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The critical use of narrative and literature in gerontology [PDF]
International Journal of Ageing and Later Life, 2012 It is now widely accepted that ’’age’’ and ’’ageing’’ are cultural concepts that are open to question. The thinking encouraged by critical gerontology has been crucially important in provoking questions about the complexities of later life, age and ...
Hannah Zeilig
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Longitudinal Dynamics of Pain, Fatigue, Anxiety-Depression, Sleep, and Functional Limitation in Older Adults with Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Cross-Lagged Panel Network Analysis [PDF]
Clinical Interventions in AgingYuan Ren,1,2,* Yajie Zhao,3,* Xuwen Fu,2,* Jinling Wu,4 Hui Xiu Hu,1 Chao Sun11Department of Nursing, Beijing Hospital, National Center for Gerontology; National Clinical Research Center for Gerontology; The Key Laboratory of ...
Ren Y, Zhao Y, Fu X, Wu J, Hu HX, Sun C
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Australian Podiatry Research in Gerontology: A Bibliometric Analysis [PDF]
Journal of Foot and Ankle ResearchBackground To conduct a bibliographic analysis of English language research pertaining to gerontology by Australian resea. Methods A Scopus database search was conducted to identify all Australian gerontology articles published by podiatric authors in ...
Hylton B. Menz +4 more
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, 2019 The term “educational gerontology” was first used in a 1970 doctoral program at the University of Michigan to denote those “activities and study that occur at the interface of education and gerontology”. It achieved academic prominence some years later with the publication of the first issue of the international journal Educational Gerontology,
Marvin Formosa, Formosa, Marvin
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Geriatric and Gerontology Research: A Scientometric Investigation of Open Access Journal Articles Indexed in the Scopus Database [PDF]
Annals of Geriatric Medicine and Research, 2023 Background Scientometric analyses of specific topics in geriatrics and gerontology have grown robustly in scientific literature. However, analyses using holistic and interdisciplinary approaches are scarce in this field of research. This article aimed to
Luiz Sinésio Silva Neto +7 more
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Old age as a basic concept of social gerontology: Linguistic-theoretical aspect [PDF]
E3S Web of Conferences, 2023 This article examines the views of modern scientists on the phenomenon of old age, as well as the range of problems and concepts of special social science –gerontology, designed to solve demographic, socio-economic problems of aging.
Saparova K. O., Ruzmetov S. A.
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Deutsche Zeitschrift für SportmedizinBackground: Traditional training methods often lack motivational appeal, resulting in poor adherence. This proof-of-concept study examines the effects of a balance training system on cognitive and motoric function in community-dwelling older adults (CD ...
Rinne K, Brinkmann C, 2
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Why Gerontology Needs Anthropology: Toward an Applied Anthropological Gerontology
Social Sciences, 2023 In this essay, we argue that gerontologists should increase their engagement with anthropologists to increase transdisciplinary collaboration, fulfill the interdisciplinary promise of gerontology as a field, and to ensure the work of anthropologists is ...
Britteny M. Howell, M. Aaron Guest
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The Gerontologist, 2015 India, with a population of 1.22 billion, has a predominantly agriculture-based economy. Its 90 million elderly population heavily depend on their children for financial support and caregiving. Research on aging in India today is focused on the medical, biological, behavioral, and social sciences. Aging as an independent subject is only taught at a few
Ramamurti V, Panruti +2 more
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A Conceptional Framework for Integration of Architecture and Gerontology to Create Elderly-Friendly Home Environments in Egypt [PDF]
JES: Journal of Engineering Sciences, 2023 The global aging population is rising rapidly leading to significant impacts on the built environment. Egypt is expected to witness a notable increase in its elderly population, prompting a need for proactive measures to address the challenges and ...
Mohamed Nabil Ahmed +2 more
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