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Mental Health and Healthy Aging – Prevention and Management
Published in Goh Cheng Soon, Gerard Bodeker, Kishan Kariippanon, Healthy Ageing in Asia, 2022
Aging is associated with an increased reliance on health-related and support services. Old age often goes hand in hand with increasingly complex and often interrelated problems, encompassing physical, psychological, and social health.
Food Types, Dietary Supplements, and Roles
Published in Chuong Pham-Huy, Bruno Pham Huy, Food and Lifestyle in Health and Disease, 2022
Chuong Pham-Huy, Bruno Pham Huy
In summary, dietary supplements can be helpful in some situations, but eating a balanced diet rich in macro and micronutrients is the best way to promote better health and to prevent some chronic diseases, mostly in elderly people. Many nutritionists and healthcare organizations such as WHO, FAO, and FDA have recommended food first because foods provide a large range of vitamins, antioxidants, minerals, and macronutrients in natural forms that are often not found in dietary supplements. However, when a deficiency of some micronutrients occurs in your body due to illness or old age, a supply of these micronutrients through supplements may be necessary.
An overview of ageing and an introduction to this resource
Published in Rebecca Allwood, Working with Communication and Swallowing Difficulties in Older Adults, 2022
One area that has gained increasing attention over recent years has been the level of loneliness amongst older people. Age UK (2018) reported that 1 in 12 older people in the UK report that they often feel lonely. Moving house, losing partners or friends and being in ill health are all factors that can increase the feelings of loneliness in old age.
Self-reported sleep in relation to risk of dementia a quarter of a century later at age 90+: The 90+ Study
Published in Behavioral Sleep Medicine, 2023
Zarui A. Melikyan, Claudia H. Kawas, Annlia Paganini-Hill, Luohua Jiang, Bryce A. Mander, María M. Corrada
Individuals aged 90+ years (oldest-old) are the fastest growing age segment of the population and have highest risk of dementia (Corrada et al., 2010). To reduce dementia burden, it is essential to identify modifiable factors that impact risk of dementia in this age group. Sleep and napping are potential candidates as they are associated with cognition in the younger-old (age 65–89 years). Short (≤5 or ≤6 hours depending on the study) and long (≥8 or ≥9 hours depending on the study) self-reported sleep per night and per 24 hr are associated with increased risk of all-cause cognitive impairment (Chen et al., 2016; Sabia et al., 2021). Short sleep may be associated with increased pathology accumulation, while long sleep may be a marker, not a cause, of dementia or neurodegeneration (Spira et al., 2013; Westwood et al., 2017). Moderate duration (<60 minutes) self-reported naps are associated with lower risk of cognitive decline (Keage et al., 2012) likely due to their neuroprotective effect (J. Li et al., 2017).
Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Associations between Subjective Sleep Difficulties and Self-Perceptions of Aging
Published in Behavioral Sleep Medicine, 2022
Serena Sabatini, Obioha C Ukoumunne, Clive Ballard, Rachel Collins, Anne Corbett, Helen Brooker, Linda Clare
The term subjective sleep refers to individuals’ rating of their sleep, which does not necessarily match information obtained through objective indicators of sleep (Kay et al., 2015; Mander et al., 2017; Westerlund et al., 2016). Subjective sleep is important as it captures those aspects of sleep (e.g., satisfaction with one’s sleep) that cannot be assessed with objective measures (Gadie et al., 2017). Moreover, subjective sleep difficulties are common across adulthood and old age. A study found that 70% of US individuals aged 65 or over report difficulties with their sleep (Jaussent et al., 2011). Similarly, it has been estimated that 77% of adults in the UK do not wake up in the morning feeling well-rested (Mental Health Foundation, 2012; Morgan, 2016) and that older people report more subjective sleep difficulties than younger adults (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2014; Mellor et al., 2014).
The impact of depressive symptoms and social support on resilience among older adult caregivers
Published in Health Care for Women International, 2022
Eveline Ndinelao Kalomo, Jung Sim Jun, Kyoung Hag Lee
In addition, data revealed that caregivers who received financial support from the government had more resiliency. Our finding underpins the critical role of social pensions, such as the old-age pension and child grants available in Namibia, which may provide a lifeline to many older caregivers of children affected by HIV/AIDS. The government provides older adults, aged 60 and older, with an old-age pension which is designed primarily as a poverty relief program. The old-age pension is insufficient to meet the needs of older caregivers because, more often, they contribute to additional costs including food, clothing, medication, transportation, and school fees for orphaned grandchildren (Munthree & Maharaj, 2010). Culturally, it is common for older caregivers to be supporting numerous other family members and non-kinship-related dependents-many still school-aged. In addition to government financial supports, there is an urgent need to develop other economic opportunities which will supplement meager government pensions and enhance economic resilience among older caregivers.