Spousal bereavement and its effects on later life physical and cognitive capability: the Tromsø study.

Spousal bereavement is associated with health declines and increased mortality risk, but its specific impact on physical and cognitive capabilities is less studied. A historical cohort study design was applied including married Tromsø study participants (N=5739) aged 50-70 years with baseline self-reported overall health and health-related factors and measured capability (grip strength, finger tapping, digit symbol coding, and short-term recall) at follow-up. Participants had data from Tromsø4 (1994-1995) and Tromsø5 (2001), or Tromsø6 (2007-2008) and Tromsø7 (2015-2016).

Improvement in Parkinson Disease Symptoms After Treatment for COVID-19 with Monoclonal Antibodies.

Background: Parkinson disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disease characterized by motor symptoms, such as bradykinesia, and non-motor symptoms, such as fatigue, which can be a particularly disabling feature of the disease.

Methods: We conducted a retrospective chart review on a patient who reported improvement in baseline PD symptoms after COVID-19 treatment.

Results: The patient is a 76-year-old male with a six-year history of PD who developed a COVID-19 infection, underwent treatment with COVID-19 monoclonal antibodies, and experienced a remarkable improvement in his pre-COVID PD symptoms, most notably his gait and fatigue.

Associations between paid and unpaid work among Norwegian seniors: competition, complementarity or continuity?

A key issue in policy debates on active ageing is how to increase older people's participation in both paid and unpaid work. This combined goal raises the question of whether the different activities compete for seniors' time and energy or whether it is possible to achieve both, since such activities may instead complement one another. To address this issue, we examine associations between paid work, informal help provision and formal volunteering among 62- to 75-year-olds by using longitudinal data from the Norwegian Life Course, Ageing and Generation Study (2007, 2017).