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Assessing Unmet Dementia-Related Care Needs of Informal Care Partners for Persons with Dementia by Spousal Status
(2023)Background: 80% of persons with dementia reside in the community and are cared for by family and friends considered informal care partners (ICPs) • Research on ICPs for people with dementia has focused on spousal ... -
Adult Numeracy Skill Practice by STEM and Non-STEM Workers in the USA: An Exploration of Data using Latent Class Analysis
(Taylor & Francis, 2022-11-14)Adult numeracy is one of the essential skill sets to navigate through numeric information-rich labour markets in general, and STEM industries in particular. Yet, relatively little is known about how numeracy skills are ... -
UMBC/UMB Gerontology w/ Dr. John Schumacher, Dr. Rob Millar, Dr. Sarah Holmes, Min-Hyung Park, Jenn Haddock, & Rachel McPherson
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Volunteering, educational attainment, and literacy skills among middle-aged and older adults by racial and ethnic groups in the U.S
(Taylor & Francis, 2022-10-13)Volunteer participation benefits societies and individuals. The objective of this study was to examine the roles of education and adult literacy in formal volunteering among a nationally representative sample of the U.S. ... -
Neighborhood Social Environment and Lower Extremity Function in Older Adults
(2020-01-01)Background: Research examining the linkages between neighborhood social environments and physical function in older adults is scarce. In order to reduce functional health disparities in older adulthood, it is critical to ... -
Voice User Interfaces supporting older adults with differing physical and cognitive abilities complete daily activities
(2019-01-01)The number of older adults is expected to increase from 43.1 million in 2012 to 87.3 million people in 2050 and with that, the instances of aging related disorders such as Mild Neurocognitive Disorders (mNCD) and low vision ... -
Quality and quality improvement in end-of-life care: Perceptions of hospice providers
(2020-01-20)Hospice is both a philosophy of care and a system for delivering care to patients near the end of life. The goals of hospice are to provide comfort care around the process of dying and to support the dying individual and ... -
Emergency Medical Services Providers' Perceptions of Nursing Homes, Assisted Living Facilities, and Older Adult Patients
(2018-01-01)While inequalities in prehospital care may be attributed to ageism, studies that examine the perceptions of age and aging among prehospital Emergency Medical Services (EMS) providers are lacking. This qualitative study ... -
EXPERIENCE OF STROKE RECOVERY FOR WOMEN 60 OR OLDER
(2019-01-01)Stroke is a common health concern in the U.S. with 795,000 new strokes each year. Women dominate these numbers, with 55,000 more strokes per year than men, yet they are disproportionately underrepresented in stroke research. ... -
Oldest-old Adults Face Higher Risk of COVID-19 Mortality
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AutoCogniSys: IoT Assisted Context-Aware Automatic Cognitive Health Assessment
(2020-03-17)Cognitive impairment has become epidemic in older adult population. The recent advent of tiny wearable and ambient devices, a.k.a Internet of Things (IoT) provides ample platforms for continuous functional and cognitive ... -
Automated Functional and Behavioral Health Assessment of Older Adults with Dementia
(IEEE, 2016-08-18)Dementia is a clinical syndrome of cognitive deficits that involves both memory and functional impairments. While disruptions in cognition is a striking feature of dementia, it is also closely coupled with changes in ...
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