Abstract Purpose To examine the direct and indirect costs associated with declining distance visual acuity (VA). Methods A longitudinal approach was applied to a large, nationally representative sample with extensive data, including VA measured at two time points.
Joonas Taipale +5 more
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Activating health behaviors: how does digital infrastructure improve the physical health of middle-aged and older adults? Evidence from the 'Broadband China' pilot policy. [PDF]
Li Z, Wang Y, Zheng L, Xu H.
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Abstract Social services for the elderly are becoming increasingly important in societies where the elderly population is growing and requires specific attention to ensure their well‐being. Within these services, nursing homes play a key role, and it is therefore vital to ensure efficient management with an assessment according to their characteristics,
Georgina Solaz‐Moreno +2 more
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Listening to Indigenous Elders: An Evaluation of the Cultural Health Stations in Taiwan. [PDF]
Huang YK, Hua TC, Braun KL.
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Fleshing out Law: Embodied Encounters and the Material Geographies of Legal Space
Short Abstract This article explores how legality is produced, negotiated and contested through embodied encounters in urban courtrooms. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork in German district courts, it develops the modalities of appearing, suspending and filtering to analyse how bodies are made to perform, endure and navigate legal processes.
Sarah Klosterkamp
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Who is more fearful of being dependent? A Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition analysis of rural-urban difference among middle-aged and older Chinese adults. [PDF]
Li J, Xu W.
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Bringing Nuance to Real Estate Financialisation: Insights From Brazil
ABSTRACT Real estate has re‐emerged as an object of inquiry in geography and urban studies in recent years, particularly through the lens of the financialisation debate. The literature on financialisation has extensively documented how finance has reshaped real estate markets, often prioritising short‐term rent extraction in ways that can undermine ...
Stefano Pagin, Daniel Sanfelici
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The spillover effects of formal social support on vulnerability to poverty among rural older adult households: a risk 'shock-response' perspective. [PDF]
Fu C, Tan Z, He J.
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How Can Female Directors' Influence on Responsible Production Become More Consequential?
ABSTRACT Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 12, despite having the greatest linkage to other goals, remains underexplored. We examine the impact of female directors on SDG 12 (responsible production) by addressing two debates: whether their presence reflects genuine board diversity and whether they serve merely as token leaders.
Muhammad Taufik, Fiona Vinelia
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