Older Adults - Science topic

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The pandemic has undoubtedly affected almost every aspect of life for people around the world. However, the most affected are older adults living in developing countries like India. In fact, the second wave of the pandemic in India was the most devastating wave so far. Now that the worst appears to be over, there is a need to study the impact of the pandemic on the wellbeing of older adults recovering from the virus in the country. Hence, the aim of the present study is to examine the long-term impact of covid 19 on older adults, its connection with wellbeing, and the role of social workers in their recovery. A total of 203 older adults from India took part in the study. The results show that the majority of the respondents have poor wellbeing and have been more frequently plagued by chest pain, fatigue, and isolation, ever since they became infected. Moreover, respondents who are female, those with co-morbidities, and are suffering from other problems such as frequent chest pain, fatigue, and feelings of isolation, have lower levels of wellbeing. The implications of social work practice have also been discussed in the full paper.

I am working with older adults, some of who have dementia, I would be interested to hear more about people working in this field using a systemic approach

I see there are plenty of corrective methods in children, but I am finding nothing in older adults diagnosed late in their 50s/60s. Can anyone help?

I am currently doing a realist review into plant-based diets for older adults in care homes where I need to understand how the intervention works, why it works, under what circumstances in works and for whom it could work. This will help form a context-mechanism-outcome configuration that can help form a program theory. I am looking for stakeholders, whether those involved in nutrition, care or both, who can help provide expertise that can guide the creation of an initial program theory along with literature

This discussion focuses on the DigIN project [ http://adultdiginet.eu ] , a European initiative aimed at empowering adult educators to support digital social inclusion. The project addressed the pressing need to equip educators and adult learners, particularly older adults, with the necessary digital skills to thrive in an increasingly digital society.

Here are some key points for discussion:

The project developed a comprehensive digital education ecosystem comprising several key components:

• Digital Involvement and Skills Development Toolkit: This resource provided educators with practical guidance on digital pedagogies, best practices, and a competence map for digital facilitators.
• Web App for Digital Skills Assessment: This interactive tool allowed adult learners to assess their digital competencies and receive personalized feedback.
• DigIN Multi-Pack Educational Programme: This online platform provided a structured pathway for adult learners to develop essential digital skills through e-courses and video tutorials.

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Dear Colleagues

I am wondering if you would want to do collaborations to write articles about falls prevention in older adults.

Looking forward for your contact.

Kind regards

Tiago

Edith Cowan University

Joondalup, Perth WA

Research & Fellowships (Education & Training)

Full time

$33,000 per year

The Centre for Research in Aged Care, School of Nursing and Midwifery at Edith Cowan University, Perth, Western Australia, is excited to announce a unique full-time PhD opportunity in the area of Mobile Digital Technology and Aged care. This research initiative, bridging the gap between computing, technology, and nursing practice, will be conducted under the supervision of leading researchers in these disciplines.

This program is designed to address critical issues in aged care through the lens of technology. We are committed to enhancing the quality of life for the aging population, with a particular focus on dementia, pain management, frailty, and end-of-life care. The program offers an opportunity to engage in groundbreaking research combining nursing expertise with innovative technology-driven methods in collaboration with computer sciences, psychology, and other disciplines.

Email your expression of interest and required documentation to Dr Wai Hang Kwok w.kwok@ecu.edu.au

Please email Dr Wai Hang Kwok, Vice Chancellor’s Research Fellow if you have any questions about this scholarship and/or this study w.kwok@ecu.edu.au

What is the current usage and patronage of parks and greenspaces by older adults (aged 65+) in Salford?

How does the frequency of older adults' visits to parks and greenspaces in Salford relate to their self-reported physical health, mental health, and social well-being outcomes?

What factors influence older adults' decisions to visit or avoid parks and greenspaces in Salford?

How do the experiences and perceptions of older adults towards Salford's parks and greenspaces compare to the city's age-friendly initiatives and greenspace management strategies?

Currently, there are numerous blood biomarkers that have been linked to fractures and increased fracture risk (for example, IL-6). Considering the current evidence, which ones do you think are the most promising?

Regular assessments can help practitioners and clients identify areas that need improvement, such as balance, strength, endurance, and flexibility. This knowledge can motivate the older adult to engage in regular exercises tailored to target their specific needs. The assessment also establishes a starting point and tracks progress over time, which is particularly useful for older adults who are motivated by seeing improvement in their exercise routines, which can lead to better adherence and outcomes.

What should be in a retirement home for seniors to feel like a home?

Hello, I wondered if anyone had come across any research into aging and Tourette Syndrome? Not older onset but how older adults with TS experience their TS and coping mechanisms and outcomes? many thanks Seonaid

I would like some guidance and what to look for and if this is too broad, how to narrow it down. I am a grad student in social work and this is my capstone project

thank you

older adukts reason for admisson

Preventive nutrition: disease-specific dietary interventions for older adults

Dear professors and students,

I am a bachelor student of social work, and I am currently doing research on the motivation to use social media by seniors in Slovakia.

At the moment, I am at the beginning of the literature review. I would be very pleased if you have some studies, which aim to investigate the usage of social networks by seniors/older adults, and I could implement them in my paper.

I would be appreciated for any kind of information about this topic.

If you have any questions, you may contact me at: misko.valko007@gmail.com

Best regards,

Michal.

I am interested in the difficulty of the exercise games, the training parts (e.g. balance, upper limbs), and the response from older adults.

Your personal experience or any recommended papers are welcomed.

Hello!

I need help-

I have a data set with around 35-40% missing.

I work with SPSS, what can I do?

I am looking at change in technology anxiety over time in older adults.

Thanks in advance!

Kind regards,

Jessica

Hello,

are you able to advise me as to the necessary steps to publish my dissertation, which covers CTCA utility in older adults.

Many thanks

Janet

Any citation, current one, to check how I could separate the age groups to yound adults, middle-age adults and older adults?

We would like to conduct online experiments with older adults and experiments where the age of the participants is highly relevant. And we want to make sure that our participants are in the age group of older adults of course, although we don't see them in person at no point. Do you have any idea how we can be sure about the participants' age and that their given information is reliable? Or is trust the only strategy?

Although most people with COVID-19 have mild to moderate symptoms, the disease can cause severe medical complications and lead to death in some people. Older adults or people with existing chronic medical conditions are at greater risk of becoming seriously ill with COVID-19.

Complications can include:

Hi all,

Developed by Hawthorne (2006), I am trying to access the six-item friendship scale. The reference below is not available for download, I am hoping someone has the questionnaire itself?

Thanks in advance!

Hawthorne, G., 2006. Measuring social isolation in older adults: development and initial validation of the friendship scale. Social indicators research, 77(3), pp.521-548.

It has been seen that many deaths of older people happened due to coronavirus, younger was found infected and then recovered yet no any case or less cases or children affected by coronavirus was reported. Anyone have any information or suggestions???

I am seeking Q1-ranked JCR journals in order to publish own datasets to make them publicly available to the community.

Datasets are about wearable sensor data from smartwatches, wristband and EEG headbands. And the topics are different: emotion recognition, activities of daily living of older adults...

It is known that the control of intensity in a physical exercise program is very important to achieve expected physiological adaptations. Although some studies have reported benefits for your health, will this be an ethical decision?

executive functioning = working memory, attention shifting and inhibition if task.

Please suggest me scale who asses all three of them or even i am ready to go with different scales. kindly mention authors also.

I want to use these tests for my m.phil thesis which is non funded and i am unable to bear expenses of publishers. 

I would like to prepare a systematic review protocol. I am wondering about any journals that will publish a protocol without charges from the authors? It does not have to be open access. The topic is related to older adults and technology. Thanks.

In the stationary study the MMSE was used. I'm looking for the similar tool that I could use in a mobile application for people over 60 years old.

In your opinion when working with older adults, what is more useful: strength-training, endurance-training, flexibility, balance-training, yoga, tai-chi...? You can add any others you may think of.

Physical training is considered as a low-cost intervention to generate cardioprotective benefits and to promote physical and mental health, while reducing the severity of acute respiratory in-fection symptoms in older adults. However, lockdown measures during COVID-19 have limited people’s opportunity to exercise regularly. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of eight weeks of Fitness and Dance training, followed by four weeks of COVID-19-induced de-training, on cardiac adaptations and physical performance indicators in older adults with mild cognitive impairment (MCI). Twelve older adults (6 males and 6 females) with MCI (age, 73 ± 4.4 y; body mass, 75.3 ± 6.4 kg; height, 172 ± 8 cm; MMSE score: 24–27) participated in eight weeks of a combined Fitness-Dance training intervention (two sessions/week) followed by four weeks of training cessation induced by COVID-19 lockdowns. Wireless Polar Team Pro and Polar heart rate sensors (H10) were used to monitor covered distance, speed, heart rate (HR min, avg and max), time in HR zone 1 to 5, strenuousness (load score), beat-to-beat interval (max RR and avg RR) and heart rate variability (HRV-RMSSD). One-way ANOVA was used to analyze the data of the three test sessions (T1: first training session, T2: last training session of the eight-week training program, and T3: first training session after the four-week training cessation). Statistical analysis showed that eight weeks of combined Fitness-Dance training induced beneficial cardiac adaptations by decreasing HR (HR min, HR avg and HR max) with p < 0.001, ES = 0.5–0.6 and Δ = −7 to−9 bpm, and increasing HRV related responses (max and avg RR and RMSSD), with p < 0.01 and ES = 0.4. Consequently, participants spent more time in comfortable HR zones (e.g., p < 0.0005; ES = 0.7; Δ = 25% for HR zone 1) and showed reduced strenuousness (p = 0.02, Δ = −15% for load score), despite the higher covered total distance and average speed (p < 0.01; ES = 0.4). However, these changes were reversed after only four weeks of COVID-19 induced detraining, with values of all parameters returning to their baseline levels. In conclusion, eight weeks of combined Fitness-Dance training seems to be an efficient strategy to promote cardioprotective benefits in older adults with MCI. Importantly, to maintain these health benefits, training has to be continued and detraining periods should be reduced. During a pandemic, home-based exercise programs may provide an effective and efficient alternative of physical training.

Factors that increase the risks of mortality from coronavirus among older adults other than existing commodities.

The Badminton World Federation (BWF) is glad to announce that the BWF Research Grants Application 2021/22 process is now open.

The BWF provides the opportunity for research institutions and individuals to apply for research grants to assist in the funding of applied sport science research in badminton.

The BWF has a research grant budget of US$ 95,000 for this year’s programme, which will be distributed among successful applications. 

Individuals and institutions can apply for a grant to assist in their research projects in badminton. In this year’s funding, The BWF is particularly interested in the following areas of studies:

In addition, The BWF also welcome grant applications from institutions or individual academics conducting research in any of the following areas relevant and specifically applicable to badminton: physiology, biomechanics, sports psychology, performance analysis, match analysis, high performance pathways, sports anthropometry, sports injuries / injury prevention, or other areas as agreed by the Sport Science Commission. 

More information is available on the BWF Development website: https://development.bwfbadminton.com/research-grants-application

There are many balance tests utilized to measure postural stability among older adults. I am interested to hear perspectives on fear of falling and balance confidence instruments commonly used in a variety of settings.

Has anyone implemented or researched neighborhood walking programs for older adults?

Despite concerns that older adults would face a mental health crisis stemming from loneliness and isolation due to lockdown measures during the initial phase of the COVID-19 pandemic, several studies suggest that older adults may be more resilient to anxiety, depression, and stress than younger populations. Your viewpoint, please.

A recent study has suggested not to use the confidence ellipse area but instead a prediction ellipse area. However, both of these are in my mind inferences statistics. I think we simply should describe the ellipse area by a standard ellipse based on i.e. 90% of the datapoints. Am I wrong?

I don't know if these questions have been asked before, but I just finished my dissertation and would like to ask if anyone of you have tried publishing the following sections:

Note: I did a netnography of online discussions of widowed older adults and applied thematic analysis. I also conducted interviews.

1) Where can I publish my methods section?

3) Experience as a researcher (I was embedded in the online community for almost 2 years)

2) Any good journals for social media and ageing?

Ryan

I am interested in reading on any theoretical treatises and empirical studies on the application of critical pedagogy & education / feminist (if any) with with children and/or adults with intellectual disabilities. Reference to critical pedagogy with children and/or adults with physical disabilities is also of interest. Yet, I seem to be drawing a blank on both accounts but especially the former. I would appreciate any suitable directions.

Hi all

I'm starting to research rating scales to assess symptoms of agitation or anxiety in patients with dementia. If you know any papers or resources Id be very grateful for suggestions

Kind regards

P.J.

Existing transport and mobility restrictions are: reduced public transport services (number of buses, metro), reduced capacity (number of passengers) by social distancing inside the public transport vehicles, deactivate public transport services or shared mobility modes like city bike (bike sharing), carsharing, deactivate buses, trains, flights between cities and countries, car-traffic ban between cities and countries, etc.

Hi All, I am looking at compiling a wide list of papers or resources on reminiscence therapy for dementia for older people. The positive and negative results, Creative approaches, ICT interventions, standard procedures, etc. I'm interested in perspectives from differing disciplines. All resources/ papers/ leads welcome Thank you!

P.J.

Hi all!

I'm curious to know whether any of you have used head acceleration to investigate balance control. Particularly, if there is any interesting variable from head-mounted 3D accelerometers that can pinpoint changes in postural control during gait, or differences between young and older adults. Any comment will be helpful!

Stay safe and thanks for the contributions!

Anderson Oliveira

The prevalence of depression among older adults in Asia is increasing day by day. As the older population continues to rise, the number of older adults with depression is expected to increase.

I have been following your research for years and I would love to expand to Brazil and to contribute using my expertise on older adults in Mexico.

Some people, even doctors say it's not a serious disease, it's like seasonal flu, which could cause death.

Where to find the recovery rate and death rate of COVID-19 in respect of older adults (65 and older), children, and adults? How long it will take to get fully recovered? What are the sequelae of it?

Will vaccines be coming to the market soon?

I am looking forward to an article that addressed the difference between anatomy or physiology of the brain in faller versus non-faller older adults.

How to determine gait patterns by gait characteristics/parameters among older adults?

like we have a conservative gait pattern that adopted to increase gait stability and decrease fall risk, is there the other patterns?

Hi,

I have completed a study collecting demographics, sleep data and measures of glucose homeostasis in older adults. I have fasting glucose, fasting insulin and Hba1c for each participant. I wanted to use HOMA-IR as a measure of insulin resistance in the population but I am struggling to find consensus regarding HOMA-IR cut-offs. Ethnicity and race seem to have a significant effect. My population is based in Australia (however I would expect have mixed heritage though I did not collect that data). Any advice on what HOMA-IR cutoff would be acceptable and any literature to support same?

Thanks,

Aisling

I'm looking for a recommendation of a journal with a high word count (above 6,000 words) related to any of the following topics: public health, general practice, primary care, older adults, medications.

Thanks for your advice!

Kristie

Dear colleagues

due to the Corona virus we are now all facing deep incisions in our private lifes and often also regarding research activities. For example, in our research project, we emphasize the active participation of potential users (mostly older adults) in our development process which means conducting workshops, face to face interviews and evaluations.

Thus, we are kind of at a loss how to go own with our research in potentially the next few months.

I am sure there are other people out there dealing with the same or similar situation. How do you deal with working from home and active participation? Have you, for example, experiences with remote workshops with/for older adults?

Best regards and remain healthy

Torben Volkmann

I am currently conducting a research on the use of online communities of older adults and would like to identify the themes in their community posts. I will be collecting their social media posts and is interested in using a qualitative analysis software. Any recommendations?

anyone has a reference or could guide me in this question?

I am looking for information for the last 100 or 50 years on measurable sporting performance (for example: in athletics, swimming, cycling, rowing and the like) for competitors aged 40+, 50+, 60+, 70+ etc to answer the question: Has the physical performance of the elderly changed over the last 100 or 50 years?

Results for London etc marathons provide times and ages since the 1980s, but that is one activity and just 35 years.

Is there more information?

Many thanks.

Malcolm Tozer

24 February 2016

I am carrying out research whereby I am examining a number of health characteristics across 3 specific age categories in a large dataset of older adults. I am a statistical novice...

My dataset is grouped into disadvantaged vs non disadvantaged adults

The mean age was significantly different between these two groups so I further split these two categories into 65-74 years, 75-84 and 85+ year old

I have carried out standard Chi squared tests to examine 6 different health characteristics (binary = presence or absence of disease) for disadvantaged vs non-disadvantaged older adults within each of these age categories

I now want to carry out logistic regression on these three age categories

Should disadvantaged status be my dependent variable? Do I need to control for age within each of my logistic regression models? All of my 'predictor' variables are dichotomous categorical variables

In medicine and labour law there are two widely accepted concepts. The first of them refers to the meaning of the work. Work is an activity, often regular and often done in exchange for a payment ("for a living").

The second concept refers to occupational disease, which refers to the pathology established by employment. This indicates a series of risk factors and working conditions that after a while end up generating a work-related illness.

In a large number of countries, the recognition of a work-related illness to a worker gives him access to a series of economic and welfare benefits. The above occurs after probationary processes where rating boards determine whether the origin of the pathology is due to occupational exposure or not.

However, in practice in occupational medicine we face that extra-labour risk factors - generally linked to home care activities such as washing, ironing, caring for older adults or children, etc. - are a criterion for qualifying as non-work diseases (usually musculoskeletal).

Are not activities associated with home care also a job? Why use these types of risk factors to ignore the occupational disease, especially in women?

My study has two independent variables which are continuous.

SEI scores

SHA scores

All participants will complete each scale and receive two separate scores (SEI score and SHA score). Demographic information including age (three levels young age, middle age and older adults) and gender (two levels; female and male) were also collected for each participant.

Is this a 2x3 within-subjects design?

My study wants to test...

1- test for a difference between the mean SEI and SHA scores.

2- test whether there is a difference between gender in the SHA scores.

3- test whether there is a difference between age in SHA scores.

4-test whether there is an interaction between age and gender in SHA scores.

To analyse the above questions would I use...

1- a paired-samples t-test test for a difference between the mean SEI and SHA scores.

2-2x3 unrelated ANOVA to test for the difference of SHA scores between age and gender and the interaction between age and gender groups?

I have no idea if this makes sense as I am new to statistics and research. Would there be any suggestions?

Hi,

I am looking for a short questionnaire (<~20 question survey is the besy) to measure food intake in asian older adults. I would like to estimate change in everyday food intake at baseline and 6-and 12-month follow-ups survey after the intervintion.

I have found some questionnaires, but that's just too long or not suitable for asian people for the different diet lifestyles.

Does anyone have experience using any of short dietary surveys or advice on the best survey or other options?

Thank you,

Zhuoya

Hi,

I would like to know the difference between SAS and GAD-7. Which one is more suitable for MCI ( mild cognitive impairment)older adults? I want to measure the change of elders' anxiety levels before and after the intervention. I know GAD-7 is shorter than SAS and easier to understand, but SAS is more general choices.

Does anybody have experience using these scales or advice for me?

thank you,

Zhuoya

Hello, Researchers,

Is anyone studying the costs and benefits of "meme trading" on social media?  Is the effect more negative?  That is, causing fewer neural connections to be formed because passing on "junk memes" is such a low cognitive-level activity.  OR is there some burst of neural development that comes from passing on many slogans and posters?

I  wonder if the cognitive developmental of Facebook and other social media "memes" are being studied.

Older adults tend to use "boilerplate" language when they tell stories.  Key words will trigger a story told with identical phrases.  These older adults are not creating new neural connections, or very few, when they repeat the same phrases.  Do memes function this way and what are their effects on much younger people?

If you use anything of the Memes rule the World dataset slide show attached below, I will appreciate a citation. This is MLA format.

McMillan, Gloria. "Effects of Facebook Memes on the Brain." ResearchGate Accessed 28 Jul 2018. https://www.researchgate.net/post/Effects_of_Facebook_Memes_on_the_brain

see above

I am starting a research project on teaching older adults and one of the lines is related to persoality traits of teachers who stay in these programs. Some teachers can`t stand teaching Older Adults, while some other seem to love it. When I read about yor project I thought it would be really interesting to connect to find out more.

Regards,

Marina Gonzalez

I am currently in early stages of qualitative research design in the areas of perceptions and exploration of older adults . I am looking at investigating older adults with personality disorders and their experiences with Schema therapies to learn how as therapists we may then correlate it to younger patients in the life span and in addition enhance older patients quality of life

I am look to incorporate Delphi technique, qualitative questionnaire , focus groups and discussion

your thoughts in an area that is not well developed are valuable to a proof of concept or initial paper on the area of enhancing therapy for older patients and of course applying it to younger patients .

regards

Gary Darbyshire

MMgmt , MstratMktng, GradDip-CouPsych

Currently completing a project as part of studies in Mental health of older patients at the Australian College of Applied Psychology in Sydney Australia

I am currently designing a research proposal and require to quickly secure my document for approval

Urgently looking for a minimum of 6 to 8 qualified therapists who have dealt with older patients diagnosed with borderline personality disorder for a qualitative interview and questionaiire

I need to move quickly so if you have had experience in as a therapist I would very interested in talking to you you I have a deadline to secure participants so if you are able to assist please reply as soon as possible

Your assistance in this research will benefit future therapy in the area of treating older patients who have this disorder.

And referrals welcome

My details

Ph 61 434028920

Kind Regards

Gary Darbyshire

Please help. I am doing a systematic review of largely observational studies on the safety and effectiveness of treating autoimmune alopecia with Hydroxychloroquine in older adults. I was wondering if a subgroup analysis is feasible in a SR based largely on observational studies. Thank you.

I'm a student looking into the feasibility and success this type of programme. Implementation and exclusion methods of current research seem quite varied.

I'd appreciate any info around this topic

Recent research has shown 1 napping during the day is good for older adults vs napping is bad for other adults. What is your view on this important topic for older adults?

Timed up and go (TuG) and Dynamic Gait Index (DGI) both seem to look into the same area; balance, functional mobility and gait.

If I'm looking into elderly/older adult population (age >70years), is there one that is more specific to the population yielding accurate results?

I'm looking to justify the use of one of them as outcome measure of an elderly who had a recent mechanical fall at home for discharge planning. Thank you!

Hello everybody,

I have a study about how auditory evoked potentials can discriminate between healthy and mild cognitive impairment older adults. I have done a repeated measures ANOVA and I have performed ROC analyses under those signicant different variables between the groups.

I would like to perform a cross-validation of my model to be able to obtain an estimation of the prediction error. I have been said that a k-fold cross validation could be a good method. However, I don't know how to proceed with this analysis, not even if it is possible to do this with an ANOVA and the ROC curves, or if I need to do a new type of anlayses such a regression or discriminant analyses. Morevover, I don't know what kind of software I can use (SPSS, Matlab, ....).

I hope somebody could help me with this. I would really appreciate any input here.

Thank you in advance.

Ana

Hello All

For most of our research work in older adults and people with Parkinson's disease, we have used Beck's Depression Inventory (BDI-II) or Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS).

Recently, we have started doing some experiments with younger adults and would like to screen them for depression. Could you recommend some screening tools that are not expensive and take less than 15 min to administer?

Thanks,

Supraja

Does anyone have innovative engagement or recruitment strategies for hard to reach populations?

Key themes and identifiable areas of BPD That are unique to adults diagnosed as symptomatic of the disorder..

What is the missing link.

What more do we need to learn

I am interested to find subtle differences in presentation and other symptoms of older people with borderline personality disorder ( bpd )

As I continue my research and build my knowledge in this area I find it curious that not more work has been done in this area which would greatly assist the therapist whether they be a psychologist or counsellor in the areas of understanding the mind of an older person and therapies to assist the client more holistically in therapy

I am curious to understand if there is possible new presentations of BPD in older age , as was the case in myself as a patient the possibility symptoms that otherwise would not appear earlier .

Or are we to assume that older people have had BPD from a younger age ?

Interested in your thoughts in this area as I increase my knowledge my masters in Counselling ( Mental Health practices) at the University of Southern Queensland

Kind regards

Gary Darbyshire MMgmt MStratMktng ACA ( Australian Counselling Association) student member.

My data so far seems to be not normally distributed can I still perform discriminant function analysis to distinguish the performance of young and older adults?

I am researching the topic on teaching foreign language to older adults, are there any online courses about adult education ?

We want to assess the relationship between intelligence and learning potential in an episodic memory test in older adults. We want to use this version for faster administration and correlate IQ with learning curve.

Thanks !

Dance for PD is based in New York City. They provide movement and dance classes to all bodies living with Parkinson’s Disease.

Dear Tanja, please let me know if you have any data sources/studies on ageing or adult health status in Serbia.

Thank you, Paul