[How has life expectancy without functional limitations developed in Germany? An analysis with data from the German Ageing Survey (DEAS)].

Introduction: The long-term increase in life expectancy raises the question of whether the increased life expectancy is accompanied by an extension of years without health limitations. The study analyzes how life expectancy without functional and mobility limitations from the ages of 46 and 65 and their proportions of remaining life expectancy have changed since 2008.

Methods: We analyze data from the German Ageing Survey of the 2008, 2014, and 2020/21 waves.

Mobility restriction and barrier-reduced housing among people aged 65 or older in Germany: Do those who need it live in barrier-reduced residences?

Introduction: Older people spend a lot of time at home and in the area near where they live. Housing conditions ensure their ability to participate in social life, especially when they suffer from mobility restrictions. Barrier-free access to the residence and to rooms within the residence is a key condition for their everyday mobility.

[Older adults in the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic: health-related findings of the German Ageing Survey (DEAS)].

This narrative review brings together findings from the German Ageing Survey (DEAS) on the health situation of people in the second half of life during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. In doing so, this review answers the question of whether older adults (i.e.

Well-being trajectories of middle-aged and older adults and the corona pandemic: No "COVID-19 effect" on life satisfaction, but increase in depressive symptoms.

The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has led to profound changes in individuals' lives and might have meaningful implications for well-being. We investigated if and how two major indicators of well-being (life satisfaction and depressive symptoms) changed in Germany from a prepandemic measurement occasion (2017) to June/July 2020, the time of the fading first wave of COVID-19. This change was compared with prepandemic change between 2014 and 2017.

Feeling younger as a stress buffer: Subjective age moderates the effect of perceived stress on change in functional health.

Feeling younger than one's chronological age is associated with various beneficial health outcomes. However, apart from these direct health effects, little is known about the role of subjective age as a potential "buffer" and compensatory resource that might counteract the detrimental effect of health risk factors. We investigated whether the effect of perceived stress as a major health risk factor on change in functional health is smaller among individuals who feel younger.

Regional Impact of Population Aging on Changes in Individual Self-perceptions of Aging: Findings From the German Ageing Survey.

Background And Objectives: The importance of self-perceptions of aging (SPA) for health and longevity is well documented. Comparably little is known about factors that contribute to SPA. Besides individual factors, the context a person lives in may shape SPA.

[Small Area Variation in Demographic Aging - Informal and Formal Nursing Care Ratios and Care Preferences of Senior Citizens Inform Health Care Planners].

Demographic aging affects the number of older individuals potentially in need of care and age groups of younger individuals potentially providing formal and informal care. This study examines the current and future demographic aging and care preferences on a county level in Saxony. To analyze demographic aging, formal (FISR) and informal intergenerational support ratios (IISR) based on population data from the Federal Institute for Research on Building, Urban Affairs and Spatial Development (BBSR) were used.