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Direct linkBjörn Bouwmeester Stjernetun; Jenny Hallgren; Catharina Gillsjö – Educational Gerontology, 2024
Nursing students are important future health care providers to the growing number of older persons in society. However, two barriers are their common ageist attitudes and lack of interest in geriatrics. This is a concern in light of the global demand for nurses and a challenge that need to be addressed in nurse education. Age suit simulation has…
Descriptors: Nursing Education, Nursing Students, Student Attitudes, Aging (Individuals)
Sara Carucci; Alessandro Zuddas; Angelico Lampis; Kenneth K. C. Man; Carla Balia; Jan Buitelaar; Marina Danckaerts; Ralf W. Dittmann; Federica Donno; Bruno Falissard; Antonella Gagliano; Peter Garas; Alexander Häge; Chris Hollis; Sarah K. Inglis; Kerstin Konrad; Hanna Kovshoff; Elizabeth Liddle; Suzanne McCarthy; Antje Neubert; Peter Nagy; Eric Rosenthal; Edmund J. S. Sonuga-Barke; Ian C. K. Wong; Tobias Banaschewski; David Coghill – Journal of Attention Disorders, 2024
Objective: The short-term safety of methylphenidate (MPH) has been widely demonstrated; however the long-term safety is less clear. The aim of this study was to investigate the safety of MPH in relation to pubertal maturation and to explore the monitoring of bone age. Method: Participants from ADDUCE, a two-year observational longitudinal study…
Descriptors: Human Body, Puberty, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Children
Carine Bétrisey; Juliane Scott; Mathilde Groleau; Carolane Caron; Kara Yip; Camille Bourgault; Camille Brisson; Mélanie Levasseur – Educational Gerontology, 2024
Ageism might reduce the effectiveness and quality of care in older adults essential with the aging population. Although interventions to counter ageism were carried out among students, no clear integration of their results described the mechanisms underlying their impact. This study aimed to provide a comprehensive understanding of which…
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Social Bias, Older Adults, Health Services
E. Lydia Wu-Chung; Anthony K. Brandt; Melia E. Bonomo; Bryan T. Denny; Christof Karmonik; J. Todd Frazier; Karl Blench; Christopher P. Fagundes – Creativity Research Journal, 2024
Maintaining healthy cognitive functioning and delaying cognitive decline in cognitively intact and cognitively impaired adults are major research initiatives for addressing dementia disease burden. Music interventions are promising, non-pharmaceutical treatment options for preserving cognitive function and psychological health in older adults with…
Descriptors: Creativity, Music Activities, Neurological Impairments, Mild Disabilities
Lemoine, Lise; Benoît Schneider – Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 2023
Background: Life expectancy for people with Down syndrome is increasing, but older adults with Down syndrome are at greater risk of developing certain pathologies associated with ageing. When ageing parents can no longer look after their child with Down syndrome, their other children are often expected to shoulder this responsibility. Method: We…
Descriptors: Down Syndrome, Adults, Siblings, Sibling Relationship
Zemach, Moran; Vakil, Eli; Lifshitz, Hefziba – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2023
Background: Life expectancy is on rise and the intriguing question is: When does cognitive decline occur among adults with intellectual disability, compared to adults with typical development? This cross-sectional study examined cognitive performance of crystallised/fluid intelligence, working and long-term memory of adults with intellectual…
Descriptors: Adults, Intellectual Disability, Intelligence Tests, Verbal Learning
Marrium Mansoor; Benjamin Katz – Journal of Attention Disorders, 2023
Objective: Understanding the association between polygenic risk for ADHD and cognition throughout aging has not been widely studied. This study aimed to determine whether ADHD risk influences cognitive performance among individuals at both young-old and middle-old age. Method: Participants from the Health and Retirement Study, a biennial survey of…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Cognitive Processes, Genetics, Executive Function
Download full textChaloemchai Charoenkiatkan; Natthawat Khositditsayanan; Benchaporn Wannupatam – Journal of Education and Learning (EduLearn), 2024
This study aimed to develop and evaluate a training curriculum intended to enhance the quality of life for the elderly. As Thailand witnesses a demographic shift with increasing numbers of older adults, driven by declining birth rates and extended life expectancies, the importance of ensuring quality elderly care becomes paramount. The devised…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Quality of Life, Older Adults, Adult Education
Montserrat Iranzo-Domingo; Dolors Cañabate Ortiz – International Journal of Education & the Arts, 2024
This article adheres to UN guidelines concerning the Decade of Healthy Ageing (2021-2030) which aim to improve the lives of the older population. The objective of this study is to show how social dance with artistic-scenic purposes for a socially vulnerable group of older adults (third and fourth age) contributes to active ageing from social and…
Descriptors: Older Adults, Physical Mobility, Aging (Individuals), Socialization
Georgina Tuari Stewart; Nesta Devine; Chris Jenkin; Yo Heta-Lensen; Lisa Maurice-Takerei; Margaret Joan Stuart; Sue Middleton – Educational Philosophy and Theory, 2024
Catalysed by conversations amongst a group of colleagues, this article is an initial exploration of what happens to women academics aged 60+ who work in a university in Aotearoa New Zealand. This work is an example of when academic theories, in this case feminism, are called forth by real-world experiences - in this case, increasing academic job…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Older Adults, Females, Older Workers
Chun-Ting Yeh; Kai-Chi Huang; Pei-Yun Chen – Educational Gerontology, 2024
Since 2008, the Taiwan Ministry of Education has been encouraging government agencies and private organizations to establish Active aging learning centers (AALCs). This has led to the engagement of AALCs across communities in Taiwan. We explored AALC organizers' experiences with negotiations during program planning. Semi-structured interviews were…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Aging (Individuals), Older Adults, Adult Learning
García-Domínguez, Laura; Navas, Patricia; Verdugo, Miguel Ángel; Arias, Víctor B.; Gómez, Laura E. – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2022
Background: Psychotropic medication is frequently administered to people with intellectual disability with mental health and/or behavioural problems, instead of other non-pharmacological interventions. This study describes the mental health and behavioural problems of people aging with intellectual disability, their psychotropic medication intake,…
Descriptors: Drug Therapy, Mental Disorders, Behavior Problems, Intellectual Disability
de Guzman, Allan B.; Laguilles-Villafuerte, Salvacion – Educational Gerontology, 2021
Growing older is a natural occurrence experienced by all human beings, but a plurality of perspectives influences how understanding aging deviates in multiple context. Senescence now enthuses a profound substantiation to appreciate harmonious aging. Among the diverse corpora of data, songs are found to be useful in communicating, motivating and…
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Singing, Older Adults, Psychological Patterns
Xue Wu – Education in the Asia-Pacific Region: Issues, Concerns and Prospects, 2021
China's ageing population is growing at an unprecedented rate. During the past three decades, the government has implemented policies and innovative engagement for older adults in the area of later life learning and community participation. The chapter briefly summarizes the development of the concept of lifelong learning and later life learning…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Aging (Individuals), Lifelong Learning, Public Policy
Viscardi, A. A. F.; Figueiredo, J. P.; Luiz, M. E. T.; Marinho, A. – Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning, 2023
This qualitative exploratory research explores meanings that practitioners of adventure activities in nature, who are 60+ years old, attribute to their activities and leisure. The intentionally selected participants were 24 practitioners of adventure activities in nature, in Florianópolis, Brazil. The instruments were a semi-structured interview…
Descriptors: Adventure Education, Outdoor Education, Older Adults, Foreign Countries
