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Comparing Life Expectancy Determinants Between Indonesia and Oman from 1980 to 2020
Comparing Life Expectancy Determinants Between Indonesia and Oman from 1980 to 2020
Life expectancy (LE) is a health indicator of a population’s health and well-being. Modeling the trajectory of LE al...
Adapted MoCA for Use among Arabic-Speaking Immigrants in the United States
Adapted MoCA for Use among Arabic-Speaking Immigrants in the United States
Neuropsychological assessment among U.S. Arabic-speaking older adults is virtually non-existent due to lack of translated ...
Joint Leisure Activities of Older Vietnamese Married Couples
Joint Leisure Activities of Older Vietnamese Married Couples
Leisure activities enjoyed by older married couples play an important part in creating more meaningful married lives. The ...
Away from Home or Returned Home? What Iranian Participants with Dementia Experience while Living in a Culturally Profiled Nursing Home in Sweden
Away from Home or Returned Home? What Iranian Participants with Dementia Experience while Living in a Culturally Profiled Nursing Home in Sweden
This study explores Iranian immigrants with dementia living in a culturally profiled Swedish nursing home and what it mean...
Children as Investment: Religion, Money, and Muslim Migrants’ Experiences of Assisted Reproduction in Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ)
Children as Investment: Religion, Money, and Muslim Migrants’ Experiences of Assisted Reproduction in Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ)
Children are valued in all societies although the specific framing of that value differs. Several societies frame the valu...
Comparative Analysis of Gender and Age Patterns in Informal Care Received among Disabled Older Adults: A Cross-National Study across the United States, Mexico, China, and Indonesia
Comparative Analysis of Gender and Age Patterns in Informal Care Received among Disabled Older Adults: A Cross-National Study across the United States, Mexico, China, and Indonesia
This paper examines cross-national differences by gender and age in receipt and sources of help for limitations with activ...
Free Time in Old Age: Does Health Status Determine the Choice of Leisure Activities in Indonesia?
Free Time in Old Age: Does Health Status Determine the Choice of Leisure Activities in Indonesia?
This paper examines which leisure activities appear more attractive to older people, considering health status, disability...
Transcultural Pilot Study of the Efficacy of Reminiscence Therapy for Mexican and Spanish Older Adults with Different Levels of Cognitive Decline
Transcultural Pilot Study of the Efficacy of Reminiscence Therapy for Mexican and Spanish Older Adults with Different Levels of Cognitive Decline
The main objective for this study is to analyze the impact of a positive reminiscence therapy program (REMPOS) in cognitiv...
Life After Retirement: Exploring the Survival Strategies of SSNIT Pensioners in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana
Life After Retirement: Exploring the Survival Strategies of SSNIT Pensioners in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana
Ghana’s elderly population represents about 6.7% of the national populace. They comprise persons aged sixty years an...
Subjective Wellbeing of Community Dwelling Older Adults in Nigeria
Subjective Wellbeing of Community Dwelling Older Adults in Nigeria
Previous comparative international studies on wellbeing of older adults in Africa have presented figures based on indicato...
Exploring Coping and Religiosity in an Indian Ashram for Older Adults
Exploring Coping and Religiosity in an Indian Ashram for Older Adults
With the aging of Indians and the cultural context of family care, faith-based ashrams are a possible middle way for older...
Psychosocial well-being in Long-Term Care in the Wake of COVID-19: Findings from a Qualitative Study in New Zealand
Psychosocial well-being in Long-Term Care in the Wake of COVID-19: Findings from a Qualitative Study in New Zealand
Drawing on Mason Durie’s (1985) New Zealand Whare Tapa Whā model of health (spiritual, emotional, physical, and...
Exploring Handgrip Strength as a Cross-cultural Correlate of Body Composition and Upper Body Strength in Older Adults from Costa Rica and Kansas
Exploring Handgrip Strength as a Cross-cultural Correlate of Body Composition and Upper Body Strength in Older Adults from Costa Rica and Kansas
Sarcopenia and disability in older adults are often characterized by body composition measurements; however, the gold stan...
Parenting in Adversity: Effects of Older Caregivers, Biological Carers and Troubled Carers on Child Outcomes in High HIV-Affected Communities
Parenting in Adversity: Effects of Older Caregivers, Biological Carers and Troubled Carers on Child Outcomes in High HIV-Affected Communities
Caregiving by older adults is a common phenomenon, enhanced in the era of HIV infection. This longitudinal study was set u...
A Scoping Review on Older Adults from Africa Social Connectedness Experiences in North America
A Scoping Review on Older Adults from Africa Social Connectedness Experiences in North America
The percentage of older adult immigrants in Canada and the United States is increasing with older adult immigrants from Af...
Perspectives of Rural Older Women on the Determinants of Successful Ageing in Southeast Nigeria
Perspectives of Rural Older Women on the Determinants of Successful Ageing in Southeast Nigeria
As the global population of older persons continues to increase, the need for improved quality of life and increased life ...
Correction to: Knowledge and Attitudes of Two Latino Groups About Alzheimer Disease: A Qualitative Study
Correction to: Knowledge and Attitudes of Two Latino Groups About Alzheimer Disease: A Qualitative Study
Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which ...
The Lived Experiences of Spousal Bereavement and Adjustment Among Older Chinese Immigrants in Calgary
The Lived Experiences of Spousal Bereavement and Adjustment Among Older Chinese Immigrants in Calgary
Spousal bereavement poses considerable challenges to adults in late life. Some populations, such as older immigrants, may ...
Impact of Leisure Activities on the Well-being of Elders: Evidence from Sri Lanka
Impact of Leisure Activities on the Well-being of Elders: Evidence from Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka demonstrates the most rapid aging process among countries in South Asia. The high prevalence of non-communicable...
Successful Aging in the Indian Socio-cultural Milieu
Successful Aging in the Indian Socio-cultural Milieu
There is a growing recognition of the importance of subjective definitions of successful aging from a clinical and policy ...
Beyond ‘Productive Aging’: An Argument for ‘Happy Aging’
Beyond ‘Productive Aging’: An Argument for ‘Happy Aging’
This paper critically considers the concept of ‘productive aging,’ maintaining that although the term emerged ...
Acknowledgement of Reviewers for Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology, 2022
Acknowledgement of Reviewers for Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology, 2022
Share this articleAnyone you share the following link with will be able to read this content:Get shareable linkSorry, a sh...
Grandparenting Among Māoris of New Zealand: Reflecting on Meanings
Grandparenting Among Māoris of New Zealand: Reflecting on Meanings
Regardless of nation and culture, grandparents have been instrumental in the survival of families and communities as well ...
Validation of the Rowland Universal Dementia Assessment Scale in Indonesia: Preliminary Evidence
Validation of the Rowland Universal Dementia Assessment Scale in Indonesia: Preliminary Evidence
The South-East Asia region has one of the fastest-growing aging populations, for which standardized dementia screening mea...
Psychometric Properties of the CAGE Questionnaire Amongst Middle-Aged and Older Adults in Khuzistan Province of Iran
Psychometric Properties of the CAGE Questionnaire Amongst Middle-Aged and Older Adults in Khuzistan Province of Iran
The CAGE questionnaire is an instrument, proved useful in helping to make a diagnosis of alcoholism. The questions focus o...
Correction: Global Gender Inequality, Older Women, and the Call for Change in the United States
Correction: Global Gender Inequality, Older Women, and the Call for Change in the United States
Cite this articleBrowne, C.V., Takamura, J.C. & Seo, J.Y. Correction: Global Gender Inequality, Older Women, and the C...
The Influence of Parent- and Adult Child-level Factors on Intergenerational Relationship Quality: A Study of Chinese Families with Multiple Children in Hong Kong
The Influence of Parent- and Adult Child-level Factors on Intergenerational Relationship Quality: A Study of Chinese Families with Multiple Children in Hong Kong
Intergenerational relationships have become increasingly crucial for maintaining well-being in aging families. Under a cha...
Filipino Aging within Global North Diasporas: A Scoping Review
Filipino Aging within Global North Diasporas: A Scoping Review
Drawing on international research, this article examines and navigates through the existing social gerontological and ethn...
Caregiving Across International Borders: a Systematic Review of Literature on Transnational Carer-Employees
Caregiving Across International Borders: a Systematic Review of Literature on Transnational Carer-Employees
In diaspora and transnational studies little is known about the experiences of transnational carer-employees (TCEs). TCEs ...
Health Services Utilization Barriers for Rural Elderly Women in Bangladesh: Narratives of Clinicians, Pharmacists and Public Health Assistants
Health Services Utilization Barriers for Rural Elderly Women in Bangladesh: Narratives of Clinicians, Pharmacists and Public Health Assistants
Bangladesh has the third largest population of poor older adults in the world and 73% of them live in rural areas. Dispari...
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