OBJECTIVES To provide opportunities for intergenerational knowledge sharing for healthy lifestyles; to facilitate youth and Elder mentorship; and to increase the self-esteem of youth by celebrating identity, cultural practices and community connection through the creation and sharing of digital stories. PARTICIPANTS A youth research team (8 youth) aged 13-25, youth participants (60 core parti...

ROS production and intracellular HSP70 levels were measured in human neutrophils for three age groups: young (20-59 years), elders (60-89 years) and nonagenarians (90 years and older). Elders showed higher levels of spontaneous intracellular ROS content compared with young and nonagenarian groups, which had similar intracellular ROS levels. Zymosan-induced (non-spontaneous) extracellular ROS le...

BACKGROUND Promoting the health of transitional frail elders (e.g., through therapeutic-based yoga exercises) is essential to reduce healthcare expenditures caused by chronic health problems. OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to determine the efficacy of 24 weeks of the senior-tailored silver yoga (SY) exercise program for transitional frail elders. METHODS A convenience sample of 69 ...

PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of a medication self-management education program on medication awareness, communication with health care provider, medication misuse behavior, and blood pressure in elders with hypertension. METHODS The research design for this study was a non-equivalent control group quasi-experimental design. Participants were 23 elders for the co...

PURPOSE The primary purpose of this study was to reexamine underlying dimensions of attitudes toward the elderly held by undergraduate nursing students. A secondary purpose was to investigate characteristics of nursing students associated with attitudes toward elders. METHODS A survey was performed using self-report questionnaire completed by nursing students from a total of 10 nursing school...

We adapt a metaphor from life course studies to designate the whole of one's possessions, across time, as a convoy of material support. This dynamic collection of things supports daily life and the self, but it can also present difficulty in later life. To alleviate the purported burdens of the material convoy, a discourse has arisen that urges elders and their family members to reduce the volu...

While the vast majority of information technologies are designed for younger audiences, recently more attention has been given to home-based applications that can help older adults "age in place". These designs focus on monitoring and providing support for elders while simultaneously providing caregivers the information needed to keep the elder safe. Relatively little attention has been given t...

OBJECTIVE This study compared microstructural abnormalities in depressed elders and controls and studied the association of the serotonin transporter gene status to white matter abnormalities and to remission of depression. METHODS The subjects were Caucasians with non-psychotic major depression and normal elders. Depressed subjects received escitalopram 10 mg daily for 12 weeks. Remission wa...

Dementia causes cognitive deficits producing functional impairments. Continuous care and monitoring are thus compulsory to keep at home elders suffering from dementia. Intelligent habitat can play a central role toward a global and integrated solution and alleviate relatives from the care burden. The general idea is twofold. On the one hand, the physical environment could supplement elder cogni...

The traditional role of African elders and their connection with the community make them important stakeholders in community-based disease control programmes. We explored elders' memories related to interventions against sleeping sickness to assess whether or not past interventions created any trauma which might hamper future control operations. Using a qualitative research framework, we conduc...