TRENDS IN LONGEVITY, HEALTH, AND FUNCTIONING AMONG VERY OLD PEOPLE—THE NORDIC CASE

Physical activity, function, and longevity among the very old.

BACKGROUND Recommendations encouraging physical activity (PA) set no upper age limit, yet evidence supporting the benefits of PA among the very old is sparse. We examined the effects of continuing, increasing, or decreasing PA levels on survival, function, and health status among the very old. METHODS Mortality data from ages 70 to 88 years and health, comorbidity, and functional status at ag...

Trends in Old-Age Functioning and

Preventive home visits and health – experiences among very old people

BACKGROUND As more people reach older age, there is a growing interest in improving old person's health, activity, independence and social participation, thereby adding quality to the extended years. Preventive home visits (PHV) programs for old people have received much attention in recent decades. A large body of research shows mixed effects, and argues that a home visit is a complex social p...

Self-Rated Health Among Very Old People in European Countries

Objectives: To explore and gain insight into factors related to self-rated health (SRH) among very old people in two European countries. Methods: The study was based on Latvian (n = 301) and Swedish (n = 397) data from the baseline of the Enabling Autonomy, Participation, and Well-Being in Old Age: The Home Environment as a Determinant for Healthy Ageing Survey Study. Besides descriptive statis...

Social adaptive functioning, apathy, and nondysphoric depression among nursing home-dwelling very old adults.

BACKGROUND Apathetic and subsyndromal depressive conditions are common in the oldest old. This study examined whether nondysphoric depression (NDD), a clinical condition characterized by ideational and vegetative but no emotional symptoms of depression, belongs to the apathetic presentations of late-life depression. Rates of NDD, dysphoric depression (DD), apathy, and social functional impairme...