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Karen Carnicello Wenzel; Marieke Van Puymbroeck; Stephen Lewis; Francis McGuire; Julie Vidotto – Educational Gerontology, 2024
Lifelong learning programs for older adults are suggested as a promising strategy to promote successful and active aging. This observational study utilized cross-sectional data from a nationwide survey administered to adults aged 65 and older who were recruited through nine Osher Lifelong Learning Institutes (OLLI). Data collected included general…
Descriptors: Individual Characteristics, Cognitive Ability, Older Adults, Lifelong Learning
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Meltem Baykan Ünsal; Sule Aktaç – Educational Gerontology, 2024
Dehydration is a typical problem among the elderly people who live in nursing homes. It is a condition that is costly in terms of health care costs and length of treatment due to the illnesses it causes. It is a condition that can be prevented, and elderly people can benefit from initiatives to increase their fluid intake. This study aimed to find…
Descriptors: Older Adults, Nursing Homes, Physical Health, Water
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Petersen, Jennifer – Educational Gerontology, 2023
This is the first meta-analysis to examine the outcomes of nonfamilial, intergenerational programs (IGP) on youth and older adults. Relevant studies were identified by screening the abstracts from five systematic reviews on the impact of intergenerational programs on psychosocial outcomes. After all studies were screened 23 independent studies…
Descriptors: Intergenerational Programs, Program Effectiveness, Older Adults, Youth
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Martine Kajander; Martha Therese Gjestsen; Clive Ballard; Halvor Naess; Diego Alejandro Tovar-Rios; Jane Fossey; Ingelin Testad – Educational Gerontology, 2024
Group-based educational interventions on health promotion for people with early-stage dementia have shown promising results. The aim of this study was to explore the associations between sociodemographic characteristics (e.g. sex, education, marital status) and outcomes of a 12-week group-based educational intervention on health promotion for…
Descriptors: Health Promotion, Dementia, Socioeconomic Status, Individual Characteristics
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Hsu, Hua-I; Liu, Chih-Chi; Yang, Stephanie Fu; Chen, Hsueh-Chih – Educational Gerontology, 2023
The importance of an integrated health promotion program has been proposed in recent years. However, the traditional program with lectures might decrease the effectiveness of learning. A game-based learning program provides a supportive social environment and further increases the quality of life and positive emotions. The present study evaluates…
Descriptors: Health Promotion, Older Adults, Program Effectiveness, Health Behavior
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Whatley, Mary C.; Castel, Alan D. – Educational Gerontology, 2020
Younger adults generally hold negative attitudes and stereotypes about aging, which can affect the success with which they age as well as how they interact with older generations in everyday settings. The current study sought to improve expectations about aging in a largely first-year undergraduate student population through a small,…
Descriptors: Young Adults, College Freshmen, Student Attitudes, Aging (Individuals)
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Berman, Jacquelin; Pardasani, Manoj; Powell, Mebane – Educational Gerontology, 2020
Age-Tastic! is a health and wellness intervention designed for older adults. Incorporating game theory and behavioral activation concepts, this intervention is a board game that engages older adults in an interactive and immersive experience over 8 weeks. This paper reports on a pilot study that evaluated the impact of this intervention on health…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Depression (Psychology), Older Adults, Intervention
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de Maio Nascimento, Marcelo – Educational Gerontology, 2020
COVID-19 is a global public health crisis, which in addition to making victims is changing the living habits of the population. The objective of this study was to investigate the impacts of social isolation on the physical and mental health of older adults and to learn how they are informing themselves about the pandemic. It is a qualitative study…
Descriptors: Disease Control, Social Isolation, Physical Health, Mental Health
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Lee, Ya-Hui; Yeh, Chun-Ting – Educational Gerontology, 2019
Baby boomers in Taiwan benefit from better health, economic conditions, and education in comparison to older generations. The participants in this study were older adult learners from the baby boom generation. This study aimed to examine their retirement decisions, adaptation, and learning processes. A qualitative research approach was employed in…
Descriptors: Baby Boomers, Retirement, Decision Making, Older Adults
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Perkins, Rebekah; Dassel, Kara; Felsted, Katarina Friberg; Towsley, Gail; Edelman, Linda – Educational Gerontology, 2020
Yoga has been found to provide numerous health benefits to older adults including preventing or slowing physical frailty and subsequent functional limitations. The purpose of this study was to examine pre-frail or frail older adults' beliefs about yoga as well as to identify barriers to participation. We recruited 37 older adults from a Faint,…
Descriptors: Barriers, Older Adults, Physical Activities, Physical Mobility
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Huang, Guogui; Guo, Fei; Chen, Gong – Educational Gerontology, 2019
Healthy life expectancy (HLE) is an emerging field in aging studies. Nevertheless, understanding of HLE from the perspective of socioeconomic status (SES) is inadequate. To fill this gap, the present study explores differences in HLE by SES based on two nationally representative longitudinal databases in China. The study adopts education as a…
Descriptors: Socioeconomic Status, Foreign Countries, Older Adults, Educational Attainment
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Niechcial, Malwina A.; Vaportzis, Eleftheria; Gow, Alan J. – Educational Gerontology, 2019
Changes in thinking skills are commonly experienced by older adults, though large variation exists. Such changes are one of the top concerns of people as they get older. Public perceptions of those changes could be used to effectively communicate with them about ways to improve their thinking skills. This study explored people's views about…
Descriptors: Older Adults, Public Opinion, Thinking Skills, Foreign Countries
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Lee, Ya-Hui – Educational Gerontology, 2016
In Taiwan, older adults over the age of 65 made up 12.51% of the population in 2015, causing the government to promote older adult education to help achieve active aging. As a result, more elderly people have attended learning activities and applied new skills to volunteering. The researcher conducted focus group interviews with 93 older adults…
Descriptors: Transformative Learning, Foreign Countries, Spiritual Development, Older Adults
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Hung, Jui-Ying; Lu, Kuo-Song – Educational Gerontology, 2014
Taiwan has the fastest ageing population in the world. Thus, the government and local policy makers need to formulate policies not just for the nursing and care needs of the aged. They also need to actively promote the need for lifelong learning among seniors in order to achieve elderly-friendly objectives, such as health promotion and delays in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Life Style, Health Behavior, Health Promotion
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Ejechi, Eucharia Onyema – Educational Gerontology, 2012
The quality of life (QL) of retired academics reengaged in some Nigerian Universities was studied using physical health, subjective happiness, life satisfaction and psychological well-being domains and a measure based on control, autonomy, self-realization and pleasure (CASP) as indicators. Satisfactory QL was indicated all respondents (greater…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Psychological Patterns, Quality of Life, Physical Health
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