emma Harding, Erin Hope Thompson, Jill Walton, Joshua Stott

{"title":"'Dementia has got two faces': grief as an experience of holding on and letting go for people living with primary progressive aphasia and posterior cortical atrophy.","authors":"Claire Waddington, Henry Clements, Sebastian Crutch, Martina Davis, Jonathan Glenister, Emma Harding, Erin Hope Thompson, Jill Walton, Joshua Stott","doi":"10.1080/13607863.2025.2502793","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13607863.2025.2502793","url":null,"abstract":"Background: research on grief in people with primary progressive aphasia (PPA) and posterior cortical atrophy (PCA), is limited, despite the unique challenges these individuals face due to lack of understanding of their condition, younger age at onset and atypical symptom profile. The current study explores the losses people living with PPA or PCA experience and what helps to navigate these losses.Methods: in-depth semi-structured research conversations were conducted with 14 participants (n = 8 PCA, 6 PPA) to explore experiences of grief and loss related to their dementia. Data was analysed using abductive thematic coding techniques.Results: the impact and navigation of loss is reflected across five interconnecting themes: what I have lost, am losing and will lose, shared and unique sense of loss, balance between what is lost and what remains, changes in relationships and what helps in navigating loss.Conclusions: the dynamic interplay between what participants had lost and what they held on to carries significant implications for the design and delivery of support. These findings will be used alongside existing grief theory and interventional frameworks to develop a psychosocial intervention for people living with dementia.","PeriodicalId":55546,"journal":{"name":"Aging & Mental Health","volume":" ","pages":"1-13"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-05-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144095708","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}

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The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on symptoms of depression and anxiety among older adults: the MYHAT study. COVID-19大流行对老年人抑郁和焦虑症状的影响：MYHAT研究

IF 2.8 3区医学

Aging & Mental Health Pub Date : 2025-05-15 DOI: 10.1080/13607863.2025.2505565

Tiffany F Hughes, Ruopu Song, Yueting Wang, Erin Jacobsen, Chung-Chou H Chang, Mary Ganguli

{"title":"The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on symptoms of depression and anxiety among older adults: the MYHAT study.","authors":"Tiffany F Hughes, Ruopu Song, Yueting Wang, Erin Jacobsen, Chung-Chou H Chang, Mary Ganguli","doi":"10.1080/13607863.2025.2505565","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13607863.2025.2505565","url":null,"abstract":"Objectives: To identify subgroups of older adults whose mental health was affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.Methods: Interrupted time series (ITS) analyses were used to measure the long-term impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on symptoms of depression (mCES-D) and anxiety (GAD-7) among participants aged 65 years and older (n = 708) from a prospective, longitudinal cohort study.Results: Symptoms of depression, but not anxiety, significantly increased at the start of the pandemic, while long-term trends in depression and anxiety during the pandemic were similar to pre-pandemic trends. Participants aged 75 years and older exhibited a more rapid decline in depression symptoms over time than expected after an initial increase. Women experienced a greater immediate increase in anxiety that decreased over time, while men's anxiety increased over time. Cognitively normal participants experienced a greater than expected immediate increase in symptoms of depression that decreased over time, while symptoms were unchanged by the pandemic for those with cognitive impairment.Conclusion: Despite an initial increase in depression symptoms, the pandemic did not result in elevated symptoms of depression and anxiety long-term. The impact of the pandemic on mental health varied by age, gender, and cognitive status, suggesting some groups may have been more vulnerable than others.","PeriodicalId":55546,"journal":{"name":"Aging & Mental Health","volume":" ","pages":"1-9"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-05-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144082181","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}

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Mental disorders in elderly victims of man-made disasters: a scoping review. 人为灾害中老年受害者的精神障碍：范围审查。

IF 2.8 3区医学

Aging & Mental Health Pub Date : 2025-05-15 DOI: 10.1080/13607863.2025.2502786

Matheus William de Oliveira Melo, Jorgina Sales Jorge, Priscilla Souza Dos Santos, Lucas Gabriel de Melo Pedrosa, Verônica de Medeiros Alves

{"title":"Mental disorders in elderly victims of man-made disasters: a scoping review.","authors":"Matheus William de Oliveira Melo, Jorgina Sales Jorge, Priscilla Souza Dos Santos, Lucas Gabriel de Melo Pedrosa, Verônica de Medeiros Alves","doi":"10.1080/13607863.2025.2502786","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13607863.2025.2502786","url":null,"abstract":"Objective: To map studies on the presence of mental disorders in elderly individuals who have experienced man-made disasters.Methodology: This is a scoping review based on the guidelines of the Joanna Briggs Institute. The strategy was applied to the databases Medline/PubMed, LILACS/BVS, PsycInfo, Embase, Web of Science, and CINAHL without temporal or linguistic restrictions. The study selection was performed blindly and in pairs, with conflicts resolved by a third reviewer.Results: A total of 36 studies were included in this review. Most of the studies were conducted in the US and were cross-sectional, focusing on terrorism and industrial accidents. The identified mental disorders included post-traumatic stress disorder, depressive disorder, anxiety disorder, panic disorder, and substance use or abuse.Conclusion: The results indicate the presence of mental disorders in elderly victims of man-made disasters, despite greater resilience due to their life experiences.","PeriodicalId":55546,"journal":{"name":"Aging & Mental Health","volume":" ","pages":"1-12"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-05-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144082179","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}

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Brain health and dementia prevention: getting the message across. 大脑健康和痴呆症预防：传递信息。

IF 2.8 3区医学

Aging & Mental Health Pub Date : 2025-05-13 DOI: 10.1080/13607863.2025.2478157

Kate Laver, Cath Connolly, Lauren Priest, Miia Rahja

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