Abstract.Background: The number of older adults with alcohol use disorder (AUD) is expected to rise. Adapted treatments for this group are lacking and information on AUD features in treatment seeking older adults ...
Abstract.Aim: To examine in subjects aged > = 55 years the association between preceding mental disorders (MD), gender, and partnership and past 12-month problematic alcohol use (PAU; daily drinking, binge drinking,...
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. ...
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 ...
Tobacco Dependence and Smoking Cessation in the ElderlyOlder adults suffer a large proportion of the health consequences from smoking. But until recently there has been little attention paid in health policy and practice to older people who smoke. This ...
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 ...
Die Behandlung psychisch kranker älterer Menschen stellt uns immer wieder vor große Herausforderungen. Multimorbidität, kognitive Beeinträchtigungen und nicht selten eine unkritische, nebenwirkungsreiche medikamentöse Polypragmasie erschweren eine ...
Die Entscheidung, die vertraute Wohnform zugunsten einer institutionalisierten Wohnumgebung des Seniorenheims aufzugeben, ist für Senioren und Angehörige oftmals mit erheblichen Schwierigkeiten verbunden. Zahlreiche Studien belegen, dass eine ungeplante ...
«For Better or for Worse ...» Differences and Similarities of Caring Spouses and Other Family Caregivers in the German Survey of the Project EUROFAMCAREThe vast majority of older people in need for care are cared-for by their relatives, mostly children ...
Diagnostics of Alcohol-Related Disorders in the ElderlyAbstract: An overview is given with respect to diagnostic procedures for problematic drinking in the elderly. Screening instruments are evaluated according to their applicability in older age groups ...
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 ...
Assessment of Depressive Disorders in the ElderlyAbstract: Depressive disorders are counted among the most frequently emerging mental disorders and it is known that non treated depression has a negative impact on the course of depression and somatic ...
Assessment of Resources in the ElderlyAbstract: The assessment and utilization of strengths, competences and resources of a person draws more and more attention to itself, supplementing the psychopathological oriented assessment in psychotherapy. This ...
Suicide Among the Elderly in Italy: An Epidemiological Focus in the Light of International TrendsAbstract: Suicide rates of the elderly in Italy have remained high but stable over preceding decades. A steady increase has been observed among elderly ...
Care of the Suicidal Elderly in SwitzerlandAbstract: Although the living conditions of the elderly in Switzerland seem to be favourable, they do not prevent them from having a high rate of suicide. There is observed a progressive increase between in the ...
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 ...
Summary: Epidemiological studies of alcohol consumption and misuse among the elderly reveal inconsistent results. In a representative sample of community and residential residents (75+) the pattern of alcohol consumption related to sociodemographic ...
Development of a questionnaire about preparation for future care needs (PFCN): Scale construction and psychometric propertiesAbstract. Based on the assumption that preparing for future stressors may help to cope with them, we developed a questionnaire ...
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 ...
Summary: In this paper results are reported on the relationship between perceived parental rearing and subjective somatic complaints, interpersonal problems and life satisfaction in a representative sample of 766 subjects in the age of 60 years or more. ...