"They Are the Reason I Come to Work": The Meaning of Resident-Staff Relationships in Assisted Living [0.03%]
“他们使我上班有了意义”——对 assisted living 机构中居民与员工关系之意义的理解
Mary M Ball,Michael L Lepore,Molly M Perkins et al.
Mary M Ball et al.
This article aims to provide understanding of how direct care workers (DCWs) in assisted living facilities (ALFs) interpret their relationships with residents and to identify factors that influence the development, maintenance, quality, and...
From the Lab to the Front Line: How Individual Biogerontologists Navigate their Contested Field [0.03%]
从实验室到前线：个体生物老化学家如何应对充满争议的学科领域
Richard A Settersten,Michael A Flatt,Roselle S Ponsaran
Richard A Settersten
This paper infuses a new perspective into scholarship on anti-aging science: the experiences of individual scientists as they entered and navigate this controversial field. We draw on in-depth interviews with 43 prominent biogerontologists ...
Gender, aging, poverty and health: Survival strategies of older men and women in Nairobi slums [0.03%]
性别、老龄化、贫困与健康：内罗毕贫民区男女老人的生存策略
Netsayi N Mudege,Alex C Ezeh
Netsayi N Mudege
This paper is based on data from focus group discussions and in-depth individual interviews carried out in two slum areas, Korogocho and Viwandani in Nairobi, Kenya. It discusses how the division between domestic sphere and public sphere im...
The Nature of Staff - Family Interactions in Nursing Homes: Staff Perceptions [0.03%]
养老机构中员工-家属互动的性质：基于员工视角的研究
Queen Utley-Smith,Cathleen S Colón-Emeric,Deborah Lekan-Rutledge et al.
Queen Utley-Smith et al.
Each year thousands of older adults are admitted to nursing homes. Following admission, nursing home staff and family members must interact and communicate with each other. This study examined relationship and communication patterns between...
Yuri Jang,Giyeon Kim,David Chiriboga et al.
Yuri Jang et al.
With the growth of immigrant populations and the increasing awareness and appreciation for the cultural diversity in the U.S., the present study assessed a model of acculturation with a sample of Korean American older adults. We addressed a...
Older Motherhood and the Changing Life Course in the Era of Assisted Reproductive Technologies [0.03%]
辅助生殖技术时代的晚育与人生历程的变迁
Carrie Friese,Gay Becker,Robert D Nachtigall
Carrie Friese
Midlife, once a focus of particular interest to gerontologists because of its implications for later life, has recently received little attention. But as new reproductive technologies have expanded in the United States, motherhood is occurr...
David J Ekerdt,Julie F Sergeant
David J Ekerdt
When adults move to smaller quarters in later life, family members become involved in the management and disposal of possessions-some cherished, some mundane. Interviews were conducted with 14 family members who had participated in a househ...
Climate transition and climate adaptation: The experiences of older immigrants from the former Soviet Union in Israel [0.03%]
气候转变与气候适应：以色列来自前苏联的年长移民的经历
Although immigrant adjustment has been widely studied, the impact of climate and environmental changes on immigrants' experiences, particularly among older immigrants, has received less attention. Older immigrants are especially vulnerable ...
Stories of home: Aging, intergenerational relations and dementia in Julia Martin's The Blackridge House: A memoir (2019) [0.03%]
家的故事——关于老龄化、跨世代关系及痴呆的话题——朱莉娅·马丁《黑里奇屋：一部回忆录》(2019)
Scholarship in the field of aging and care has geared efforts toward the analysis of the significance of home in the context of dementia. Julia Martin's The Blackridge House (2019) provides a nuanced understanding of this question, offering...