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Pandemic Disruptions of Older Adults’ Meaningful Connections: Linking Spirituality and Religion to Suffering and Resilience

Religions, 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic has upended the lives of persons of all ages throughout the world. Older adults have been particularly susceptible to the virus and have died at higher rates than any other age group.
Susan H. McFadden
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Universities of the Third Age : a rationale for transformative education in later life [PDF]

, 2010
This article addresses the political context of third-age learning. It aims to expose how relations of power and inequality, in their myriad combinations and complexities, are manifest in Universities of the Third Age [U3As].
Formosa, Marvin
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Clinical Characteristics of Parkinsonism in HTLV‐1‐Associated Myelopathy

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Human T‐lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV‐1)‐associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP) is the classic neurological manifestation of HTLV‐1 infection; however, this virus has also been associated with other neurological disorders. Concurrent parkinsonism is relatively rare and presents diagnostic challenges.
Mika Dozono, Satoshi Nozuma, Shota Hirakata, Takashi Yoshida, Daisuke Kodama, Masakazu Tanaka, Eiji Matsuura, Ryuji Kubota, Hiroshi Takashima   +8 more
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Legal Aspects of Social Infrastructure for Housing and Care for the Elderly—The Case of Slovenia

Laws, 2022
On 17 June 2021, the Government of the Republic of Slovenia adopted a Bill on Long-term Care. This legislative activity also raised the question of the existence and effectiveness of a legal environment to promote social infrastructure development for ...
Eneja Drobež, David Bogataj
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Visual Acuity does not Moderate Effect Sizes of Higher-Level Cognitive Tasks. [PDF]

, 2016
Background/study contextDeclining visual capacities in older adults have been posited as a driving force behind adult age differences in higher-order cognitive functions (e.g., the "common cause" hypothesis of Lindenberger & Baltes, 1994, Psychology ...
Allen, Philip A, Bennett, Ilana J, Houston, James R, Madden, David J   +3 more
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Cognitive Resilience in Apolipoprotein ε4 Carrier Women Predicted by Neuron‐Derived Extracellular Vesicles

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective The Apolipoprotein (APOE) ε4 allele is the strongest genetic risk factor for late‐onset Alzheimer's disease (AD); however, many ε4 carriers remain cognitively intact into old age. Leveraging plasma neuron‐derived extracellular vesicles (NDEVs), we sought to identify biomarkers of cognitive resilience and their interplay with APOE ...
Apostolos Manolopoulos, Maja Mustapic, Carlos Nogueras‐Ortiz, Francheska Delgado‐Peraza, Krishna A. Pucha, Pamela J. Yao, Joseph Blommer, Michael P. Vreones, William York, De' Larrian Knight, Stephen R. Rapp, Aladdin H. Shadyab, JoAnn E. Manson, Ramon Casanova, Robert B. Wallace, Luigi Ferrucci, Susan M. Resnick, Dimitrios Kapogiannis   +17 more
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PHENOMENON OF LIGHT WATER IN PRODUCTS FOR ELDER PEOPLE

Вестник Северо-Кавказского федерального университета, 2022
Water belongs to the most important substance of all living organisms. Urbanization of society contributed to a significant increase in consumption of drinking and technical water and an increase in the amount of contaminated wastewater.
Mariya Gladkova, Gennady Kasyanov, Valentin Shipulin, Alexei Hristyuk   +3 more
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Sensitivity and Specificity of Portable Hearing Screening in Middle-Aged and Older Adults

International Archives of Otorhinolaryngology, 2014
Introduction Hearing screening allows the identification of individuals with hearing loss. Aim To determine the sensitivity and specificity of a portable hearing screening device in middle-aged and older adults using the manufacturer scoring
Carolina Louise Cardoso, Ângelo José Gonçalves Bós, Andréa Krüger Gonçalves, Maira Rozenfeld Olchik, Leticia Sousa Flores, Bruna Macagnin Seimetz, Magda Aline Bauer, Patricia Pérez Coradini, Adriane Ribeiro Teixeira   +8 more
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Medication Use in Multiple Sclerosis: A Population‐Based Comparison With the General Danish Population

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To investigate the overall use of prescription medications among individuals with multiple sclerosis compared to the general population, with a focus on treatments beyond disease‐modifying therapies. Methods We conducted a nationwide, registry‐based study in Denmark.
Josefine Windfeld‐Mathiasen, Henrik Horwitz, Ida M. Heerfordt, Elisabeth Framke, Melinda Magyari   +4 more
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CSF Mitochondrial DNA: Biomarker of Body Composition and Energy Metabolism in Parkinson's Disease

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) cell‐free mitochondrial DNA (cf‐mtDNA) is a potential biomarker for Parkinson's disease (PD), but its clinical relevance remains unclear. We investigated associations between CSF cf‐mtDNA levels, body composition, nutritional status, and metabolic biomarkers in PD. Methods CSF cf‐mtDNA levels, defined as the
Yasuaki Mizutani, Tsuyoshi Nakai, Yasuhiro Maeda, Reiko Ohdake, Atsuhiro Higashi, Toshiki Maeda, Ryunosuke Nagao, Sayuri Shima, Kazuya Kawabata, Akihiro Ueda, Mizuki Ito, Hirohisa Watanabe   +11 more
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