Journal of Applied Gerontology, Ahead of Print. Decision-making capacity (DMC) is a salient issue due to increasing ageing populations and associated dementia-related diseases. Legislative and policy developments emphasise older adults’ rights to parti…
Journal of Applied Gerontology, Ahead of Print. A significant research gap on socioeconomic determinants of oral health among older persons is that socioeconomic indicators, like employment status, have essentially been problematized and measured using…
Journal of Applied Gerontology, Ahead of Print. The objective is to investigate the mediating roles of living alone and personal network in the relationship between physical frailty and activities of daily living (ADL) limitations among older adults. 2…
Journal of Applied Gerontology, Ahead of Print. A remote (telephone and tool kit) chronic pain program was studied using the RE-AIM (reach, effectiveness, adoption, implementation, and maintenance) framework. This 6-week pilot took place in underserved…
Journal of Applied Gerontology, Ahead of Print. Fall prevention strategies exist, but little is known about factors that influence whether they are used. We assessed whether social isolation modifies the association between fear of falling (FOF) and ba…
Journal of Applied Gerontology, Ahead of Print. Policymakers often overlook people living with physical disabilities and older adults’ behavioral health (BH) needs. Older adults experience alarmingly high rates of mental illness and substance use disor…
Journal of Applied Gerontology, Ahead of Print. This study performed a systematic review and meta-analysis to evaluate the health effects of Baduanjin exercise on adults aged 65 years and older. Chinese and English databases were electronically searche…
Journal of Applied Gerontology, Ahead of Print. This paper aims to examine whether and how adverse childhood experiences are associated with mild cognitive impairment among middle-aged and older adults in China, and if the associations vary by gender a…
Journal of Applied Gerontology, Ahead of Print. Navigating the healthcare system is complex. Many older adults and their family members report sub-optimal outcomes when transitioning from hospital to home. Patient navigation has been introduced as a mo…
Journal of Applied Gerontology, Ahead of Print. ObjectiveThe aim of this study was to determine the association between adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and subjective cognitive decline (SCD) among a representative sample of the adult US population…