Disability trends in Spain by sex: An Age-Period-Cohort analysis.

Objectives: Disability is a complex concept, and generally refers to a situation where the carrying out of daily routines and social interactions is made more difficult for people. Despite research suggesting an increase in disability worldwide, there are few studies that afford a longitudinal perspective, with most focused exclusively on older populations. This study takes a generational perspective with the aim of analyzing the trend of disability in Spain STUDY DESIGN: Age-period-cohort analysis.

Life goes on: The influence of the perceived quality of social relations on older women's mental health after the loss of a partner in Europe.

The loss of a spouse/partner is a major stressor, undermining one's mental health, especially in mid-life and old age. Social ties are key moderators of the impact of bereavement, serving to enhance psychological resilience and facilitating social engagement and access to resources. Our aim was to explore the association between depression levels and the interaction between the composition of, and level of satisfaction with, social networks among women who have lost their husband.

The role of social networks in using home care by older people across Continental Europe.

The diversification of caregiving arrangements in European societies has drawn attention to the factors that condition the use of care by older people. Social and family relations appear as a key factor, mainly to be related to the availability and accessibility to potential informal caregivers. Recent studies evidenced that geographical proximity and a larger social network increase the probability of receiving informal support in old age.

Living conditions as predictor of elderly residential satisfaction. A cross-European view by poverty status.

Although there is an extensive body of literature on the use of to measure the impact of housing conditions on well-being in later life, less is known about differences and similarities between sub-populations and national contexts. By means of a cross-European analysis (EU15), this study aims to examine how objective and subjective factors of living conditions shape the perceptions of older Europeans about the adequacy of their residential environment. Two patterns of housing quality are explored: (1) international heterogeneity of the EU15 countries, and (2) intra-national heterogeneity, where we distinguish between households at risk of poverty and those not at risk in the elderly population of these countries.