background: multiple factors such as retirement, work disability, social rejection, physical illness and etc., have an impact on general health of the elders. one factor among others is the role of psychological variables. the study is intended to assess the effect of positive and negative perfectionism and type-d personality (distressed) on general health of the elders. methods: in this descri...

BACKGROUND Globally, a significant increase in functional disability among the elderly is expected in the near future. It is therefore vital to begin considering how Sub-Saharan Africa countries can best start building or strengthening the care and support system for that target population. Study objectives are: 1) identify the key actors of the social system who maintain elders in functional a...

Mass rural-urban migration and population aging are occurring simultaneously at a rapid speed in contemporary China. Tens of millions of rural young laborers have been migrating to urban areas to meet the demand for cheap labor, whereas large numbers of elderly parents (the Chinese baby boomers) are left behind in the impoverished villages. Consequently, adult children are becoming more and mor...

Although most Americans know that the U.S. population is aging, they are far less informed about the reality of providing elders with personal care, health care, and social support. Families-particularly women-have always been critical in providing elder care, but the entry of so many women into the paid labor force has made elder care increasingly difficult. Ann Bookman and Delia Kimbrel show ...

the major health challenge in the 20th century was to survive, whereas living with greater conditions is the major challenge in the current era. elderliness is a critical stage of life when there is a social call for considering its needs as to improve quality of life of elders. the present study is mainly concerned with quality of life of elders in urban areas of neyshabour. to this end, 150 e...