Rethinking Lifetime Abuse in Old Age.

Research on abuse is often piecemeal and focused on specific forms, populations, and social situations. As a result, these studies tend to ignore the web of abuse resulting from the interactive effects of various forms of abuse over the life course, together referred to as "lifetime abuse." An examination of abuse from the point of view of older adults is likely to provide a lifetime perspective based on linking child abuse to elder abuse over the life course and an assessment of its consequences.

The Role of Subjective Age in Predicting Post-Hospitalization Outcomes of Older Adults.

Introduction: Studies of community-dwelling older adults find subjective age affects health and functional outcomes. This study explored whether younger subjective age serves as a protective factor against hospital-associated physical, cognitive, and emotional decline, well-known consequences of hospitalization among the elderly.

Methods: This study is a secondary data analysis of a subsample (N = 262; age: 77.

Family Support During Hospitalization Buffers Depressive Symptoms Among Independent Older Adults.

Objectives: Hospitalization is a stressful event that may lead to deterioration in older adults' mental health. Drawing on the stress-buffering hypothesis, we examined whether family support during hospitalization would moderate the relations between level of independence and in-hospital depressive symptoms.

Method: This research was a secondary analysis of a cohort study conducted with a sample of 370 hospitalized older adults.

Still WALKing-FOR: 2-year sustainability of the 'WALK FOR' intervention.

Background: low mobility of hospitalised older adults is associated with adverse outcomes and imposes a significant burden on healthcare and welfare systems. Various interventions have been developed to reduce this problem; at present, however, their methodologies and outcomes vary and information is lacking about their long-term sustainability. This study aimed to evaluate the 2-year sustainability of the WALK-FOR (walking for better outcomes and recovery) intervention implemented by teams in acute care medical units.

Shared and distinct factors underlying in-hospital mobility of older adults in Israel and Denmark (97/100).

Background: Low in-hospital mobility is widely acknowledged as a major risk factor in acquiring hospital-associated disabilities. Various predictors of in-hospital low mobility have been suggested, among them older age, disabling admission diagnosis, poor cognitive and physical functioning, and pre-hospitalization mobility. However, the universalism of the phenomena is not well studied, as similar risk factors to low in-hospital mobility have not been tested.

Assessing attitudes and intention to work with older adults by American and Israeli nursing students: Adapting and testing a measure.

Background: Finding workers to care for older adults in healthcare settings has become a priority, and research identifying factors influencing a nursing student's intention to make geriatrics a career choice is needed. This calls for the development of a reliable measure of students' perceptions and attitudes.

Objectives: To determine the adaptability of Carolina Opinions on Care of Older Adults (COCOA) to assess nursing students' attitudes to older adults and their intentions to work with them in two countries.

Patterns of informal family care during acute hospitalization of older adults from different ethno-cultural groups in Israel.

Introduction: Informal caregiving during hospitalization of older adults is significantly related to hospital processes and patient outcomes. Studies in home settings demonstrate that ethno-cultural background is related to various aspects of informal caregiving; however, this association in the hospital setting is insufficiently researched.

Objectives: Our study explore potential differences between ethno-cultural groups in the amount and kind of informal support they provide for older adults during hospitalization.

Symptom clusters in hospitalized older adults: Characteristics and outcomes.

Hospital care in medical patients relies mostly on objective measures with limited assessment of subjective symptoms. We subgrouped 331 hospitalized older adults with medical diagnosis (age 75.5 ± 7.

Moderating Role of Attachment Orientation in the Association between the Level of Depressive Symptoms and Informal Support among Hospitalized Older Adults.

: Close family members or friends support hospitalized older adults in many countries. This support might act as a protective factor against the adverse consequences of hospitalization. However, individual differences might interfere with the ability to gain from this kind of support, especially if the patient in question is suffering from a high level of depression.

The health care aide position in nursing homes: A comparative survey of nurses' and aides' perceptions.

Background: The health care aide position embodies one of the most basic paradoxes of long-term care for older adults: those who have the most contact and most intensive interaction with nursing-home residents are also those having the least training, authority, and status within the system. They therefore hold one of the keys to quality care in many settings, especially nursing homes. In the absence of agreement on the position's roles, responsibilities, and authority, it is important to examine how the position is perceived by the key members in the long-term-care framework.

The meanings of the unlicensed assistive personnel role in nursing homes: A triadic job analysis perspective.

Aim: This study described and analyzed how older residents, professional nurses and unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP) perceive the meaning and content of the job carried out by UAP in nursing homes (NHs), as a basis for job analysis.

Background: Increasing numbers of NH beds and financial restraints have led UAP to become a significant part of the long-term care service system, yet in numerous contexts, the UAP job remains misunderstood and underexplored.

Method: The research employed a qualitative phenomenological methodology.