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Zaidi, Asghar, Katrin Gasior, and Robert Manchin. "Population Aging and Intergenerational Solidarity: International Policy Frameworks and European Public Opinion." Journal of Intergenerational Relationships 10, no. 3 (July 2012): 214–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15350770.2012.697845.
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Seeman, Mary V. "Subjective Overview of Accelerated Aging in Schizophrenia." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 20, no. 1 (December 31, 2022): 737. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20010737.
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Schizophrenia, like many other human diseases, particularly neuropsychiatric diseases, shows evidence of accelerated brain aging. The molecular nature of the process of aging is unknown but several potential indicators have been used in research. The concept of accelerated aging in schizophrenia took hold in 2008 and its timing, pace, determinants and deterrents have been increasingly examined since. The present overview of the field is brief and selective, based on diverse studies, expert opinions and successive reviews. Current thinking is that the timing of age acceleration in schizophrenia can occur at different time periods of the lifespan in different individuals, and that antipsychotics may be preventive. The majority opinion is that the cognitive decline and premature death often seen in schizophrenia are, in principle, preventable.
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Aditia, Try, Hamidi Said, and Supriati Supriati. "PENGELOLAAN OPINI PUBLIK DALAM MEMBANGUN REPUTASI (Studi kasus pada Humas Pemerintah Kabupaten Bengkalis)." Inovbiz: Jurnal Inovasi Bisnis 4, no. 1 (June 1, 2016): 12. http://dx.doi.org/10.35314/inovbiz.v4i1.31.
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Abstract : The purpose of the research are to know how the public relations officer of Bengkalis regency government managing public opinion, the cons- traints face, and to determine solutions to faced constraints. This type research is descriptive. The results of the research is the public relations officer Bengkalis regency government in managing public opinion that is media monitoring acti- vities, news analysis, discussion results of analysis, and set of information pack- aging strategy. Constraints faced is society of Bengkalis less familiar media mo- dern, public relations officer does not meet qualifications, and facilities ina- dequate. The solution is to the public relations activities of conducted intensive- ly, revitalizing public relation officer, and the addition infrastructure required. So that the function and purpose of public relations goes well then the human re- sources that are used by Public Relations of Bengkalis Regency Government fac- tor should prioritize quality over quantity, at least a Public Relations must have the appropriate background to the field. Keywords : Public Relations, Public Opinion
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Green, David. "Immigrant Perception in Japan." Asian Survey 57, no. 2 (March 2017): 368–94. http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/as.2017.57.2.368.
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Japan’s rapidly aging populace and its accompanying demographic, social, and economic problems are forcing a gradual opening to increased immigration. This paper consequently considers what factors influence public opinion toward immigration in Japan, using multilevel statistical modeling to test hypotheses regarding economic threat, cultural threat, contact, and salience of change.
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Podhorecka, Marta, Anna Pyszora, Agnieszka Woźniewicz, Jakub Husejko, and Kornelia Kędziora-Kornatowska. "Health and Protective Measures for Seniors during the COVID-19 Pandemic in the Opinion of Polish Society." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 17 (September 1, 2021): 9230. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18179230.
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The aim of the study was to determine the opinion of society on the individual care and protection measures towards seniors during the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition, the relationship of opinions with demographic data, knowledge about aging and own experience in contacts with the elderly was examined. The study involved 923 attendees from Poland. The tools used to assess the research problem were: demographic characteristics, a Facts on Aging Quiz (FAQ), the author’s questionnaire about preventive and protective measures for seniors during the COVID-19 pandemic. We observed that over 50% of participants were against designating shopping hours for seniors. The analysis showed that negative attitudes were more often expressed by women than by men; younger people and those declaring that they do not spend too much time with the elderly. In the matter of vaccination priority for the elderly, over 70% participants replied “rather yes” or “definitely yes”. The use of the age criterion in situations of limited access to medications and ventilators was supported mainly by learners, with high results of the FAQ, and professionals dealing with seniors. Finally, almost 56% of participants declared that their contacts with seniors were the same as before the pandemic, while merely 1.6% indicated that they avoid contact with them entirely.
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Wang, Chao-Ming, and Chen-Siang Huang. "Using Digital Technology to Design a Simple Interactive System for Nostalgic Gaming to Promote the Health of Slightly Disabled Elderly People." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 20, no. 1 (December 22, 2022): 128. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20010128.
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An interactive digital gaming system with simple tangible interfaces is proposed for use by slightly disabled elderly people to promote their health and enjoyment of playful aging. The system simulates a rice threshing machine with nostalgic and entertaining functions expected to bring better life quality to older adults. Initially, pieces of literature were reviewed to derive relevant design principles. A prototype system was constructed accordingly and refined according to the invited older users’ comments. The refined system was performed subsequently by slightly disabled elderly people, followed by a questionnaire survey conducted to collect their opinions. The opinion data were analyzed statistically by SPSS and AMOS to be reliable and valid. In addition, interviews were conducted with the users and experts were invited to collect comments on the system’s usability, which were then evaluated to reveal several findings about the system’s effectiveness: (1) digital products related to life experiences are more acceptable to slightly disabled elderly people, promoting their willingness to play games to achieve active aging; (2) simple system interfaces requiring no complicated limb functions are appropriate for the slightly disabled elderly people; and (3) digital gaming has the effects of training slightly disabled elderly peoples’ cognitive and motor abilities as well as strengthening their body and mind.
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Clark, Nina, and Phoebe S. Liebig. "The Politics of Physician-Assisted Death: California's Proposition 161 and Attitudes of the Elderly." Politics and the Life Sciences 15, no. 2 (September 1996): 273–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s073093840002298x.
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Physician-assisted death is a particularly relevant subject for the elderly since end-of-life issues affect them sooner rather than later. This article examines both the macro (aging interest group) and micro (individual) advocacy levels, using Proposition 161, The California Death With Dignity Act, as a case study. To determine old-age interest group attitudes and activism, we explored their advocacy levels on the ballot measure. Public opinion polls and a survey that was administered exactly one week prior to the November 1992 election at the Pasadena Senior Center in Pasadena, California helped measure individual attitudes and beliefs regarding active euthanasia.
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Foster, Norman S. J., Peter C. Damiano, Elizabeth T. Momany, and Hermine T. McLeran. "Rural Public Transportation: Perceptions of Transit Managers, Directors of Area Agencies on Aging, and Elders." Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board 1557, no. 1 (January 1996): 58–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0361198196155700109.
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Transit systems in rural areas help elders maintain contact with social services, conduct business, and visit friends. Surveys of transit managers, area agency on aging (AAA) directors, and rural elders age 75 and over in Iowa were conducted in 1993 to determine if these groups believed that there is unmet need for transit among rural elders and to assess the groups' perceptions of transit service. Transit managers and AAA directors did believe that such unmet need exists and that it is caused largely by lack of information on the part of elders' and by agencies' difficulties in identifying elders in need. One-half of rural elders who did not use transit were unaware that it was provided. The level of knowledge among women was much higher in smaller towns than in larger communities. Elders who have actually used transit have a favorable opinion of it. Transit is seen as safe and dependable. Riders consider drivers to be courteous and few report that trips take too long. The level of satisfaction reported is somewhat lower when elders are asked about transit's flexibility, scheduling, and ease of use. Few riders believe that others need transit service more than they do or report that they would rather pay others to drive them than use transit. Nonusers were relatively indifferent to these issues, perhaps indicating less opposition to potential transit use than has often been supposed. Only a small fraction of riders would support general tax increases of $25 or $50 per year to increase transit service, although this response may reveal more about perceptions of taxes than about transit.
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Karayılmaz, Kaan. "A field analysis on the emergence of migrant entrepreneurs in Japan and their integration into the Japanese society." BORDER CROSSING 8, no. 2SI (December 11, 2018): 537–55. http://dx.doi.org/10.33182/bc.v8i2si.617.
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Demographic change implies more than the aging of the Japanese population and causes socioeconomic and spatial structural transformation processes. Against the backdrop of demographic change, the issue of integrating migrants into Japanese society is gaining in importance and is increasingly drawing attention to economic policy decisions. The growth of new ethnic populations in Japan since 2000 has made ethnic businesses a matter of importance. The self-employed migrants in Japan includes very heterogeneous social situations. There are among those both low earners in precarious sectors as well as good earners in knowledge-intensive businesses. The different nationality of the interviewees in the analysis is justified by the fact that the process of self-employment is explained not only by the individual characteristics of entrepreneurs, but also by the social structures and cultural background of Japanese society and thus the independence from today's point of view. The public opinion on the migrants or migration to Japan and the opinion of migrants about Japanese society is the subject of the study, which explores migrant, Japanese and immigrant perspectives on migration, integration and self-employment.
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Zarebska, Zuzanna. "Becoming a Legend: Edna O’Brien and Her Life-Long Journey." American, British and Canadian Studies 35, no. 1 (December 1, 2020): 133–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/abcsj-2020-0020.
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Abstract The publication of Germaine Greer’s The Change: Women, Aging and the Menopause presents a manifesto for women’s emancipation and their imminent embarkment on the avenue of freedom towards the liberation from the male gaze. In a similar vein, Edna O’Brien, a pioneer of the literary treatment of female agency and sexuality in the Irish literary canon, moves past the age when women enjoy visibility. Age liberates O’Brien from her entrapment in the public persona and her anxious relationship with the public opinion. It has the power to enhance the possibility of women’s difference. Nowadays, the commitment to women’s cause, the inherent element of O’Brien’s narratives, continues to mark out the uncompromising discourse of transgression of the standard as well as her vigilant condemnation of violence against women. In time, O’Brien has become both a foremother author and a legend. She has embraced her unrepressed femininity and the personification of a female sage that Irish women writers have long lacked and may thus represent a role model for authors who wish to transgress the discriminatory standards and defend the female voice.
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Tayeri, Soodabeh, Mehrnoosh Jafari, Khalil Ali Mohammadzadeh, Seyed Mojtaba Hosseini, and Kamran Shahanaghi. "Prioritization of the Criteria Affecting the Health of Elderly Women in Iran by Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP)." Salmand 17, no. 1 (April 1, 2022): 76–95. http://dx.doi.org/10.32598/sija.2021.3090.2.
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Objectives With increasing life expectancy, aging in Iran becomes more feminine. This study aimed to prioritize the criteria affecting the health of Iranian elderly women. Methods & Materials In this descriptive-analytical study, factors affecting the health of the elderly women, with the opinion of 20 health-policy and health services management experts employed in governmental and non-governmental organizations, were approved. In the second phase, the weight and rank of these criteria were calculated and analyzed using Hierarchical Analysis Process. Excel software was used to analyze data. Results The analysis showed that the individual factor is the most important in terms of factors affecting the health of elderly women. In terms of the type of interventions, the provision of preventive health services, in terms of decision-making, executive interventions at the queue level, in terms of planning, integrated approach, and continuous planning with the participation of public and private sectors were ranked first. Conclusion Given the influence of the previous periods of life on healthy elderly, decision-makers should prioritize preventive services in all periods of life regarding age and gender context. Interventions should be presented with an integrated approach with continuous planning at the levels of government, organization, and queue, as well as with the participation of both public and private sectors. The existence of an information management system, supervision, and evaluation, provides the ground for continuous feedback and improvement of programs. Therefore, it is recommended that the government play a more significant role in ensuring the health of the elderly.
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Gonyea, Judith, and Robert Hudson. "The Meaning of Age or Generational Differences in U.S. Political Values and Priorities." Innovation in Aging 4, Supplement_1 (December 1, 2020): 680. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igaa057.2368.
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Abstract Nations globally are facing the fiscal consequences of being aging societies, including the redistribution of wealth resources across sectors that influence generational relations (i.e., healthcare, education, public pensions). Political differences or clashes between youth and older adults is not a new phenomenon. However, questions are being raised about whether current political systems, governing structures, and social trends are eroding generational solidarity which traditionally has a role in promoting equity and protecting vulnerable individuals from rapid social change. Reflecting on the 2020 national election results and political opinion surveys, we explore the meaning of age or generational differences in political attitudes in an increasingly partisan society. We suggest that the use of a generational location or habitus lens, which focuses on the distinct sociohistorical realities (i.e., different reference points, systems of aspiration, sets of anxieties) that shape age groups and their interrelations, may offer insights into current political debates and divides.
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Booth, Rachel Z. "The nursing shortage: a worldwide problem." Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem 10, no. 3 (June 2002): 392–400. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/s0104-11692002000300013.
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A worldwide shortage of nurses has been acknowledged by the multidisciplinary Global Advisory Group of the World Health Organization. The shortage is caused by an increased demand for nurses, while fewer people are choosing nursing as a profession and the current nurses worldwide are aging. The shortage applies to nurses in practice as well as the nurse faculty who teach students. The inter-country recruitment and migration of nurses from developing countries to developed countries exacerbates the problem. Although public opinion polls identifies the nurse as the person who makes the health care system work for them, the conditions of the work environment in which the nurse functions is unsatisfactory and must change. Numerous studies have shown the positive effects on the nurse of a healthy work environment and the positive relationships between nursing care and patient outcomes. It is important that government officials, insurance companies, and administrators and leaders of health care systems acknowledge and operationalize the value of nurses to the health care system in order to establish and maintain the integrity and viability of that system.
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Guillén-Gámez, Francisco D., and María J. Mayorga-Fernández. "Empirical Study Based on the Perceptions of Patients and Relatives about the Acceptance of Wearable Devices to Improve Their Health and Prevent Possible Diseases." Mobile Information Systems 2019 (April 1, 2019): 1–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/4731048.
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In recent years, there has been a technological revolution affecting all areas of life, including health. Following this trend, a series of electronic devices called wearable technology have emerged with the aim of improving the quality of people’s life. These devices are made up of tools that help to prevent the development of chronic diseases and fight against the aging of society by monitoring the vital signs of users. Despite the advantages of using these devices from medical and health points of view, it is necessary to know the opinion of users regarding their use. For this reason, this study has been proposed. The purpose of this study is to analyse the perceptions of the subjects involved in the research regarding the acceptance of wearable devices, taking into account variables, such as age and gender. To this end, a nonexperimental, ex post facto design has been composed that combines descriptive and inferential techniques, with a sample of 606 patients and relatives belonging to a public health centre in the community of Madrid.
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Damps, Maria, Maksymilian Gajda, Malgorzata Kowalska, and Ewa Kucewicz-Czech. "Limitation of Futile Therapy in the Opinion of Nursing Staff Employed in Polish Hospitals—Results of a Cross-Sectional Study." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19, no. 24 (December 17, 2022): 16975. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192416975.
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The debate on limiting futile therapy in the aspect of End of Life (EoL) care has been going on in Poland over the last decade. The growing demand for EoL care resulting from the aging of societies corresponds to the expectation of a satisfactory quality of life and self-determination. The authors designed a cross-sectional study using a newly designed questionnaire to assess the opinions of 190 nurses employed in intensive care units (ICUs) on futile therapy, practices, and the respondents’ approach to the issue. The problem of futile therapy and its clinical implications are known to the nursing community. Among the most common reasons for undertaking futile therapy in adult patients, the respondents declared fear of legal liability for not taking such actions (71.58%), as well as fear of being accused of unethical conduct (56.32%), and fear of talking to the patient/patient’s family and their reaction (43.16%). In the case of adult patients, the respondents believed that discontinuation of futile therapy should be decided by the patient (84.21%), followed by a doctor (64.21%). As for paediatric patients, two-thirds of the respondents mentioned a doctor and a court (64.74% and 64.21%, respectively). Overall, 65.26% of the respondents believe and agree that the comfort of the patient’s last days is more important than the persistent continuation of therapy and prolonging life at all costs. The presented results clearly show the attitude of the respondents who defend the patient’s dignity and autonomy.
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Ng, Reuben. "Societal Age Stereotypes in the U.S. and U.K. from a Media Database of 1.1 Billion Words." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 16 (August 21, 2021): 8822. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18168822.
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Recently, 194 World Health Organization member states called on the international organization to develop a global campaign to combat ageism, citing its alarming ubiquity, insidious threat to health, and prevalence in the media. Existing media studies of age stereotypes have mostly been single-sourced. This study harnesses a 1.1-billion-word media database comprising the British National Corpus and Corpus of Contemporary American English—with genres including spoken/television, fiction, magazines, newspapers—to provide a comprehensive view of ageism in the United Kingdom and United States. The US and UK were chosen as they are home to the largest media conglomerates with tremendous power to shape public opinion. The most commonly used synonym of older adults was identified, and its most frequently used descriptors were analyzed for valence. Such computational linguistics techniques represent a new advance in studying aging narratives. The key finding is consistent, though no less alarming: Negative descriptions of older adults outnumber positive ones by six times. Negative descriptions tend to be physical, while positive ones tend to be behavioral. Magazines contain the highest levels of ageism, followed by the spoken genre, newspapers, and fiction. Findings underscore the need to increase public awareness of ageism and lay the groundwork to design targeted societal campaigns to tackle ageism—one of our generation’s most pernicious threats.
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Ekerdt, David. "MEMBER CHECKING GERONTOLOGY: THE CASE OF RETIREMENT." Innovation in Aging 6, Supplement_1 (November 1, 2022): 681. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igac059.2503.
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Abstract Gerontology has long been a public-facing field with an applied focus. As such, the credibility of gerontology’s conclusions and guidance about aging are crucial, our advice having relevance and impact in proportion to its popular resonance. In 2021 I authored an article for a large-circulation newspaper that generated over 500 reader replies, creating an opportunity for member checking of a kind. The article reported my personal experience of having retired—what I expected and what was a surprise. All of my observations about emotions and lifestyle, while my own, were nonetheless grounded in the research literature. Public comments on the article came from a readership that skews male and highly educated, i.e., people like myself. Many comments affirmed my observations (e.g., about time use, awareness of finitude) as experiences we had in common. Some comments disputed my authority, as an academic, to say anything valid about the “real world.” Opinion split on the value of continued work: it gives life meaning, it invites corrosive stress. Likewise, some retirees endorsed surrender to leisure while others urged engagement. One research takeaway: with no standard way to be retired or regard it, the quality of retired life remains a measurement challenge. Another takeaway: Retirees with partners commonly describe experience in the first-personal plural (we, us), suggesting that dyads are often apt units of analysis for retirement studies. This is but one case study, but it indicates that we must continually assess whether gerontology’s knowledge is valid and whether the public is grateful for it.
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Koliada, Nataliya, Tetiana Kochubey, Olena Baldyniuk, and Olga Batsman. "DISCRIMINATION OF OLDER PEOPLE: MANIFESTATIONS AND COUNTERMEASURES." Social work and social education, no. 2(9) (October 26, 2022): 185–96. http://dx.doi.org/10.31499/2618-0715.2(9).2022.267341.
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The aging of the population creates problems in the relationship between representatives of different age categories, on the one hand, and on the other, it forces a critical look at the formed stereotypical ideas about old age and attitudes towards the elderly.The article analyzes the understanding of age discrimination (ageism) and age stereotypes, as well as approaches to overcoming these phenomena in modern societies.It was found out that ageism is based on the concept of norm and deviation, expectations of behavior that seems to correspond to a certain age. Various negative stereotypes in relation to the elderly are considered. Connections between stereotypes and the social position of the elderly have been established. The economic, axiological and media reasons for the formation of discriminatory attitudes towards the elderly are analyzed. In Ukraine, the following phenomena are observed: low level of social and economic activity due to insufficient educational and professional mobility of the workforce, insufficient development of institutions and traditions of self-education and continuous education throughout life in combination with a conservative employment structure and inflexibility of the labor market; the existence in the public opinion of ideas about the aging of the population as an exclusively negative process that must be fought, as well as stereotypes about senior citizens, which form a negative attitude towards them and are the basis for their discrimination in various spheres of life.Finding from the survey conducted in Poltava demonstrayed that among specialists, the smallest social distance with the elderly is observed in the family and household domains, and the largest in the professional activities.
It was determined that combating ageism and stereotypes about the оlder people can include measures at the macro level (society level), at the level of certain communities and organizations, as well as individual work with people. Ways to counteract ageism and develop the philosophy of active aging are proposed, in particular, through educational programmes and local initiatives at the community level, introduction of the intergenerational programmes and age-friendly communities.
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Freiman, Anatoli, Garrett Bird, Andrei I. Metelitsa, Benjamin Barankin, and Gilles J. Lauzon. "Cutaneous Effects of Smoking." Journal of Cutaneous Medicine and Surgery 8, no. 6 (November 2004): 415–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/120347540400800603.
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Background: Cigarette smoking is the single biggest preventable cause of death and disability in developed countries and is a significant public health concern. While known to be strongly associated with a number of cardiovascular and pulmonary diseases and cancers, smoking also leads to a variety of cutaneous manifestations. Objective: This article reviews the effects of cigarette smoking on the skin and its appendages. Methods: A literature review was based on a MEDLINE search (1966–2004) for English-language articles using the MeSH terms cutaneous, dermatology, tobacco, skin, and smoking. An additional search was subsequently undertaken for articles related to smoking and associated mucocutanous diseases, with the focus on pathogenesis and epidemiologic data. Articles presenting the highest level of evidence and latest reports were preferentially selected. Results: Smoking is strongly associated with numerous dermatologic conditions including poor wound healing, wrinkling and premature skin aging, squamous cell carcinoma, psoriasis, hidradenitis suppurativa, hair loss, oral cancers, and other oral conditions. In addition, it has an impact on the skin lesions observed in diabetes, lupus, and AIDS. The evidence linking smoking and melanoma, eczema, and acne is inconclusive. Anecdotal data exist on the possible protective effects of smoking in oral/genital aphthosis of Behçet's disease, herpes labialis, pyoderma gangrenosum, acral melanoma, and Kaposi's sarcoma in AIDS patients. Conclusions: An appreciation of the adverse cutaneous consequences of smoking is important. Dermatologists can play an integral role in promoting smoking cessation by providing expert opinion and educating the public on the deleterious effects of smoking on the skin.
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Bland, J. S., D. M. Minich, and B. M. Eck. "A Systems Medicine Approach: Translating Emerging Science into Individualized Wellness." Advances in Medicine 2017 (2017): 1–5. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/1718957.
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In today’s aging society, more people are living with lifestyle-related noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) such as cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, obesity, and cancer. Numerous opinion-leader organizations recommend lifestyle medicine as the first-line approach in NCD prevention and treatment. However, there is a strong need for a personalized approach as “one-size-fits-all” public health recommendations have been insufficient in addressing the interindividual differences in the diverse populations. Advancement in systems biology and the “omics” technologies has allowed comprehensive analysis of how complex biological systems are impacted upon external perturbations (e.g., nutrition and exercise), and therefore is gradually pushing personalized lifestyle medicine toward reality. Clinicians and healthcare practitioners have a unique opportunity in advocating lifestyle medicine because patients see them as a reliable source of advice. However, there are still numerous technical and logistic challenges to overcome before personal “big data” can be translated into actionable and clinically relevant solutions. Clinicians are also facing various issues prior to bringing personalized lifestyle medicine to their practice. Nevertheless, emerging ground-breaking research projects have given us a glimpse of how systems thinking and computational methods may lead to personalized health advice. It is important that all stakeholders work together to create the needed paradigm shift in healthcare before the rising epidemic of NCDs overwhelm the society, the economy, and the dated health system.
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Gubinova, Valentina Karginova. "Restriction of the Rights of Citizens to Achieve the Economic Security of the Territory." REICE: Revista Electrónica de Investigación en Ciencias Económicas 8, no. 16 (December 29, 2020): 389–411. http://dx.doi.org/10.5377/reice.v8i16.10704.
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Restriction of the rights of citizens is one of the tools to achieve national security of the territory. This work is aimed at analyzing the readiness of citizens to limit their rights to ensure economic security and taking into account this readiness by the authorities. As an object, the right to receive insurance old-age pension in the Russian Federation was chosen. The choice of this right is due to the demographic aging of the population in all macro-regions of the world and the almost universal increase in the retirement age. The main sources of data were statistical databases of the Federal State Statistics Service of the Russian Federation, as well as the results of sociological surveys conducted by public opinion centers and the Institute of Economics of the Karelian Research Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Data analysis was carried out using the case study method and econometric methods, in particular, panel and correlation analysis. The study showed that the willingness of a significant proportion of Russians to limit civil rights does not extend to the right to receive an old-age insurance pension. At the same time, the authorities poorly took into account the unreadiness of citizens to raise the retirement age. At the same time, the advantages and disadvantages of limiting the right to insurance old-age pensions make the formation of a “smart security” model for the territory, which involves a combination of soft and hard forces, topical.
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Mazzà, Guido, and Antonella Frigerio. "Dams and territories: ITCOLD’s initiatives to promote proactive dialogue." E3S Web of Conferences 346 (2022): 01011. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202234601011.
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In Italy there are over 530 large dams mainly for energy production and water supply. At present, the multipurpose use of water resources is strongly influenced by problems related to the aging of dams and the ongoing climate change which affects the water availability. On the other hand, the European energy and climate directives require to preserve the existing hydropower generation and to increase storage capacity to better exploit non-programmable renewable energy sources. These choices require the identification of methods and actions to deal with the complex relationship between the dams and their host territories which represents a critical point on the way to attain the energy and climate goals considering that part of the media and public opinion often have a negative view on the role of dams and reservoirs. These considerations are at the basis of the regional initiatives “Dams and territory” promoted by ITCOLD (Italian Committee on Large Dams) which since 2014 has organized annual workshops whose aim is to promote dialogue between dam owners and interested parties to identify a point of balance between the various interests that sometimes conflict with each other. The paper represents an updating of the work presented during the 10th ICOLD European Club Symposium held in Antalya (Turkey) on October 2016 and synthesizes the results gathered in the 6 workshops held so far. The project could represent a possible point of reference for other countries wishing to undertake similar initiatives.
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Białożyt-Bujak, Ewa, Magdalena Wyszyńska, Grzegorz Chladek, Aleksandra Czelakowska, Andrzej Gala, Magdalena Orczykowska, Agata Białożyt, Jacek Kasperski, and Małgorzata Skucha-Nowak. "Analysis of the Hardness of Soft Relining Materials for Removable Dentures." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 18 (September 8, 2021): 9491. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18189491.
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The main functional feature of elastomeric soft linings materials is the ability to discharge loads in the tissues of the mucosa. As a result, there are fewer injuries to the mucosa and chewing ability increases. In addition, these prostheses are more comfortable in the patient’s opinion. To obtain the equal distribution of forces on the muco-bone basis and to reduce the traumatizing effect of the denture plate for patients using full dentures, soft lining materials can be used. Aim of the study: the aim of the work was a comparative laboratory study of ten materials used for soft lining of acrylic complete dentures. Methodology: Materials based on acrylates (Vertex Soft, Villacryl Soft, Flexacryl Soft) and on silicones (Sofreliner Tough Medium, Sofreliner Tough Medium, Ufi Gel SC, GC Reline Soft, Elite Soft Relining, Molloplast) were compared. Laboratory tests include tests of changes in Shore’a A hardness of soft lining material. The tests were conducted taking into account 90 day term aging in the distilled water environment based on the methodology presented in the European Standard ISO 10139-2. Results: For most silicone materials, only small changes in hardness were found in the range of 0.7 (Ufi Gel SC) to 3.3 (Sofreliner Tough Medium) on the Shore A scale. The exception was GC Reline Soft, for which a marked increase in hardness was noted. All materials based on acrylates were characterized by successive increase in hardness over time. However, in the case of the Vertex Soft material, the increase in hardness was relatively small (5.5 ShA).
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Ellens, J. P. "Lord John Russell and the Church Rate Conflict: The Struggle for a Broad Church, 1834–1868." Journal of British Studies 26, no. 2 (April 1987): 232–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/385887.
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In the election campaign of 1859, after twenty-five years of tirelessly defending the church rate principle that ratepayers of all religious denominations were liable to the rate levied for the maintenance of Anglican parish churches, Lord John Russell declared that he had come to favor abolishing church rates. The Tory Standard railed that the aging statesman had caved in to “senile ambition,” while another conservative critic charged that Russell had agreed to sacrifice church rates at the Willis's Rooms meeting in 1859 as part of a deal made to win the political support of Protestant Nonconformists. Spencer Walpole, the High Church chancellor of the Exchequer, was more charitable and more accurate, however, when after the election he responded to Russell's decision by acknowledging that the establishment was indebted to Russell for stalwartly having defended the church rate for decades as a bulwark of the church establishment.Although Russell was too clever a politician to disregard political advantage or public opinion during his quarter-century fight to retain church rates, it was not his Whig politics but his Broad Church ecclesiology that best accounts for his long and dogged defense of the church rate. From 1834 through 1837, during the first four years of the church rate conflict, Russell's stance appeared to be that of the Whig statesman. First in Earl Grey's administration and then in Lord Melbourne's, he attempted to reform the church rate system sufficiently to satisfy Dissenters that they could count on the Whig party as the party of reform.
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Davletshina, L. A., and M. V. Karmanov. "On Current Challenges to Russian Statistics." Voprosy statistiki 29, no. 3 (July 6, 2022): 93–99. http://dx.doi.org/10.34023/2313-6383-2022-29-3-93-99.
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The article covers fundamental challenges to statistics that affect activities related to the collection, processing, analysis and interpretation of information about socio-economic phenomena and processes. The paper focuses on the staffing situation in scientific, educational and management spheres in modern Russia. According to the authors, there is currently a shortage of personnel with basic education in statistics. This is caused, on one hand, by the fact that the number of educational institutions that train these specialists, and in fact have relevant departments, is decreasing, on the other hand – by the process of aging and irreplaceable natural loss of scientists, teachers and statisticians. Decline in professional competence is closely linked to the low and declining statistical literacy of the population, which also leads to disorientation while solving household tasks.No less urgent challenge to contemporary statistics is the distrust of the population in statistical data, the accusation of deliberately concealing the truth and sugarcoating the reality. This reaction can result from the population’s lack of motivation to study and understand the actual processes taking place – given the availability of a wide range of statistical data and methodological explanations. This resulted, in the authors’ opinion, in a new challenge which has spread amidst almost unlimited access to the Internet for various population strata and the free formation of content in their social networks and pages. External and internal political manipulation is often carried out through the dissemination of fake information, which is also a serious challenge to the institute of state statistics.The article concludes that an impartial consideration of the challenges that domestic statistics is facings, development of directions for addressing the issues encountered and promotion of genuine achievements (with media coverage) allow to tackle the adverse impact on the public of misinformation and false information about socio-economic phenomena in the country as a whole and its regions.
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Dasih, I. Gusti Ayu Ratna Pramesti. "Peran Public Relations Membangun Image Pariwisata Bali dalam Erupsi Gunung Agung." PARIWISATA BUDAYA: JURNAL ILMIAH AGAMA DAN BUDAYA 3, no. 2 (November 22, 2018): 27. http://dx.doi.org/10.25078/pba.v3i2.596.
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<p>Public Relations play a role in the policy order by using two-way communication to support the success of the policy by explaining, informing, maintaining or promoting it to the public so as to create public opinion. Public Relations targets are audiences who have certain communication needs to develop messages that are desired so that they can be communicated. The interaction process of Public Relations aims to create public opinion as an input that is beneficial for both parties. Efforts to instill understanding, foster public motivation and participation, to gain trust and mutual benefit so as to get a good image of the public.</p><p> </p>
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Rix, Sara E. "Public Policy and the Ageing Workforce in the United States." Social Policy and Society 3, no. 2 (March 29, 2004): 171–79. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1474746403001635.
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Despite an ageing work force and the impending retirement of millions of baby boomers that could lead to serious labour, skills, and occupational shortages, older workers are not high on the policy agenda in the United States. Nonetheless, labour force participation rates for the older population have been rising, and public opinion polls reveal a sizeable demand for post-retirement employment. The challenge lies in meeting that demand and fostering longer worklives on the part of even more older Americans. A substantial public policy response is by no means certain, although raising the retirement age is likely to feature prominently in the debate on Social Security reform.
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Liu, Chenggang, Jing Dong, Diao Shen, Huifang Liu, and Chanchan Wang. "PROMOTING SYSTEM REFORM AND GETTING OUT OF THE MIDDLE-INCOME TRAP — FROM THE PERSPECTIVE DRIVEN BY EMOTION AND PSYCHOLOGICAL BEHAVIOR." International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology 25, Supplement_1 (July 1, 2022): A24—A25. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ijnp/pyac032.033.
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Abstract Background In recent years, China's per capita income has reached the upper limit of developing countries and is about to become a high-income country. However, with the acceleration of China's aging process and the deepening of the technology embargo against the United States, some studies show that China's economic growth has slowed down. Academia began to explore whether China has fallen into the middle-income trap, and tried to explore the middle-income trap from the perspective of psychosocial reconstruction. Theme and Methods Under the background of China entering the era of monopoly economy, this paper analyzes the aging population, the polarization between the rich and the poor, and the guidance and control of vested interest groups on China's economic slowdown. This paper uses the neoclassical economic model to explain the middle-income trap. At the same time, this paper studies the impact of income changes on the emotional regulation of middle-income families. This study refers to the existing literature and adopts the emotion regulation scale to select eight emotions: happiness, love, satisfaction, anger, anxiety, tension, frustration and helplessness. The first three are positive emotions and the last five are negative emotions; Using Likert's 5-point rating method, give a rating of 1-5 points from “never” to “always”. The higher the score, the higher the frequency of experiencing the emotion in classroom teaching. In this study, the 0 coefficients of positive emotion and negative emotion were 0.83 and 0.80 respectively. Results The vested interest groups represented by monopoly groups no longer carry out technological innovation under the constraint of unable to obtain foreign advanced technology, but strive to make use of institutional defects, or even create institutional defects. They guide public opinion and exercise psychological and social control over government officials and the public, which is beneficial to them and safeguard and strengthen their own economic interests. The study found that the main reason for China's economy falling into the middle-income trap is the adverse impact of vested interest groups on economic development in terms of system and social psychology. As the economy enters the era of monopoly, this impact has changed from positive to negative. Through the research, we found that when the ownership income changes, the emotion and behavior will also change to the corresponding positive stage and depression level. Therefore, we can think that groups with high internal psychological capital can alleviate the psychological pressure, anxiety and depression brought by psychological capital to a great extent through their own psychological quality. Farmers with high level of individual psychological capital are relatively less affected by family factors, work and life, traffic safety, their own health and future fear. Farmers with high level of psychological capital can better deal with the impact of family factors. They are full of hope for the future, optimistic about life and less worried about the impact of life. Conclusion This paper points out the institutional risk factors faced by China's middle-income trap, and puts forward some suggestions on how to reform China's middle-income trap: reposition the government function from promoting economic construction to night watchman function; Reform the income distribution system in the aspects of inheritance tax, gift tax and real estate tax as soon as possible; Establish a rule of law economy, effectively protect intellectual property rights, implement anti-monopoly laws and anti-monopoly measures as soon as possible, reform the current system, reshape social psychology, and strengthen inter provincial political and economic exchanges and communication. With the further reform of China's current system, especially the real establishment of a society ruled by law and the further development of democratic politics, China's economy will cross the middle-income trap. Acknowledgements Supported by a project grant from Shandong Provincial Bureau of Statistics: Research on the current situation and Countermeasures of high-quality development of private economy in Shandong Province under the background of the transformation of old and new kinetic energy SDJJPC15.
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Cybulski, Mateusz, and Elzbieta Krajewska-Kulak. "Opinions regarding skin ageing in the elderly inhabitants of Bialystok, Poland." PeerJ 4 (May 11, 2016): e2028. http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2028.
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Skin diseases constitute an essential health and aesthetic problem in the elderly. The aim of the study was to evaluate the knowledge of the elderly residents of public nursing homes and participants of the University of the Third Age in Bialystok, Poland surrounding the factors influencing skin ageing, the awareness of skin conditions in agening skin, and the impact of skin ageing on the volunteers. The study was performed from April to June 2015 in Bialystok, in two groups: among 100 public nursing home residents (PNH) and 100 members of University of the Third Age (U3A), (all over 60 years old). The study made use of a diagnostic survey conducted via a questionnaire prepared by the authors. Nearly half of those surveyed (42.5%;n= 85) sunbathed in the past, while 28.0% (n= 56) of those surveyed now take part in this type of leisure activity. More than half of respondents (53.0%;n= 106) protected their skin using special protective preparations. A majority of Bialystok inhabitants surveyed (80.5%;n= 161) noticed the features of skin ageing. They reported birthmarks, fungal infections and bedsores as the main skin problems of the old age. Nearly half (40%) of respondents assessed their knowledge as average and 26.0% as poor. The study showed some statistical differences in the knowledge and awareness between the residents of public nursing homes and the students of the University of the Third Age, e.g., the use of the Internet by the U3A group for finding out information. There is a desire to receive education in the field of the agening skin conditions/diseases among the elderly because their level of knowledge is relatively poor. Education of seniors in this area can increase their awareness of the basic principles of skin care and prevention marking of skin ageing. The benefits of greater knowledge of seniors about the conditions of agening skin can help reduce the medical burden and reduce the incidence on certain skin diseases. Furthermore, there is a need for educating of the younger population on the factors of skin ageing to prevent certain skin conditions as they become older. Seniors should be professionally educated by qualified specialists; for example, dermatologists or cosmeticians, so that the information they receive is in line with evidence-based medicine.
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D’Antonio, Patricia. "CHANGING THE NARRATIVE ON NURSING HOME CARE." Innovation in Aging 6, Supplement_1 (November 1, 2022): 84. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igac059.335.
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Abstract Redesigning our nursing home care system will require substantial policy change, and we know that policy change needs an effective framing strategy. This panel will include speakers who have been studying public mindsets and opinions about nursing home care and its implications for advocacy communications. We will also talk about the implications of this research for the larger reframing aging initiative.
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Jurek, Krzysztof, and Beata Dobrowolska. "Older People, Ageing and Old Age in the Light of Some Public Opinion Surveys in Poland." Roczniki Nauk Społecznych 9(45), no. 2 (2017): 7–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.18290/rns.2017.45.2-1.
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Lwin, May O., Anita Sheldenkar, and Chitra Panchapakesan. "A Digital Mobile Community App for Caregivers in Singapore: Predevelopment and Usability Study." JMIR Nursing 4, no. 2 (May 26, 2021): e25679. http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/25679.
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Background With increasing life expectancy and aging populations, the global prevalence of chronic diseases and the long-term care required for people with comorbidities is rising. This has led to an ever-growing need for caregiving. Previous literature has shown that caregivers face problems of isolation and loneliness. However, many health organizations mainly focus their efforts on in-person community groups that require participants to meet physically. This is not always convenient or accessible for caregivers who are often juggling caring for their care recipient with family and work responsibilities. Objective With medical advancements such as the proliferation of mobile phones and internet technology, caregivers may have opportunities for easier access to resources and support. Technological innovations could help empower the caregiving community to seek assistance for improving their quality of life at their convenience. A community network app called Caregivers’ Circle was conceptualized in response to the needs of the caregivers on a day-to-day caregiving journey. This paper traces the predevelopment inquiry and technical details of this app to provide a clear understanding of its implementation along with a usability study to gauge user opinion of the app within Singapore. Methods A predevelopment survey was conducted to identify specific needs of caregivers and gaps in the currently available web-based community networks. The survey consisted of questions on demographical data, health-related issues of the care recipient, mental and physical health–related issues of the caregiver, digital media use, information seeking, and support. This pre–app development survey was completed by 103 caregivers. Qualitative enquiries were also conducted with caregivers within Singapore to identify issues related to caregiving, support provided, and what caregivers would want from a caregiving mobile app. Results From the feedback garnered from the caregivers, the developers were able to identify several caregivers’ needs and gaps within the current support networks. This feedback was integrated into the mobile app called Caregivers’ Circle upon development. The features of this app include a public forum for community discussions, a marketplace to buy and sell items, care groups to hold private discussions with friends or other users of the app, and a friends feature to search and add new caregiving friends. Conclusions In general, the caregivers liked the Caregivers’ Circle app and were confident that this app could help them have a better quality of life. The Caregivers’ Circle app is unique in its integrated approach. The integration of many features that caregivers need on a daily basis into an easy app can save their time as well as help them navigate their life smoothly.
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Spyckerelle, Y., R. Gueguen, M. Guillemot, E. Tosi, and J. P. Deschamps. "Adiposity indices and clinical opinion." Annals of Human Biology 15, no. 1 (January 1988): 45–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03014468800009451.
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Peng, Li-Ning, Fei-Yuan Hsiao, Wei-Ju Lee, Shih-Tsung Huang, and Liang-Kung Chen. "Comparisons Between Hypothesis- and Data-Driven Approaches for Multimorbidity Frailty Index: A Machine Learning Approach." Journal of Medical Internet Research 22, no. 6 (June 11, 2020): e16213. http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/16213.
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Background Using big data and the theory of cumulative deficits to develop the multimorbidity frailty index (mFI) has become a widely accepted approach in public health and health care services. However, constructing the mFI using the most critical determinants and stratifying different risk groups with dose-response relationships remain major challenges in clinical practice. Objective This study aimed to develop the mFI by using machine learning methods that select variables based on the optimal fitness of the model. In addition, we aimed to further establish 4 entities of risk using a machine learning approach that would achieve the best distinction between groups and demonstrate the dose-response relationship. Methods In this study, we used Taiwan’s National Health Insurance Research Database to develop a machine learning multimorbidity frailty index (ML-mFI) using the theory of cumulative diseases/deficits of an individual older person. Compared to the conventional mFI, in which the selection of diseases/deficits is based on expert opinion, we adopted the random forest method to select the most influential diseases/deficits that predict adverse outcomes for older people. To ensure that the survival curves showed a dose-response relationship with overlap during the follow-up, we developed the distance index and coverage index, which can be used at any time point to classify the ML-mFI of all subjects into the categories of fit, mild frailty, moderate frailty, and severe frailty. Survival analysis was conducted to evaluate the ability of the ML-mFI to predict adverse outcomes, such as unplanned hospitalizations, intensive care unit (ICU) admissions, and mortality. Results The final ML-mFI model contained 38 diseases/deficits. Compared with conventional mFI, both indices had similar distribution patterns by age and sex; however, among people aged 65 to 69 years, the mean mFI and ML-mFI were 0.037 (SD 0.048) and 0.0070 (SD 0.0254), respectively. The difference may result from discrepancies in the diseases/deficits selected in the mFI and the ML-mFI. A total of 86,133 subjects aged 65 to 100 years were included in this study and were categorized into 4 groups according to the ML-mFI. Both the Kaplan-Meier survival curves and Cox models showed that the ML-mFI significantly predicted all outcomes of interest, including all-cause mortality, unplanned hospitalizations, and all-cause ICU admissions at 1, 5, and 8 years of follow-up (P<.01). In particular, a dose-response relationship was revealed between the 4 ML-mFI groups and adverse outcomes. Conclusions The ML-mFI consists of 38 diseases/deficits that can successfully stratify risk groups associated with all-cause mortality, unplanned hospitalizations, and all-cause ICU admissions in older people, which indicates that precise, patient-centered medical care can be a reality in an aging society.
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Sedlatschek, C. "Perspectives on active ageing and work-related stress in Europe: a European opinion poll." Occupational Medicine 64, no. 2 (February 20, 2014): 74–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/occmed/kqt155.
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Rudman, Deborah Laliberte, Judith Friedland, Mary Chipman, and Paola Sciortino. "Holding On and Letting Go: The Perspectives of Pre-seniors and Seniors on Driving Self-Regulation in Later Life." Canadian Journal on Aging / La Revue canadienne du vieillissement 25, no. 1 (2006): 65–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/cja.2006.0031.
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ABSTRACTAlthough decisions related to driving are vital to well-being in later life, little is known about how aging drivers who do not experience a medical condition that requires driving cessation regulate their driving. This exploratory, qualitative study used focus groups with 79 such community-dwelling individuals to examine driving self-regulation from the perspective of pre-senior (aged 55–64) drivers, senior (aged 65 years or over) drivers, and senior ex-drivers. Themes resulting from inductive analysis addressed the importance of driving, mechanisms of self-monitoring and self-regulation, people who influenced decision making, and opinions regarding licensing regulations. A preliminary model of the process of self-regulation that highlights intrapersonal, interpersonal, and environmental influences on why, how, and when aging drivers adapt or cease driving is presented. The model identifies areas for future research to enhance understanding of this process, including the effectiveness of self-regulation. Findings suggest that increased public awareness of issues related to driving and aging could assist aging drivers, their families, and their family physicians in optimizing driving safety for this population. Since a near accident or accident was seen as the only factor that would lead many informants to stop driving and few informants planned for driving cessation, there is a need for interventions that help aging drivers make the transition to ex-driver in a timely and personally acceptable way.
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Coram, Veronica. "Perceptions of Intergenerational Inequality in Policymaking and Possible Responses: The Case of Australia." Youth 2, no. 4 (October 13, 2022): 515–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/youth2040037.
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Evidence suggests that, on average, younger citizens in advanced industrial democracies tend to have different policy preferences to those aged 65 and over. Population ageing and relatively lower levels of electoral participation among young people amplify the political voice of older citizens and contribute to policymakers being more responsive to their preferences. This paper presents qualitative evidence on whether young adults and older Australians recognise a need to increase young people’s influence on policymaking in the context of intergenerational inequality. The paper considers possible responses to this need, such as voting age reform. Results indicate that there is reasonable support, including from the older participants, to enhance young people’s political voice and influence over policymaking. Growing awareness of intergenerational inequality in ageing democracies may make public opinion more favourable towards voting age reform and other measures to increase the political voice of young people.
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Kikuzawa, Saeko, Sigrun Olafsdottir, and Bernice A. Pescosolido. "Similar Pressures, Different Contexts: Public Attitudes toward Government Intervention for Health Care in 21 Nations." Journal of Health and Social Behavior 49, no. 4 (December 2008): 385–99. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/002214650804900402.
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Health care systems worldwide are experiencing similar pressures such as rising cost, aging populations, and increased burden of disease. While policy makers in all countries face these challenges, their responses must consider local pressures, particularly the implicit social contract between the state, medicine, and insurers. We argue that public attitudes provide a window into the social context in which policy decisions are embedded. Using data from the International Social Survey Programme (ISSP), we compare public attitudes toward government involvement in health care in 21 countries, testing the associations between various nationallevel variables (e.g., health care expenditures, aging of population, health care traditions) and public opinions. Specifically, we posit four national-level hypotheses (“health care traditions,” “expenditure crisis,” “demographic crisis,” “changing disease profile crisis”), one individual-level hypothesis (“individual vulnerability”), and two cross-level hypotheses (“cultural socialization” and “health care need”). Our findings indicate that public attitudes cluster around the historical organization of health care, but also relate to current economic and demographic realities. Individuals in countries adopting the “National Health Service Model” (the state directly provides health care but complete state control is absent) or the “Centralized Model” (the state directly provides health care and has much control) are more supportive of government involvement in health care than those in the “Insurance Model” (the state is limited to maintenance of the system) countries. However, citizens in countries currently spending more on health care and having a greater burden of chronic illness are less supportive. Our results cast doubt on arguments that increased cost will result in a questioning of the contract between the state and citizens in the social provision of health care. We end by discussing implications for recent work in political sociology that highlights the importance of public attitudes.
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Osundiya, Oladunni, Caleb Adeagbo, Toyosi Giwa, Faderera Adepoju, and Jeremiah Oyedemi. "105 Physical Activity Level and its Association with Risk of Fall and Fear of Fall among the Elderly." Age and Ageing 48, Supplement_4 (December 2019): iv18—iv27. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afz164.105.
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Abstract Introduction Falls are major public health concern and the leading cause of non-fatal injuries among community-dwelling older adults. Though exercise has been identified as a single intervention, and potentially most cost-effective for fall prevention, the role of physical activity is less clear. This study was aimed at finding the association between physical activity, risk of fall and fear of fall in the elderly. Methods Three hundred and ten apparently healthy community dwelling elderly (202 females and 118 males) aged 60 years and above participated in this study. Physical activity was assessed with the Physical Activity Scale for the Elderly, Fear of fall with Fall Efficacy Scale while Risk of fall was determined with Morse fall scale. Chi-square test was used to find the association between physical activity and risk of fall. Results Most participants 241(77.7%) had normal physical activity and only 3.5% had high physical activity. There was a significant association among physical activity and risk of fall in the elderly. Fifteen (4.8%) participants had a high risk of fall. All participants had no fear of falling. Discussion This study showed physical activity level increased with age until a certain age during which it starts to spiral down. A significant association was found in between age groups and level of Physical Activity. Most of the participants in this study had normal physical activity in line with previous opinion that participants over 60 years spend more time engaging in more overall physical activity. Elderly females were found to be more active than men. Conclusion There is a significant association between among physical activity and risk of fall in the elderly. Hence, the more physically active elderly are, the less their likelihood to a fall.
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VAINIONPÄÄ, KIRSI J., and PÄIVI TOPO. "The making of an ageing disease: the representation of the male menopause in Finnish medical literature." Ageing and Society 25, no. 6 (November 2005): 841–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0144686x05003946.
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Male ageing is in focus nowadays. The aim of this study was to investigate conceptions of the male menopause (also known as andropause) in the educational and professional literature of Finnish physicians from 1982 to 2002, and the main point of interest was how the presentation of the male menopause and its treatments have changed. Published items for analysis were retrieved from the two main Finnish medical journals and from introductory gynaecology and urology textbooks using keywords for male ageing and hormones. It was found that disagreements about the male menopause have been marked. Some authors described it as a consequence of the decline in gonad functioning that comes with increased age, and some argued that we are making a disease out of normal ageing, but its association with sexual problems has risen in prominence: libido and potency disorders have recently been identified as symptoms. The treatment provided for male menopause was androgens, about which opinions diverged, especially the effect of androgen therapy on cardiovascular diseases and osteoporosis. New forms of testosterone treatment have been eagerly adopted, but opinions varied on the appropriate duration of the therapies. By the 2000s, the male menopause was increasingly likened to the female menopause, with emphasis upon the similar symptoms. While gerontological thinking largely sees the male menopause as an aspect of ageing and a normal condition, the andrological approach regards it as a treatable disease and its rapid adoption can be seen as a reflection of both private and public concerns about increased longevity.
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Shepelenko, I. P. "Mechanisms for overcoming the social exclusion of the elderly people." Ukrainian Society 77, no. 2 (July 15, 2021): 107–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.15407/socium2021.02.107.
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Based on a theoretical analysis of the older generation’s problems and a longitudinal sociological study conducted by the author, the article proposes effective mechanisms of social practice to overcome the social exclusion of the elderly. It is emphasized that scientific research of the social problems of the elderly in Ukraine is caused by the rapid growth of this part of the population over the past fifty years, the need to overcome their social exclusion in current historical conditions and the view of older people as independent subjects of social and historical action. Based on the modern areas of scientific reflection on the changing social roles of older people (the theory of active ageing, the theory of separation and the theory of successful ageing), an attempt is made to build a model of overcoming social exclusion of the elderly in the theory of successful ageing. The author describes the contradictory situation in the Ukrainian society under the influence of public opinion and mass media. On the one hand, there is the uncertainty of social and personal identification of older people, because of which a significant proportion of this social group considers itself quite active to perform various economic and social functions. On the other hand, members of the 60+ generation increasingly feel limited in rights, unclaimed and devalued, state the presence of low self-esteem due to latent or overt ageism on the part of society. The conducted sociological research revealed the vectors of effective inclusive social practice for the elderly people in the public organization “Gardeners’ Club” in Kharkiv, which unites people following their vital interests, values, and behaviour patterns. The study results confirmed the hypothesis of the possibility of building a model for overcoming the social exclusion of the elderly on the positions of the theory of success, included in society ageing.
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Cappeliez, Philippe. "S. Cusack and W. Thompson. Mental Fitness for Life: Seven Steps to Healthy Aging. Toronto, ON: Key Porter, 2003." Canadian Journal on Aging / La Revue canadienne du vieillissement 24, no. 4 (2005): 449–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/cja.2006.0004.
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RÉSUMÉCet ouvrage, qui s'adresse aux personnes âgées, présente un programme favorisant le fonctionnement mental optimal. Parmi les sujets abordés on retrouve l'instauration d'objectifs, la pensée constructive, la créativité, l'apprentissage et la mémoire, et l'affirmation de ses opinions. En général, il promeut une disposition de vie caractérisée par l'optimisme, la flexibilité mentale, la confiance en soi, et l'humour. Ce livre communique son message avec enthousiasme et dans un langage accessible au grand public. De nombreux exemples, des citations de même que des exercices stimulants facilitent la progression dans le programme et l'application des conseils formulés. Même s'il contient quelques simplifications et exagérations, ce livre est fortement recommandé non seulement pour les personnes âgées mais aussi pour les éducateurs, les professionnels de la santé, et les étudiants de toutes les disciplines de la gérontologie.
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Warwas, Izabela, and Agata Matuszewska-Kubicz. "BARRIERS AND FACILITATORS TO ACTIVE AGEING AS VIEWED BY EMPLOYERS AND TRADE UNIONS. SNAPSHOTS FROM POLAND." Polityka Społeczna 576, no. 3 (March 31, 2022): 11–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.5604/01.3001.0015.8583.
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The ageing of populations is a global challenge occurring in most countries, including Poland. It is believed that its impacts can be mitigated by developing and implementing the concept of active and healthy ageing. A large number of activities aimed at retaining older workers in employment can be created and carried out in the workplace with the participation of social partners, and many factors can support or hinder their cooperation. This qualitative study of barriers and facilitators to active ageing was carried out within a conceptual framework that combines the findings of rational choice theory, activity theory, and life course theory. Both barriers and facilitators are presented based on the opinions of Polish employers and trade union members collected during individual in-depth interviews (IDI) and workshop meetings (WM). These respondents and the research methodology used make the study the only one of its kind. As the first step, the five levels of barriers and facilitators to active ageing were identified: macro, sectoral and community, organisational, interpersonal, and individual. It turned out that the social partners believed that the majority of both barriers and facilitators to active ageing occurred at the macro level; therefore, only this perspective was presented. The interviews and workshop outcomes pointed to the need for cooperation and dialogue between active ageing stakeholders. They also revealed a large number of good active ageing practices in organisations and stressed the need to increase public awareness of the advisability of extending working lives.
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Hu, Mo, Zhiyuan Hao, and Yinrui Yin. "Promoting the Integration of Elderly Healthcare and Elderly Nursing: Evidence from the Chinese Government." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19, no. 24 (December 7, 2022): 16379. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192416379.
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The increase of the aging population in China and the rise of the concept of healthy aging have accelerated the transformation and upgrading of the traditional elderly nursing pattern. Nevertheless, there is a critical limitation existing in the current situation of China’s elderly care, i.e., the medical institutions do not support elderly nursing and the elderly nursing institutions do not facilitate access to medical care. To eliminate the adverse impact of this issue, twelve ministries and commissions of the Chinese government have jointly issued a document, i.e., the Several Opinions on Further Promoting the Development of Combining the Healthcare with the Elderly care (SOFPDCHE), to provide guidance from the government level for further promoting the integration of elderly healthcare and elderly nursing. Under this background, this paper constructs a healthcare–nursing information collaboration network (HnICN) based on the SOFPDCHE, proposing three novel strategies to explore the different roles and collaboration relationships of relevant government departments and public organizations in this integration process, i.e., the node identification strategy (NIS), the local adjacency subgroup strategy (LASS), and the information collaboration effect measurement strategy (ICEMS). Furthermore, this paper retrieves 484 valid policy documents related to “the integration of elderly healthcare and elderly nursing” as data samples on the official websites of 12 sponsored ministries and commissions, and finally confirms 22 government departments and public organizations as the network nodes based on these obtained documents, such as the National Health Commission of the People’s Republic of China (NHC), the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of the People’s Republic of China (MIIT), and the National Working Commission on Aging (NWCA). In terms of the collaboration effect, the results of all node-pairs in the HnICN are significantly different, where the collaboration effect between the NHC and MIIT is best and that between the NATCM and MIIT is second best, which are 84.572% and 20.275%, respectively. This study provides the quantifiable results of the information collaboration degree between different government agencies and forms the optimization scheme for the current collaboration status based on these results, which play a positive role in integrating elderly healthcare and elderly nursing and eventually achieving healthy aging.
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Wright, Scott D., Michael Caserta, and Dale A. Lund. "Older Adults' Attitudes, Concerns, and Support for Environmental Issues in the “New West”." International Journal of Aging and Human Development 57, no. 2 (September 2003): 151–79. http://dx.doi.org/10.2190/y73y-0rk9-rp0j-e7hh.
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The natural environment has been a missing topic from education and public policy forums concerning an aging society. This study examines demographic trends and several socio-demographic influences on attitudes, concerns, and active support for environmental issues among older adults in a retirement “hot spot” in the New West. A sample of 394 older adults in southwestern Utah was obtained from questionnaires mailed to those randomly selected from a larger dataset, and through hand-distributed questionnaires at selected RV parks. We found a high degree of variability among respondents in regard to environmental attitudes and concerns. Despite a personal attitudinal desire to protect the environment, most older adults did not want to become involved in protective actions for the environment. We found that residency status and religious affiliation emerged as the strongest relationships with measures of attitudes and concerns, and willingness to support the environment. The most influential factors associated with willingness to take action in support of the environment were having higher levels of active/social concerns, and higher levels of awareness of environmental consequences. The New West is one of the fastest-growing areas for demographic aging, and the opinions and actions of older adults will play a significant role in the stewardship and sustainability of natural resources, particularly in retirement hot spots.
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Płonka, Maria, Tomasz Jedynak, and Viktor Trynchuk. "Retirement behavior strategies: the attitudes of students from Poland and Ukraine towards the old-age risk." Problems and Perspectives in Management 18, no. 2 (July 1, 2020): 350–65. http://dx.doi.org/10.21511/ppm.18(2).2020.29.
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Digitalization and technological advancement, referred to as the Fourth Industrial Revolution (Industry 4.0), results not only in technological innovation but also in the changes in society and public awareness. One such tendency is the demographic aging, which implicates two concerns: the instability of the public pension systems and the social awareness related with the risk of major reduction of benefits in contrast to the expectations and the need for the additional private pension security. The research has aimed to identify the opinions and attitudes of the students from Poland and Ukraine in respect to the broadly understood issues of the old age security, as well as to recognize the prospective differences in this field between the researched populations. The relevant research was conducted using the PAPI method in the years 2018–2019. Within the framework of the research, nine specific hypotheses were presented concerning the attitudes towards the selected aspects of the pension schemes and old-age security. The results were compiled in the form of the semantic differential, and the Mann-Whitney U test was utilized to verify the significance of the differences in the distribution of the answers given by the students. Those served as the basis for formulating the conclusions regarding similarities and differences in the opinions expressed by young people studied populations. AcknowledgmentThis project has been financed by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education within the “Regional Initiative of Excellence” Programme for 2019–2022. Project No. 021/RID/2018/19. Total project budget: PLN 11 897 131,40.
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Wianto, Elizabeth, Elty Sarvia, and Chien-Hsu Chen. "Authoritative Parents and Dominant Children as the Center of Communication for Sustainable Healthy Aging." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 6 (March 22, 2021): 3290. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18063290.
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The aging population significantly is shifting the center of gravity of the people toward older ages and median age. Indonesia, as one of the most populous countries, needs to prepare for this situation. This study tries to explain whether the elderly’s sedentary lifestyle is the consequence of intergenerational interaction patterns. Filial piety was arguably implemented, as the interaction baseline within a family member affects how the intergeneration communicates. This study uses thematic analysis based on the opinions from 16 respondents’ experiences and values with respect to behavior toward the older generation with a specific inclusion criterion. Sampling structures represented younger-generation adults who interacted daily with the elderly older generation, divided by their marital status, residencies, and living area in Indonesia. Through emerging themes, was is found out that the dominant figure in the family is the communication center in the family. The dominant figure might be an authoritative parent or dominant child. This targeted approach is useful to enhance connectivity within family members, potentially implementing the Internet of Healthy Things (IoHT) for the younger elderly to reduce undesirable sedentary lifestyles and to deliver sustainable healthy aging in Indonesian society.
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Caro, Francis G. "Stuart H. Altman and David I. Shactman (Eds.). Policies for an Aging Society. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins, 2002." Canadian Journal on Aging / La Revue canadienne du vieillissement 22, no. 3 (2003): 336–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0714980800003974.
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RÉSUMÉPolicies for an Aging Society, traite de l'avenir des deux plus importants programmes d'assurance sociale pour les personnes âgées aux États-Unis : Social Security et Medicare. Les 17 chapitres écrits par des économistes reconnus et des scientifiques politiques présentent un cadre économique, un débat animé au sujet des options politiques à l'étude au début du 20e siècle et examine les forces politiques en jeu qui ont délaissé des questions politiques importantes. Le livre est très utile lorsqu'il traite des aspects communs et des différences des politiques rattachées aux programmes de retraite et d'assurance santé de l'état. Une force du livre est la diversité des opinions représentées sur des sujets variés : par exemple, la valeur des prévisions budgétaires, l'étendue de la crise des droits d'allocation à laquelle les États-Unis font face, l'attrait présenté par le plafonnage des bénéfices de santé publics des personnes âgées et les biens-fondé de la privatisation des programmes retraites publics et du financement des soins de santé. Un auditoire international sera bénéficier de ce livre car il avance effectivement les questions fondamentales des programmes d'assurance sociale qui touchent non seulement les États-Unis mais aussi d'autres pays développés.
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Melchiorre, Maria Gabriella, Barbara D’Amen, Sabrina Quattrini, Giovanni Lamura, and Marco Socci. "Caring for Frail Older People Living Alone in Italy: Future Housing Solutions and Responsibilities of Family and Public Services: A Qualitative Study." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19, no. 12 (June 16, 2022): 7413. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19127413.
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When frail older people age alone in place, with increasing functional limitations, they require support in performing daily living activities. In this respect, it is important to assess their preferences in terms of future housing solutions, and their opinions/orientations on the care responsibilities of both family and public services. The present study aimed to explore these aspects in Italy. Qualitative interviews were carried out in 2019 within the “Inclusive ageing in place” (IN-AGE) research project, involving 120 frail older people who lived at home in three Italian regions (Lombardy, Marche, and Calabria). A content analysis was conducted, and some quantifications of interviewees’ statements were provided. The results revealed that the majority of seniors prefer ageing at home, at least with a personal care assistant (PCA), whereas moving to a nursing home is typically deemed as a last option. Moreover, they considered the family to be primarily responsible for taking care of them, even with the support of public services. In addition, some territorial differences emerged. Strengthening an integrated model of long-term care (LTC) for older people, where both formal and informal supports allow frail older people to age at home, seems thus a good overall policy solution to pursue, with interventions based also on the needs and preferences of both seniors and their respective families.
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Jamnik, Tilka. "Intergenerational Reading." Acta Universitatis Lodziensis. Folia Librorum 1, no. 24 (June 30, 2017): 67–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.18778/0860-7435.24.05.
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It is somehow traditional a grandma reads to small children and a grandpa tells stories, but in real life these are rare opportunities nowadays. There are some projects encouraging elder people to read to children in kindergartens and in public libraries. There are more and more examples that young people read to elder people in retirement homes. All intergenerational reading possibilities could deepen the enjoyment of loud interpersonal reading. The paper presents one of the Slovene projects of the intergenerational reading that tends to bring together young people and grown-up, elder people reading the same young adults literature. There is a growing number of «intergenerational» novels, picture-books, poetry etc. Dedicated to readers of all ages, and on the other hand aging population is increasing (as everywhere in the developed world). We need to know and understand each other, so maybe books, reading and exchanging thoughts and opinions can build one of the bridges among us.