Trauma Caused by Injury or Abuse in Late Life: Experiences, Impacts, and the Federal Response

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vijeth Iyengar ◽  
Greg Link ◽  
Phillip W. Beatty ◽  
Madeleine Boel ◽  
Cailin Crockett ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Life Experiences ◽  
Late Life ◽  
Federal Response

[P2-336]: DIFFERENTIAL EFFECTS OF EARLY AND LATE-LIFE EXPERIENCES ON AMYLOID DEPOSITION VERSUS NEURODEGENERATION

2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (7S_Part_15) ◽  
pp. P750-P750
Author(s):  
Eider M. Arenaza-Urquijo ◽  
Julie Gonneaud ◽  
Valentin Ourry ◽  
Robin de Flores ◽  
Brigitte Landeau ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Life Experiences ◽  
Late Life ◽  
Amyloid Deposition ◽  
Differential Effects

‘I Don't Feel Old’: Subjective Ageing and the Search for Meaning in Later Life

1992 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-47 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Thompson
Keyword(s):  
Life History ◽  
Old Age ◽  
Intimate Relationships ◽  
Life Experiences ◽  
Late Life ◽  
Later Life ◽  
Search For Meaning ◽  
Self Perceptions ◽  
The Relationship

ABSTRACTA critique of the study of ageing by sociologists and historians is provided in this paper, on the basis of the comparative neglect of life history studies across the whole lifespan. It points to the skewed nature of studies reported in the literature. As a corrective, results from a UK life history based study are presented. It focuses on leisure, grand- parenting and intimate relationships between adults, leading to conclusions about the relationship between class factors in the determination of late life experiences and self perceptions of the meaning of old age.

scholarly journals Cognitive Activities During Adulthood Are More Important than Education in Building Reserve

2011 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 615-624 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bruce R. Reed ◽  
Maritza Dowling ◽  
Sarah Tomaszewski Farias ◽  
Joshua Sonnen ◽  
Milton Strauss ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Latent Variable ◽  
Life Experiences ◽  
Cognitive Activity ◽  
Lewy Bodies ◽  
Late Life ◽  
Cognitive Factors ◽  
Cognitive Domain ◽  
Residual Variance ◽  
Religious Orders ◽  
Cognitive Activities

AbstractCognitive reserve is thought to reflect life experiences. Which experiences contribute to reserve and their relative importance is not understood. Subjects were 652 autopsied cases from the Rush Memory and Aging Project and the Religious Orders Study. Reserve was defined as the residual variance of the regressions of cognitive factors on brain pathology and was captured in a latent variable that was regressed on potential determinants of reserve. Neuropathology variables included Alzheimer's disease markers, Lewy bodies, infarcts, microinfarcts, and brain weight. Cognition was measured with six cognitive domain scores. Determinants of reserve were socioeconomic status (SES), education, leisure cognitive activities at age 40 (CA40) and at study enrollment (CAbaseline) in late life. The four exogenous predictors of reserve were weakly to moderately inter-correlated. In a multivariate model, all except SES had statistically significant effects on Reserve, the strongest of which were CA40 (β = .31) and CAbaseline (β = .28). The Education effect was negative in the full model (β = –.25). Results suggest that leisure cognitive activities throughout adulthood are more important than education in determining reserve. Discrepancies between cognitive activity and education may be informative in estimating late life reserve. (JINS, 2011, 17, 615–624)

scholarly journals Evaluating early life risk factors for late life health outcome using probabilistic matching of early and late life cohorts.

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adina Zeki Al Hazzouri ◽  
Katrina Kezios ◽  
Scott Zimmerman ◽  
Sebastian Calonico ◽  
M. Maria Glymour
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Risk Factors ◽  
Health Outcome ◽  
Early Life ◽  
Life Experiences ◽  
Late Life ◽  
The United States ◽  
Matching Method ◽  
Synthetic Cohort

Research on Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias (ADRD) is hampered by the absence of studies including prospective follow-up from early life through older ages when ADRD is diagnosed. This is a notable gap in the United States and impedes research on lifecourse determinants of ADRD and ADRD disparities, many of which appear attributable to early life experiences. In this simulation project, we evaluate a matching method to create a synthetic lifecourse cohort by merging early and late life cohorts on a set of harmonized covariates. We evaluate performance under several causal scenarios for the association between our exposure and outcome, and varying characteristics of the matching method. In scenarios when a measure is available along all pathways linking exposure and outcome, the synthetic cohort performs well, with bias approaching null as the number of matching levels increases. This approach may create novel opportunities to rigorously evaluate early- and mid-life determinants of ADRD and ADRD disparities.

scholarly journals Sex differences in the association between education in adulthood and late‐life cognition in the Kaiser Health Aging and Diverse Life Experiences (KHANDLE) Study

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (S10) ◽  
Author(s):  
Paola Gilsanz ◽  
Elizabeth Rose Mayeda ◽  
Chloe W Eng ◽  
M Maria Glymour ◽  
Rachel Peterson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sex Differences ◽  
Life Experiences ◽  
Late Life ◽  
Health Aging

scholarly journals RESTORYING THE LIVES OF FAMOUS INDIVIDUALS: A NARRATIVE INQUIRY

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 42-48
Author(s):  
Laurence L. Garcia
Keyword(s):  
Life Story ◽  
Life Experiences ◽  
Life Stage ◽  
Adult Life ◽  
Late Life ◽  
Individual Perception ◽  
Stage 4 ◽  
Adult World ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Pass Through

The Late Life Success Theory assumes that people go through a process of development, wherein these certain feats highlight the different ages. These highlights form the stages that people go through similarly as they pass through life but the experience behind is unique to each of them. This study aimed to create a list of life stages people go through based on their individual perception of development and achievement so as to allow for identification of stages towards a satisfying late life. This study used narrative research design where the researcher gathered documents about the life story of famous individuals who are respected and recognized for their contribution in their various fields through their published biographies. The biography included the experiences of the subject beyond 60 years old. The researcher then recorded their life experiences and collected information about the background of these stories. Thereafter, the stories were analyzed. The researchers then “restorying” them into a context that makes sense. The following stages have been identified: Stage1-Overcoming a Misfortune Beginning Life; Stage 2-Teenage as the Constructive Passage to Adult Life; Stage 3-Becoming Part of the Adult World; Stage 4-Expanding Influence and Commitment; Stage 5-Leaving a Legacy. Looking into the lives of famous individuals, a certain pattern of similar experiences has been created. They went through a process of development towards the end of life wherein there are certain challenges which highlighted the different stages. These are to be experienced and faced positively. Once successfully handled, these are considered milestones of success which lead towards the full exploration and understanding of the human lives.

scholarly journals Are adverse childhood experiences associated with late-life cognitive performance across racial/ethnic groups: results from the Kaiser Healthy Aging and Diverse Life Experiences study baseline

BMJ Open ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. e042125
Author(s):  
Audra L Gold ◽  
Erika Meza ◽  
Sarah F Ackley ◽  
Dan M Mungas ◽  
Rachel A Whitmer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Groups ◽  
Adverse Childhood Experiences ◽  
Healthy Aging ◽  
Life Experiences ◽  
Late Life ◽  
Cognitive Outcomes ◽  
Northern California ◽  
Childhood Experiences ◽  
Adverse Childhood ◽  
Racial Ethnic

ObjectivesEvidence on adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and late-life cognitive outcomes is inconsistent, with little research among diverse racial/ethnic groups. We investigated whether ACE exposures were associated with worse late-life cognition for all racial/ethnic groups and at different ages of exposure.DesignCovariate-adjusted mixed-effects linear regression models estimated associations of: (1) total number of ACEs experienced, (2) earliest age when ACE occurred and (3) type of ACE with overall cognition.SettingKaiser Permanente Northern California members aged 65 years and older, living in Northern California.ParticipantsKaiser Healthy Aging and Diverse Life Experiences study baseline participants, aged 65 years and older (n=1661; including 403 Asian-American, 338 Latino, 427 Black and 493 white participants).ResultsMost respondents (69%) reported one or more ACE, most frequently family illness (36%), domestic violence (23%) and parental divorce (22%). ACE count was not adversely associated with cognition overall (β=0.01; 95% CI −0.01 to 0.03), in any racial/ethnic group or for any age category of exposure. Pooling across all race/ethnicities, parent’s remarriage (β=−0.11; 95% CI −0.20 to −0.03), mother’s death (β=−0.18; 95% CI −0.30 to −0.07) and father’s death (β=−0.11; 95% CI −0.20 to −0.01) were associated with worse cognition.ConclusionAdverse childhood exposures overall were not associated with worse cognition in older adults in a diverse sample, although three ACEs were associated with worse cognitive outcomes.

scholarly journals Young adulthood cardiovascular risk and MRI and amyloid PET in late‐life in a diverse cohort: The Kaiser Healthy Aging and Diverse Life Experiences (KHANDLE) Study

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (S5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kristen M. George ◽  
Rachel A. Whitmer ◽  
Elizabeth Rose Mayeda ◽  
M. Maria Glymour ◽  
Dan M Mungas ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cardiovascular Risk ◽  
Young Adulthood ◽  
Healthy Aging ◽  
Life Experiences ◽  
Late Life ◽  
Amyloid Pet
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