Abstract: This study examined the importance of striving for personal goals in accounting for older adults' subjective well-being. In a sample of 62 elders, it was found that self- assessments of the attainability of personal goals were significantly ...
Abstract: Currently, the possibilities and limitations of gene technology and genetic testing as well as ethical and legal issues associated with the further advancement and medical application of molecular genetics are controversely discussed in the ...
Summary: Gerontopsychology is still a step-child in Austrians clinical psychology. To improve this situation a section for gerontopsychology has been created in the Austrian Society for Geriatrics and Gerontology in 2000. The following papers are the ...
Legal Aspects of Traffic Participation of the ElderlyAbstract: At first the concepts “elderly people”, “participation in road traffic” and “juristic aspects” are defined. Afterwards the present legal situation regarding road traffic regulations, criminal ...
The Intercultural Measuring of Quality of Life in the Elderly: The WHOQOL-OLD ProjectAbstract: The WHOQOL-OLD is an international cooperation of 22 research centres under the sponsorship of the WHO for the development of an intercultural instrument for ...
Quality of Life of Older Caregivers of Demented RelativesAbstract: Within the WHOQOL-OLD project quality of life (QoL) of both older dementia caregivers and older noncaregivers (60 years and older) was measured using the WHOQOL-BREF and the new module ...
Self-Reported Cognitive Functioning and Quality of Life in Elderly Patients with Mild Cognitive ImpairmentAbstract: In a surveillance study, 2001 patients with clinical diagnosis of mild cognitive impairment were examined before and into 12 weeks of ...
Aufgrund der zunehmend älter werdenden Bevölkerung werden ältere Menschen in der psychiatrischen und psychosozialen Versorgung eine immer größere Rolle spielen. Da für Demenzen und Depressionen die umfassendsten Daten vorliegen, berücksichtigt der ...
Background: Older people often have multimorbidity requiring a complex regime of medications, which may change following hospital discharge, thus presenting new challenges. The experiences of older people, who manage their own medications, in particular ...
Older persons’ and their families’ experience with live-in foreign home care workers: a grounded theory studyAbstract. Background: Live-in arrangements with migrant care workers have considerably increased over the last years since they allow older ...
Knowledge levels and attitudes of nursing trainees regarding sexuality in old age – An explorative quantitative surveyAbstract.Background: In professional geriatric nursing, sexuality in old age is often tabooed – in spite ...
If dependency makes vulnerable: Nursing home residents’ claims for dignity-conserving nursing care – A narrative literature reviewAbstract.Introduction: Due to an increase in the very old population, it is important to ...
Körperliche Beschwerden sind bei Älteren weit verbreitet; diese sind bei Migranten bislang in Deutschland und international noch wenig untersucht. Unsere multizentrische Querschnittstudie erfasste körperliche Beschwerden bei Menschen im Alter zwischen 60 ...
At-risk drinking in older age-groups: An overview of prevalence and consequencesAims: This paper reviews the epidemiological research related to prevalence, demographic characteristics, and consequences of at-risk drinking among older people. </p><p> ...
Epidemiology of alcohol consumption among elderly people living in private households: Results from the 2007 Telephone Health SurveyAim: Meaningful data about the alcohol consumption of elderly people living in private households in Germany are limited. ...
Alcohol-related disorders among residents in long-term care facilities: a Germany-wide representative studyAims: The aim of the study was to determine for the first time in Germany the prevalence of alcohol-related disorders on the basis of a national ...
Validity and reliability of a German version of the Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS)Abstract. The psychometric properties of the German version of the Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS) were examined. Fourty-three patients with an age range from 60 to 87 ...
Studien zum subjektiven Autonomieerleben aus Sicht der Heimpopulation sind unterrepräsentiert. Es besteht eine Forschungslücke hinsichtlich der Selbsteinschätzung von Autonomie von Bewohnern und Bewohnerinnen mit unterschiedlichen kognitiven Fähigkeiten. ...