Network Bridging Potential in Later Life

Later life civic engagement of elderly in Ahwaz -Iran

Background and Purpose: The problematic reduction of civic engagement in local communities of Khuzestan province in the southwest of Iran has became a serious issue for research in social planning and policy making. Efforts have been made to study the risk factors as the deterrents to engaging in the society. Methods: this study aims to investigate the factors influencing civic engagement amon...

Network type and mortality risk in later life.

PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to examine the association of baseline network type and 7-year mortality risk in later life. DESIGN AND METHODS We executed secondary analysis of all-cause mortality in Israel using data from a 1997 national survey of adults aged 60 and older (N=5,055) that was linked to records from the National Death Registry up to 2004. We considered six network types-...

Suicide in later life.

Epilepsy in later life.

Epilepsy is most likely to develop in later life. The burden of this disorder on health-care resources will rise further as the world's population continues to age. Making a secure diagnosis can be challenging because the clinical manifestations of seizures and the differential diagnoses and causes of epilepsy can be different in older individuals compared with younger individuals. Obtaining a ...

Household disbandment in later life.

OBJECTIVE This study described activities that older people undertake to reduce the volume of their possessions in the course of a residential move to smaller quarters, a process with practical, cognitive, emotional, and social dimensions. METHODS Qualitative interviews were conducted with members of 30 households who had moved in the prior year. The disbandment period, typically lasting abou...