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A Qualitative Evidence Synthesis Review of Longitudinal Qualitative Research in Gerontology.
The gerontologist, 2019 Background and Objectives Gerontologists have long been interested in longitudinal qualitative research (LQR), yet ambiguity remains about best practices.
Andrea L Nevedal +2 more
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Multidissiplinêre beskouinge op veroudering vanuit ‘n pastorale perspektief
HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2009 Multiprofessional aspects of ageing seen from a pastoral perspective This article describes existing research on gerontology, and explores the role of pastoral care.
Elsona Malan, Yolanda Dreyer
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Health, community and development : towards a social psychology of participation [PDF]
, 2000 Population ageing is one of the major contemporary issues facing societies across the world. Originally framed as a major social and economic challenge, demographic ageing is now beginning to be seen as offering huge potential to individuals as well as ...
Bernard +43 more
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Theorizing and Social Gerontology
International Journal of Ageing and Later Life, 2006 Theory is increasingly important in social gerontology. Thus it is gratifying to see the debut of a new journal that encourages theorizing about age and aging. The papers in Volume 1, number 1 of the International Journal of Ageing and Later Life reflect
Vern Bengtsson
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Aging cellular networks: chaperones as major participants [PDF]
Experimental Gerontology 42, 113-119 (2007), 2006 We increasingly rely on the network approach to understand the complexity of cellular functions. Chaperones (heat shock proteins) are key "networkers", which have among their functions to sequester and repair damaged protein. In order to link the network approach and chaperones with the aging process, we first summarize the properties of aging networks
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Aging: What We Can Learn From Elephants
Frontiers in Aging, 2021 Elephants are large-brained, social mammals with a long lifespan. Studies of elephants can provide insight into the aging process, which may be relevant to understanding diseases that affect elderly humans because of their shared characteristics that ...
Daniella E. Chusyd +8 more
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A Marxian Review of Gerontological Literature [PDF]
, 1994 A major concern for the sociology of aging and social gerontology is the lack of theoretical rigor. In particular, Birren and Bengtson (1988) describe all of social gerontology as data-rich but theory-poor. In an effort to deal with the lack of theory,
Fave, L. Richard Della +1 more
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Advancing the Aging and Technology Agenda in Gerontology.
The gerontologist, 2015 Interest in technology for older adults is driven by multiple converging trends: the rapid pace of technological development; the unprecedented growth of the aging population in the United States and worldwide; the increase in the number and survival of ...
R. Schulz +5 more
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International Journal of Ageing and Later Life, 2018 Gerontology has a longstanding tradition of researching the relationship between older adults and their socio-spatial environments. However, environmental gerontology often shares a positivistic understanding of space as either a “prosthetic” or a ...
Anna Wanka +2 more
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Partnering with older people as peer researchers
Health Expectations, 2021 Background The term peer researcher describes the role of a person who has similar characteristics and can identify with the participant group in a research study.
Jean Daly Lynn +4 more
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