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Creator:: Buasri, Virajada
Abstract:: Changing demographics and lifestyles in Thailand are eroding traditional patterns of family support for the elderly. Caring for the elderly within the family structure is no longer assured. However, the concept of living in retirement housing is unfamiliar to most senior Thai citizens. The purpose of this study was to...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: -traditional to people of Thailand. Nuclear family: The family unit consisting of husband, wife and their

Creator:: Choun, Soyoung
Abstract:: 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,...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: as people move from mid-life to later life (Hooker, 1992). For older adults in particular, the

Creator:: Levaro, Elizabeth Bayler
Abstract:: In this dissertation, I explore how women and men in later life experience the world of dating and the pursuit of new intimate relationships. Although the mortality gap between women and men at older ages is narrowing, as they enter their 70s, 80s, and 90s, there are still at least...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: ageist stereotypes depicting old people as asexual and earlier research findings that older adults

Creator:: Dinger, Melanie
Abstract:: Falls are a common problem among older adults, including those who are relatively healthy and living independently. Exercise has been recommended as an intervention to reduce falls by slowing and/or reversing age-related declines in balance, strength, and mobility. However, it remains unclear which types or combinations of programs are most...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: preventing falls in older people living in the community. Cochrane Database Syst Rev, 2(CD007146

Creator:: Allen, Pamela M.
Abstract:: Ageism in the context of global population aging could lead to increasing human and economic costs. Age stereotypes tend to be negative (Hummert, 1990) and ubiquitous (Nelson, 2002) there are a variety of well documented detrimental consequences of negative age stereotypes on older adults' physical, cognitive and psychological outcomes (Hummert,...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: et al., 2003). This contributes to a toxic social environment for older people. The issue is of

Creator:: Thrall, Patti L.
Abstract:: 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...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: , 2010). Housing tenure among households headed by older people indicate that 20% are renters and 80

Creator:: McDermott, Elizabeth A.
Abstract:: This thesis presents the steps that were taken to develop thematic findings using data from a qualitative study. Using a grounded approach, the study focused on qualitatively exploring Mexican origin caregivers' conceptualizations of elder caregiving in terms of role functioning, social norms, cultural beliefs, and familial obligations. Data collected from...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: will increase in the future for a number of reasons. First, the Latino population age 65 and older is

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