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Fay, Justin (Justin Thomas). "Aging in community." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/44202.
Повний текст джерелаThis electronic version was submitted by the student author. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 101-103).
Baby Boomers are on the brink of retirement. According to U.S. Census Bureau projections, the number of people aged 65 and over will more than double in the coming decades, growing from 35 million in 2000 to 72 million in 2030. The current housing stock in the United States is incapable of accommodating the particular needs and demands of this burgeoning population of older adults. In the next decade, many seniors will move from their homes into new environments, ranging from independent living communities to assisted living facilities and nursing homes, each offering a different level of support and range of services. In recent years, a more comprehensive option for seniors seeking long-term housing has grown in popularity -- the Continuing Care Retirement Community (CCRC). CCRCs encourage active independence while offering a continuum of care options from short-term rehabilitation to long-term care services. Physical, sensory, and/or cognitive abilities commonly decline with age. CCRCs meet these changing health care needs in one location, enabling an individual to age -- dignity and sense of belonging intact -- within the community, thereby precluding the need to relocate and adapt to a new setting. This research investigates the performance of the CCRC model as an approach to housing the growing population of seniors. What has been the experience of these communities to date, and what can be learned from them that might influence their planning, design, and management in the future? Specifically, in what ways do CCRCs connect residents, both socially and physically, to the people, facilities, and services that comprise community?
(cont.) Two case studies located in the Greater Boston area -- one a large, privately developed and managed community, the other a comparatively small, college-affiliated community -- are analyzed to identify successes and limitations. This analysis leads to a set of "good practices" aimed at improving senior housing such that an aging population can thrive and age in one place.
by Justin Fay.
M.C.P.
Small, Frankie Anne. "Military widows aging together in community." [Pensacola, Fla.] : University of West Florida, 2008. http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/WFE0000161.
Повний текст джерелаVannice, Jeremy M. "Aging and architecture : community rather than isolation." Virtual Press, 2005. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1327787.
Повний текст джерелаDepartment of Architecture
LeFurgy, Jennifer Beth. "Staying Power: Aging in Community and the Village Model." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/77386.
Повний текст джерелаPh. D.
Caron, Catherine M. "A conceptual framework for community interventions in successful aging." Thesis, University of Ottawa (Canada), 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/26864.
Повний текст джерелаFlositz, Steven J. "Aging with Independence and Interaction: An Assisted Living Community." Scholar Commons, 2011. http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/4269.
Повний текст джерелаWhitelaw, D. A., and D. A. Whitelaw. "Community acquired bacteraemia in the elderly." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/24974.
Повний текст джерелаRivers, James. "Improving the usability and accessibility in aging rural communities: rural policy for innovation in an aging community." Kansas State University, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/17748.
Повний текст джерелаDepartment of Landscape Architecture/Regional and Community Planning
Katherine Nesse
Most adults have grown accustomed to the current design orientation of their communities; however, as adults grow older they will be hard pressed to maintain their current lifestyle and level of activity in their community. This research identifies the importance of incorporating accessibility and usability elements into the streetscape of a community to encourage the integration of seniors into community life. One of the four pillars of the Main Street approach is design. This encompasses the design of building facades, streetscapes, and public spaces. This research looks at the Kansas Main Street program and investigates its success in furthering usability and accessibility of streetscapes in rural communities experiencing an aging population and infrastructure. My thesis is if the Main Street organizations of Kansas were concerned about the access and use of streetscapes for elderly populations, their concern would be expressed in development plans and practices through their Main Street program undertakings. Through this research, I have found that while rural communities see the value in accessible streetscapes their primary barrier to creating them is a financial one.
Nelson, Gaius Grant. "Service settings for an aging society : a community ordering principle." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/76408.
Повний текст джерелаIncludes bibliographical references (leaves 84-86).
Current facility models used in the design of housing and service settings for older people encourage the development of urban, large scale, age-segregated institutional environments. Research has either unwittingly or not, encouraged and perpetuated these models by stressing the need for congruence between person and dwelling environment. Such research has encouraged the movement of individuals to alternative living environments when age related changes in social, economic or health status reduce this level of congruence between person and environment based on key factors which are deemed important by gerontological researchers. Homeownership by older people is a behavior which is increasing. This is a trend which is not likely to reverse in the future. Approximately 75% of all people over the age of 65 choose to remain in their own owned single-family residential settings. It is estimated that by the year 1995 over 80% of all older people will live in their own homes, yet research of alternative models for service delivery to support these actions is sorely lacking. The key to providing services to an increasing number of older people in our society will not be through the production of alternative housing situations. What is needed is the provision of service setting s which assist these people in the maintenance of their lives within their chosen and preferred living situation. The research undertaken in this paper will investigate the development of alternative neighborhood based service settings designed to meet this growing need. The proposed model will integrate these service settings into residential areas using the neighborhood as an urban design framework. A case study will examine the usefulness of the neighborhood concept in the planning and delivery of services to older populations within a suburban community.
by Gaius Grant Nelson.
M.S.
Hubbard, Linda K. "Caring for our own implications of a rapidly aging population for the 21st century community of faith /." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 2002. http://www.tren.com.
Повний текст джерелаLi, Shengshu. "Community Design For China’s Urban Elderly." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1397736298.
Повний текст джерелаGearin, Brian. "Aging wineskins in a new wine community recontextualizing the community of faith for the realities of the community at large /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2001. http://www.tren.com.
Повний текст джерелаDeAngelo, Laurelea Lutes. "Aging in place, integrating senior's housing needs into a community plan." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2001. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp05/MQ63500.pdf.
Повний текст джерелаLam, Mei-yee, and 林美儀. "Community support facilities planning for an aging population in Hong Kong." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1998. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31259716.
Повний текст джерелаSalyer, Amanda L. "An exploration into aging in the Muncie community using photovoice technique." Virtual Press, 2006. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1356255.
Повний текст джерелаFisher Institute for Wellness and Gerontology
Yu, Yi. "Aging in Place: The Paradox of Community Eldercare in Urban China." Thesis, University of Oregon, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/1794/24551.
Повний текст джерела2021-04-30
Gayer, Colman. "Aging and social change in a religious community: A case history." Case Western Reserve University School of Graduate Studies / OhioLINK, 1991. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1055340278.
Повний текст джерелаLam, Mei-yee. "Community support facilities planning for an aging population in Hong Kong /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1998. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B19906481.
Повний текст джерелаStaal, Jacqueline. "The Relationships Among Sleep Quality, Frailty, and Falls in Older Adults Residing in the Community." Thesis, Florida Atlantic University, 2017. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10610477.
Повний текст джерелаOne in three American older adults fall every year, making falls the leading cause of nonfatal injury treated in the emergency department (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC], 2013). Fall-related injuries cost the United States healthcare system nearly $30 billion a year and result in 27,000 deaths per year (Burns, Stevens, & Lee, 2016). The risk of falls increases with age, occurring more often in women than man. Age-related muscle weakness and functional decline contribute to fall risk. Age-related changes in neuroendocrine hormone production and shifts in circadian rhythms promote sleep disorders, affecting nearly two-thirds of older adults. Poor sleep quality over time leads to drowsiness and impaired attention span and judgment. The purpose of this secondary analysis of a previously collected data set was to describe the relationships among frailty, subjective sleep quality, and falls in community-dwelling older adults. This secondary analysis also sought to determine the extent to which frailty and subjective sleep quality predict risk of future falls among community-dwelling older adults. Correlational analyses were performed to determine the nature and significance of the relationship between sleep quality and falls, frailty and falls, and sleep quality and frailty. A multiple regression analysis was performed to determine if sleep quality and frailty combined could predict falls. Frailty was found to account for a small variance in fall risk. However, sleep quality was not significantly related to falls nor was sleep quality predictive of falls. Risk for falls should be assessed at every clinical encounter and efforts to promote restful sleep should be addressed at least annually to reduce the risks of falls, functional decline, and sleep disorders among older adults in the community.
Sheehan, Brieanne M. "Aging on Wheels: The Role of Age in a Queer Female Biker Community." Oxford, Ohio : Miami University, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=miami1260824565.
Повний текст джерелаOakley, Robin L. "Aging and the life course in Steinkopf, a rural South African community." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1999. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp02/NQ41261.pdf.
Повний текст джерелаGriffin, Shelby E. "The craft of aging in place: identifying major constraints within the community." Kansas State University, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/8791.
Повний текст джерелаDepartment of Architecture/Regional and Community Planning
John W. Keller
The aging demographic of the United States is growing at an alarming rate. Each day, there are more than 10,000 people turning 65 years old. The majority of these individuals prefer to live in their home, called aging in place. Aging in place requires the resident to be relatively independent and capable of accessing necessary services. The emergent demographic shift will compel every community across the country to focus community planning efforts toward older adults. The amenities and structures in a community are, most of the time, not favorable for the older demographic. People in their later years develop various medical and physical conditions and subsequently, find difficulty when adapting to the environment. These individuals definitely need extra care and consideration from all sectors of the community. Creating an environment that promotes aging in place for older adults is confronted with multiple barriers that a community must work past.
Joseph, Lisa N. "The Manifestation of Activity Theory in an Aging Community: An Explorative Collection." Miami University Honors Theses / OhioLINK, 2005. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=muhonors1115409058.
Повний текст джерелаHolmes, Bernadette J. "Victimization of the elderly : an analysis of the level of social functioning in the community : an exploratory study /." The Ohio State University, 1985. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1487260531955616.
Повний текст джерелаAlonso, Michele Rosemarie. "Community-based older adults' perceptions of factors that influence successful aging in place." FIU Digital Commons, 2002. http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/1110.
Повний текст джерелаDudley, Nancy Elizabeth. "Factors Influencing the Uptake of Community-based Palliative Care." Thesis, University of California, San Francisco, 2016. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10133428.
Повний текст джерелаOver the past ten years, community-based palliative care (CBPC) has rapidly expanded as older adults are living in the community longer with advanced illness and high symptom burden. Yet there are no models of standardized care for this population. It has been suggested that primary and secondary palliative care be delivered in the primary care setting to address palliative care needs in the community. However, a description of older adults in primary care with advanced illness and symptom burden who would benefit from primary and secondary palliative care, and a description of the process to deliver care are lacking. The aim of this dissertation was to explore the facilitators and barriers to providing palliative care in primary care, and to describe the prevalence of advanced illness and symptoms of older adults in primary care to identify who would benefit from palliative care in primary care.
Using a grounded theory methodology, twenty semi-structured interviews were conducted with primary care and palliative care providers in academic and community settings. Four major themes emerged from the data that are facilitators and barriers in care coordination: (i) role clarity; (ii) feedback and communication; (iii) time constraint and workforce; (iv) education.
A secondary analysis was conducted using the National Ambulatory and Hospital Medical Care Surveys 2009-2011 to examine primary care visits. There were more visits by older adults to primary care for advanced illness and symptoms than to non-primary care. More visits were due to advanced COPD, CHF, dementia, pain, depression, anxiety, fatigue, and insomnia compared to non-primary care. This research contributes to our knowledge of the delivery of palliative care in the community and the patient population that could benefit from primary and specialty palliative care. I offer a conceptual model of the process of primary care and specialty palliative care in order to coordinate care for older adults with advanced illness and progressive symptomatology.
Ferrell, David L. "LIVABLE FOR ALL AGES: EVALUATING PERCEPTIONS OF COMMUNITY IN AN INTERGENERATIONAL CONTEXT." UKnowledge, 2018. https://uknowledge.uky.edu/csw_etds/20.
Повний текст джерелаBailey, Cara L. "Understanding the Meaning of Community Engagement for Aging in Place within a Social Capital Framework." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/28480.
Повний текст джерелаPh. D.
York, Jessica L. "Religiosity and Successful Aging: The Buffering Role of Religion against Normative and Traumatic Stressors in Community-Residing Older Adults." Cleveland, Ohio : Cleveland State University, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=csu1210871728.
Повний текст джерелаAbstract. Title from PDF t.p. (viewed on July 8, 2008). Includes bibliographical references (p. 78-87). Available online via the OhioLINK ETD Center. Also available in print.
ISHIGURO, NAOKI, AKIO MURAMOTO, NORIMITSU WAKAO, YUKIHARU HASEGAWA, SHIRO IMAGAMA, and KENICHI HIRANO. "Impact of Back Muscle Strength and Aging on Locomotive Syndrome in Community Living Japanese Women." Nagoya University School of Medicine, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/2237/17601.
Повний текст джерелаCollins, Elizabeth. "Aging with autism| A professional staff training program for nick's community| A grant proposal project." Thesis, California State University, Long Beach, 2015. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=1582855.
Повний текст джерелаIndividuals diagnosed with autism face multiple challenges especially when aging out of the public school system, such as finding a job or a place to stay while their parents are at work. A day program is a service, which can provide support for individuals with autism. The purpose of this project was to write a grant proposal for the implementation of a professional staff training program at Nick's Community, which is a nonprofit day program. The major components of the proposed training program are conducting new and ongoing training to the staff at Nick's Community through workshops, small group activities, and hands-on participation. The submission for funding of this grant was not required for the successful completion of this thesis grant-writing project. Implications for social work research and practice are included.
Dachröden, Sofia Caetano de Almeida Freifrau von Humboldt. "Adjustment to aging and subjective well-being in an older cross-national community-dwelling sample." Doctoral thesis, ISPA - Instituto Universitário das Ciências Psicológicas, Sociais e da Vida, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.12/2736.
Повний текст джерелаObjectivos: O presente trabalho teve como objectivos conceptualizar o ajustamento ao envelhecimento (AaE), e construir um modelo estrutural para as variáveis predictoras do AaE e do bem-estar subjectivo (BES) na adultícia avançada. Método: Este trabalho compreendeu três etapas: a revisão sistemática da literatura; o estudo exploratório qualitativo; e o estudo quantitativo. Na revisão sistemática para o AaE e o BES na idade avançada, uma extensa pesquisa foi realizada, utilizando bases de dados relevantes. Na etapa qualitativa exploratória, um total de 253 participantes foram entrevistados acerca do seu AaE e a sua idade subjectiva. Adicionalmente foram analisadas 154 entrevistas acerca da percepção de espiritualidade dos idosos, no contexto do AaE. Na etapa quantitativa, uma amostra de 1291 idosos, com idades entre 75 e 102 anos, não institucionalizados e de diferentes nacionalidades participaram neste estudo. Os participantes preencheram a escala proposta e os instrumentos validados respeitantes ao AaE, BES e ao sentido interno de coerência. Resultados: Na revisão sistemática do AaE, foram seleccionados 13 artigos a partir de um total de 1291, enquanto no BES, 14 artigos foram seleccionados a partir de 616 artigos. Estes preencheram os critérios de inclusão e englobaram um total de 18.253 participantes no total, em ambas as revisões. Os resultados do estudo qualitativo revelaram que "sentido existencial", foi a resposta de AaE mais frequente. O conceito 'ajustamento e idade' foi explicado por um modelo distinto para cada nacionalidade envolvida. A espiritualidade foi elucidada por um modelo com três factores. Os resultados obtidos pelo estudo quantitativo indicaram uma escala de AaE de cinco factores e 22 itens factores, com boas propriedades psicométricas (em termos de propriedades de distribuição, pesos factoriais estatisticamente significativos, validade factorial, convergente, discriminante, de critério e externa, e fiabilidade). Cinco factores foram apurados para a escala AaE: (a) sentido de propósito e ambições; (b) zest e espiritualidade; (c) corpo e saúde; (d) aging in place e estabilidade; e (e) suporte social. Adicionalmente, os resultados indicaram que a espiritualidade foi a variável predictora mais forte em ambos os modelos estruturais do AaE e do BES. Conclusões: Os resultados apresentados no estudo qualitativo enfatizaram a necessidade de um entendimento profundo das percepções do AaE e da idade subjectiva, de um modelo para o ‘ajustamento e idade’, destacando a pertinência da espiritualidade para o AaE. Os resultados do estudo quantitativo evidenciaram a escala de AaE como um instrumento trans-cultural, originalmente desenvolvido, com validade e fiabilidade e com aplicação na pesquisa e prática clínica na área da saúde. Finalmente, esta investigação destacou a necessidade de explorar as variáveis predictoras do AaE e BES, em especial a espiritualidade. Investigações futuras e abordagens clínicas com esta faixa etária deverão integrar o AaE e o BES como constructos multi-dimensionais pertinentes em diferentes contextos culturais para a promoção de um envelhecimento adequado, num contexto salutogénico de saúde.
ABSTRACT: Objectives: The present research intended to conceptualize adjustment to aging (AtA) and to build a structural model for AtA and subjective well-being’s (SWB) predictors, respectively in late adulthood. Methods: This research comprised three stages of work: a systematic literature review; an exploratory qualitative study; and a cross-sectional quantitative study. Concerning the systematic review for AtA and SWB in old age, an extensive search was conducted using relevant databases. Regarding the exploratory qualitative study, a total of 253 participants were initially interviewed about their AtA and subjective age. Additionally, 154 interviews were analyzed concerning older adults’ perceptions of spirituality, within AtA. Furthermore, a cross-national older community-dwelling sample of 1291 older adults, aged between 75 and 102 years participated in this study. These participants filled in the proposed scale and validated instruments to assess AtA, SWB and sense of coherence. Results: Regarding AtA, 13 articles from 1,291 records, whilst as to SWB, 14 articles from 616 records, met the inclusion criteria, with a total of 18,253 participants in total for both reviews. Findings from the initial qualitative study showed that ‘existential meaning’ was the most prevalent AtA response. ‘Adjustment and age’ was explained by two cross-nationally distinct models. Moreover, ‘spirituality’ was explained by a three-factor model. The results from the quantitative study indicated that the 22-item 5-factor AtA scale showed good psychometric properties (in terms of distributional properties, statistical significant factor weights, factorial, convergent, discriminant criterion and external related validities, and reliability). Five factors were selected for the AtA Scale: (a) sense of purpose and ambitions (b) zest and spirituality; (c) body and health; (d) aging in place and stability; and (e) social support. Additionally, findings showed that spirituality was the strongest predictor in both structural models of AtA and SWB. Conclusions: The findings presented in the qualitative study emphasized the need for a better understanding of the perceptions of older adults’ AtA and subjective age and of an ‘adjustment and age’ overall model. Additionally, the outcomes highlighted the potential of spirituality to AtA. Results from the quantitative study evidenced AtA Scale as a new, reliable and valid cross-cultural instrument for research and clinical practice in health care. Finally, this research highlighted the need for deepening the predictors for ATA and SWB, in particular spirituality. Future research should address AtA and SWB, as being pertinent crossnational and multi-dimensional constructs for promoting aging well in later life, within a salutogenic context for health.
Tese submetida como requisito parcial para obtenção do grau de Doutoramento em Psicologia - Área de especialidade Psicologia da Saúde
O presente trabalho foi financiado pela Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (SFRH/BD/44544/2008).
McGaffic, Cheryl Mallernee. "Patterns of spirituality and health among aging adults and dying adults living in the community." Diss., The University of Arizona, 1995. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/187408.
Повний текст джерелаHerrmann, Andrew F. "Never Mind the Scholar, Here’s the Old Punk: Identity, Community, and the Aging Music Fan." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2012. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/461.
Повний текст джерелаWickersham, Claire E. "The Pioneers of the Village Movement: An Exploration of Membership and Satisfaction Among Beacon Hill Village Members." Miami University / OhioLINK, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1430305412.
Повний текст джерелаFarinha, Helena Margarida Caeiro. "O envelhecimento ativo num clube de saúde sénior - um projeto de intervenção na comunidade." Master's thesis, Universidade de Évora, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10174/18618.
Повний текст джерелаZeitler, Elisabeth. "Older people's mobility within the community : the impact of built environment and transportation on active aging." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2013. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/64102/1/Elisabeth_Zeitler_Thesis.pdf.
Повний текст джерелаBailey, Christie N. "The influence of gardens on resilience in older adults living in a continuing care community." Thesis, Florida Atlantic University, 2016. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10154932.
Повний текст джерелаThe purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between green environments and resilience in older adults. It had two aims: 1) to explore the effect of a reflective garden walking program on resilience and three of its related concepts— perceived stress, personal growth initiative, and quality of life—in older adults, and 2) to explore the resilience patterns of older adults engaging in the reflective garden walking intervention. A parallel mixed method design using a quasi-experimental quantitative and a descriptive exploratory qualitative approach was used. Participants engaged in a six week reflective garden walking program. By the end of the program, resilience levels exhibited a slight increase and perceived stress levels a decrease. The qualitative data supported some beneficial effects of the reflective garden walking program, but also indicated that much of the participants’ experience of resilience may have been related to the rich social and nature-filled environment in which already they lived. Patterns of resilience that appeared in the data were maintaining a positive attitude, belief in one’s self in the face of one’s vulnerabilities, woven into the social fabric, purpose and meaning, personal strength, and communities for growing older
Bester, Monica. "African American grandparents residing in a nursing facility| Perceptions of influence with their grandchildren, family, and community." Thesis, Wayne State University, 2015. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=1588032.
Повний текст джерелаAfrican American older adults have historically been identified as vital members of the African American family and community (Hill, 1972; Cox, 2002; Waites, 2008). Unfortunately, research has shown an increasing number of older African Americans are being admitted into nursing facilities (Paul, 2004; Feng et al., 2011). Between the years of 1998-2008, it was projected African Americans living in nursing homes increased by 10.8% (Feng et al., 2011). This study explores the intergenerational relationships of older African American adults with their grandchildren, family, and community through the lens of Intergenerational Family Systems Theory. By viewing this qualitative study through the lens of Intergenerational Family Systems Theory, changes in the older adults’ kinscripts were analyzed to obtain a greater understanding of affects associated with nursing home relocation and the older adults’ relationship with their grandchildren, family, and communities since being admitted. By utilizing a grounded theory approach, this study has found key areas to influence future social work practice and research.
Burden, Josephine E., and n/a. "Living Life to the Full: a Qualitative Study of Community Theatre, Older People and the Construction of Leisure." Griffith University. School of Leisure Studies, 1997. http://www4.gu.edu.au:8080/adt-root/public/adt-QGU20050914.125729.
Повний текст джерелаBrooks-Cleator, Lauren Alexandra. "First Nations and Inuit Older Adults and Aging Well in Ottawa, Canada." Thesis, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/39142.
Повний текст джерелаBross, Stephanie. "Senior Living and Health: Designing for a Multigenerational Community." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1522420176287392.
Повний текст джерелаAlbuquerque, Thais Aguiar De. "Diversity and effect of the microbial community of aging horse manure on stable fly (Stomoxys calcitrans) fitness." Diss., Kansas State University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/14191.
Повний текст джерелаDepartment of Entomology
Ludek Zurek
Stable flies (Stomoxys calcitrans L.) are blood-feeding insects with a great negative impact on livestock resulting in annual losses around $2 billion in the USA alone. One of the main reasons for such an impact is because stable fly management is very difficult. Stable fly larvae develop primarily in animal manure and live bacteria were shown to be essential for stable fly development. I hypothesized that the microbial community of horse manure changes over time and plays an important role in stable fly fitness. Two-choice bioassays were conducted using 2 week old horse manure (control) and aging horse manure (fresh to 5 week old) to evaluate the effect of manure age on stable fly oviposition. The results showed that fresh manure did not stimulate oviposition and that the attractiveness increased as manure aged but started to decline after 3 weeks. Stable fly eggs artificially placed on 1, 2, and 3 week old manure resulted in significantly higher survival and heavier adults comparing to those developing in fresh, 4, and 5 week old manure. Analysis of the bacterial community of aging horse manure by 454-pyrosequencing of 16S rDNA revealed a major shift from strict anaerobes (e.g. Clostridium, Eubacterium, Prevotella, Bacteroidales) in fresh manure to facultative anaerobes and strict aerobes (e.g. Rhizobium, Devosia, Brevundimonas, Sphingopyxis, Comamonas, Pseudomonas) in 1-5 week old manure. Identified volatile compounds emitted from 2 and 3 week old horse manure included phenol, indole, p-cresol, and m-cresol. However, none of them stimulated stable fly oviposition in two-choice assays. In conclusion, the microbial community of 2 and 3 week old horse manure stimulates stable fly oviposition and provides a suitable habitat for stable fly development. Manure at this stage should be the main target for disrupting the stable fly life cycle. Volatile compounds acting as oviposition stimulants/attractants and their specific bacterial origin remain to be determined. Better understanding of stable fly microbial ecology is critical for development of novel management strategies based on alteration of the microbial community of stable fly habitat to generate a substrate that is non-conducive to fly oviposition and/or larval development.
Warner, Nicholas A. "Secondary Life of Automotive Lithium Ion Batteries: An Aging and Economic Analysis." The Ohio State University, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1366371336.
Повний текст джерелаAyers, Katherine Elizabeth Ruth. "Making Community in the Wilderness: A Case Study of Women's Land's Throughout the United States." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/101972.
Повний текст джерелаDoctor of Philosophy
As part of the American second wave feminist movement, a new group of radical feminists emerged. Instead of trying to work within the system, as the feminists before them had done, they decided to create an alternative system as best they could. This dissertation project focuses on the current iteration of these lands; to do this research I spent time at nine of the lands and two women's-only music festivals and interviewed 39 women during the summer of 2018. Part of creating these alternative systems included buying land in rural spaces across the United States and setting up new communities not beholden to any current way of doing things. A major ethos of their communities was that all women were welcome, regardless of race, economic, class, dis/ability, or other identities. The first chapter examines how, despite the women's best intentions, these spaces were and continue to remain today, homogenous, and contrasts the lands with other feminist organizations and women's-only music festivals that were able to diversify. Chapter two explores how women are aging on the lands and the struggles the women are facing in attracting new members. The last chapter examines the mutual mistrust of me I found within both the feminist and academic communities, how I navigated that mistrust, and ultimately that mistrust offers insights into how both communities make compromises to sustain themselves.
Dighe, Shatabdi S. "Readiness Assessment of Area Agencies on Aging in Georgia to Prevent Elder Abuse." Digital Archive @ GSU, 2011. http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/iph_theses/163.
Повний текст джерелаSeverance, Jennifer Jurado. "A Survey of Collaborative Efforts Between Public Health and Aging Services Networks in Community Health Centers in Texas." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2009. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc10984/.
Повний текст джерелаPedersen, Elizabeth B. "GOMDS - GRUMPY OLD MEN DOING SHAKESPEARE; THE COMEDY OF ERRORS AS METAPHOR FOR LIFE, AGING, AND BUILDING COMMUNITY." VCU Scholars Compass, 2017. http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/4790.
Повний текст джерелаSeverance, Jennifer Jurado Eve Susan Brown. "A survey of collaborative efforts between public health and aging services networks in community health centers in Texas." [Denton, Tex.] : University of North Texas, 2009. http://digital.library.unt.edu/permalink/meta-dc-10984.
Повний текст джерелаWiese, Lisa Kirk. "Development and testing of a measure of Alzheimer's disease knowledge in a rural Appalachian community." Thesis, Florida Atlantic University, 2014. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3585017.
Повний текст джерелаRural West Virginia has a very high percentage of older adults. The age-related disease of Alzheimer’s threatens the health of older Appalachians, yet research on Alzheimer’s disease (AD) in this population is scarce. In order to improve screening rates for cognitive impairment, Appalachians need to understand their vulnerability. The first step would be to assess their knowledge about AD but a suitable AD knowledge test has not been developed. The purpose of this study was to test the reliability and validity of a new measure of knowledge about AD that is culturally congruent, and to examine factors that may predict AD knowledge in this rural population. A correlational descriptive study was conducted with 240 participants from four samples of older adults in south central rural Appalachian West Virginia using surveys and face-to-face interviews. Results from tests for stability, reliability including Rasch modeling, discrimination and point biserial indices, and concurrent, divergent, and construct validity were favorable. Findings were that although more diversity in test item difficulty is needed, the test discriminated well between persons with higher and lower levels of education [F(2, 226) = 170.51, p = .001]. Using multiple regression, the predictors of AD knowledge included caregiver status, miles from a healthcare provider, gender, and education; (R2=.05, F(4,187) = 2.65, p =. 04). Only years of education accounted for a significant proportion of unique variance in predicting the total BKAD score (t = 2.14, p =. 03). Implications include the need for further tool refinement, testing for health literacy, coordination with recent statewide efforts to educate the public regarding AD, and community based participatory research in designing culturally effective education programs that will ultimately increase screening and detection of Alzheimer’s disease in rural populations.