Memory training is one way to achieve improvement in the quality of life and to prolong the independence of older people. Our contribution is a trial with one treatment group (N = 152) which concentrated on the effect of a basic memory training course ...

This study centered around 131 caregivers and their recipients to investigate whether the caregiver’s perceived knowledge of dementia may be a factor in reducing caregiver burden. We developed a questionnaire to measure this kind of knowledge. A ...

This research investigates the associations of psychological and biological factors with the self-perceived health of old persons. Participants were 411 residents of 11 retirement homes in Zagreb, Croatia: 104 men, 307 women, aged 56–96 years (average 79) ...

Throughout history, formal education has been “age-based,” in the sense that primary, secondary, further, and higher education have been planned and implemented with the main objective of preparing citizens for working life. However, gerontological ...

In Austria, gerontopsychology is seen as a subdiscipline of clinical psychology which was influenced by many additional disciplines such as developmental psychology, health psychology, geriatrics, and gerontosociology. Gerontopsychology is gaining in ...

This work provides an overview of psychology of aging and old age in the Czech Republic. Historical roots as well as recent activities are listed including clinical practice, cognitive rehabilitation, research, and the teaching of geropsychology.

The year 2012 is the European Year of Active Aging and Intergenerational Solidarity. On this occasion, the journal GeroPsych presents an overview of the contributions of gerontopsychology to active aging across Europe. Active aging comprises both ...

Spain, like other developed countries, has witnessed exponential growth in the number of older persons, and it has made great efforts to address this new social situation, gradually developing an extensive network for supporting not only dependent persons,...