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Presentation - Resilience & Aging: How COVID-19 Informs How We Can Better Navigate Setbacks and Challenges That Come With Aging

In this presentation, Dr. Carr will describe the role of psychological resilience in shaping aging processes.

Dawn Carr

Social lives and cliques in senior housing communities

This study examined residents’ perceptions of life in senior housing, social stigma, and cliques.

Ehirement Azugbene • Heidi H. Ewen • Kara B. Dassel • Amy Restorick Roberts • Jasleen Chahal

Fundamental causes in illness and health behavior: A cross-national comparison of young adults in the US and Nepal

This study compares the relationship between stress from the death of a parent and two indicators of well-being, substance use and mental health, in the United States and Nepal including difference...

Mark Tausig • Sree Subedi • Kelina Basnyat • J. Scott Brown • Janardan Subedi

Quality of life trajectories of older adults living in senior housing

Quality of life (QoL) in the face of declining health, mobility, and social losses is a central issue for older adults.

Kathryn Betts Adams • Amy Restorick Roberts

Changes over time in emotional status among older adults new to receiving long-term services and supports

This article examines the natural history of changes in emotional status as measured through emotional well-being and depressive symptoms over a two-year period among older adults new to long-term ...

Katherine M. Abbott

Measuring Positive Attitudes toward Persons with Dementia: A Validation of the Allophilia Scale

Efforts to combat ageism typically focus on negative attitudes toward members of an out-group.

J. Scott Brown • Takashi Yamashita • Jennifer M. Kinney

Influence of Late Life Stressors on the Decisions of Older Women to Relocate into Congregate Senior Housing

The primary aim of this study is to elucidate the push-pull factors associated with moving into congregate senior housing.

Heidi H. Ewen • Jasleen Chahal

Application of the model of allostasis to older women's relocation to senior housing

Adjustment to senior housing entails significant lifestyle changes and is a stressful process.

Heidi H. Ewen • Jennifer M. Kinney

An international comparison of the Ohio department of aging-resident satisfaction survey: applicability in a U.S. and Canadian sample

The majority of resident satisfaction surveys available for use in assisted living settings have been developed in the United States; however, empirical assessment of their measurement properties r...

Takashi Yamashita • Jane Straker • J. Scott Brown