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  • Aging in place : a contemporary social phenomenon

    Creator:
    Lee, Megan
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    Most aging individuals prefer to remain in a self-determined home environment, and generally aging adults want to remain in the same home or same community. The benefits of remaining in a self-determined private home environment while aging have been established. Because individuals present a diversity of needs, it takes interdisciplinary...
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    Dissertation
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    Older Women Aging in Place in Oregon ………………………………………………… 113 Abstract …………………………………………………………………….114

  • Dynamic linkages of personality and health : the effect of traits and states in predicting health-goal progress

    Creator:
    Choun, Soyoung
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    Optimal aging is strongly related to personality factors along with health-behavior habits. Personality has played a key role in understanding the interactions between human behavior and the environment and as a vital predictor in determining health outcomes of individuals. Although previous studies have found links between personality traits and health,...
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    as people move from mid-life to later life (Hooker, 1992). For older adults in particular, the

  • Effects of interior spatial features on use and perception of space : an exploratory study in two assisted living facilities in Oregon

    Creator:
    Neumeyer, Rochelle R.
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    The population in the United States is experiencing a dramatic increase in the number of older adults and this trend will continue with the aging of the baby boomer generation. Many of these older adults want to remain independent in the community, however, when physical or mental health needs do...
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    Masters Thesis
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    , and cataracts are common among many older people (Calkins, 2003). Thus, aging often brings

  • Evaluation of the 2001 pilot Oregon Senior Farmers' Market Nutrition Program

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    Saylor, Kirsten N.
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    The Senior Farmers' Market Nutrition Program (SFMNP), piloted in Oregon in 2001, provided $100 worth of vouchers (aka coupons) to low-income seniors to buy fresh local produce from farmers at farmers' markets and roadside stands. Presented in a political ecology framework, this research integrated the perspectives of beneficiaries and their...
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    2001 Pilot Oregon Senior Farmers' Market Nutrition Program. Abstract Approved: The Senior Farmers

  • Goal pursuits and mental health in later life

    Creator:
    Bolkan, Cory R.
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    Grounded in life span theory, this study explored how personal goals (as measured by possible selves) related to depressive symptoms in older adults. Possible selves represent individuals' ideas of what they would like to become (hoped-for selves) and what they are afraid of becoming (feared selves). Possible selves are also...
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    which goal domains people focus on for optimizing successful outcomes. For example, if older adults

  • Oregon meal programs for the elderly

    Creator:
    Pritchard, Dorothy Lynn
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    The purposes of this study were to identify, analyze and compare various Oregon meal programs for the elderly. Twenty-one separate meal programs were identified throughout the state by contacting state, county, and local groups concerned with the elderly. A survey was made by questionnaire to obtain basic information about each...
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    nutritional status of older people. Psychological stress may affect nutrition by influencing the actual

  • Perceived food autonomy : measurement and relationships with food satisfaction among assisted living residents

    Creator:
    Jambi, Hanan A.
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    The purpose of this exploratory study was to develop an instrument to measure perceived food autonomy (PFA) among cognitively alert residents in state licensed Assisted Living (AL) facilities, and to investigate the influence of PFA on food satisfaction, while controlling for functional (physical, social, and psychological) status, general health, and...
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    degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Nutrition and Food Management presented on September 17, 2003

  • Perceptions of residential grab bars among community dwelling seniors

    Creator:
    Thrall, Patti L.
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    Despite the perceived importance of grab bars to facilitate aging-in-place and healthy aging, many community-dwelling older adults do not have them installed. The aim of this study was to investigate predictors of grab bar installation among well-educated community dwelling seniors. Data was collected quantitatively through an electronic survey of Oregon...
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    , 2010). Housing tenure among households headed by older people indicate that 20% are renters and 80