#1Ryan McGrath(NDSU: North Dakota State University)H-Index: 6
#2S. Stastny(NDSU: North Dakota State University)H-Index: 3
Last.Kyle J. Hackney(NDSU: North Dakota State University)H-Index: 9
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Objective: We sought to determine whether daily protein intake and protein distribution across eating occasions were associated with functional disability in a national sample of older Americans. M...
Objective: To understand whether income and education have unique contributions in the prevention and management of diabetes, as measured by Hba1c levels among diagnosed and undiagnosed individuals...
Objective: Studies of “healthy” cognitive aging often focus on a limited set of measures that decline with age. The current study argues that defining and supporting healthy cognition requires unde...
Last.Eleanor Weinstein(Albert Einstein College of Medicine)H-Index: 1
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Objective: Geriatricians are skilled in the recognition of asymptomatic and atypical presentations that occur in the elderly and provide comprehensive medication management including recognizing ad...
#1Ickpyo Hong(UTMB: University of Texas Medical Branch)H-Index: 4
#2Loree Pryor(UTMB: University of Texas Medical Branch)
Last.Timothy A. Reistetter(University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio)
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Objective: The association of family and social factors with the level of functional limitations was examined across the United States, Mexico, and Korea. Method: Participants included adults from ...
Objective: This study investigates whether the health effects of informal caregiving for aging parents vary by employment status in the United States. Two opposing hypotheses are tested: dual role strain and role enhancement. Method: Using national longitudinal data from the U.S. Health and Retirement Study, multivariate regression models predicted self-rated health and mental health among older adult children caregiving for their parents (2009-2012) and noncaregivers. Results: A statistically s...
Objective: This study employed the behavioral model of service utilization to assess the impact of social support and other predisposing, enabling, and health need factors on the receipt of informa...
Objectives:This study examined childhood socioeconomic status (SES) as a predictor of later life cognition and the extent to which midlife SES accounts for associations. Methods: Data came from 5,0...
Objectives: We aimed to examine the relationships of older people’s standard of living and perceived quality of housing and neighborhoods, with different physical, mental, and social well-being tra...
#1Alice Holton(RCSI: Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland)H-Index: 3
#2Fiona Boland(RCSI: Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland)H-Index: 11
Last.Gráinne Cousins(RCSI: Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland)H-Index: 17
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Objective: The objective of this study was to determine whether trajectories of older adults’ alcohol consumption are influenced by the following life course transitions, relationship status, employment status, and self-rated health. Method: Volume and frequency of drinking were harmonized across first three waves of The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA; N = 4,295). Multilevel regression models were used to model frequency, average weekly consumption, and heavy episodic drinking. Result...