DISCOVERING MOTIVATIONS FOR ALCOHOL USE OF DUTCH OLDER ADULTS

Alcohol use of older adults: drinking alcohol for medicinal purposes

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Alcohol use of older adults: drinking alcohol for medicinal purposes.

Motivations to eat healthily in older Dutch adults – a cross sectional study

BACKGROUND To influence dietary behaviors, more insight in food choice motivations is necessary. This study identified what motivations older adults have to eat healthily and investigated to what extent these motivations are particular to specific subgroups according to socio-economic position and other demographic, lifestyle and health characteristics. METHODS We used data from 1,050 older D...

Alcohol Use and Risk of Ischemic Stroke Among Older Adults

Background and Purpose—The association of light to moderate alcohol consumption with risk of ischemic stroke remains uncertain, as are the roles of potentially mediating factors and modification by apolipoprotein E (apoE) genotype. Methods—We studied the prospective association of alcohol consumption and risk of ischemic stroke among 4410 participants free of cardiovascular disease at baseline ...

Community Response Grids for Older Adults: Motivations, Usability, and Sociability

This paper discusses the motivation for a Community Response Grid (CRG) to help older adults improve their capability for coping with emergency situations. We define and discuss the concept of a CRG, briefly review the limits of current emergency response systems, and identify usability and sociability guidelines for CRGs for older adults based on existing research. The paper ends with a call t...