Preventive health engineering in earlier and later life

Work transitions and health in later life.

OBJECTIVES The goal of the analysis was to examine the association between health status and work behavior among men aged 55-69. We specifically examined the conditions under which health is most strongly associated with labor force exit and reentry. METHODS The association between health and labor force transitions was examined using logistic regression analyses, based on data from the 1984 ...

Life skills, wealth, health, and wellbeing in later life.

Life skills play a key role in promoting educational and occupational success in early life, but their relevance at older ages is uncertain. Here we measured five life skills-conscientiousness, emotional stability, determination, control, and optimism-in 8,119 men and women aged 52 and older (mean 66.7 y). We show that the number of skills is associated with wealth, income, subjective wellbeing...

Adjustment to violent and natural deaths in later and earlier life for black and white widows.

OBJECTIVES This study explored the role of mode and unexpectedness of death, age, race, and marital status on psychological symptoms for widows approximately 6 months after their husbands' deaths. METHODS Midwestern samples were drawn from death/divorce records for 276 Black and White women aged 19-74 whose husbands had died from homicide, suicide, or accidental death; 276 matched natural dea...

Mental Health Disorders in Later Life

Role of Religious Involvement in Health in Later Life: An Integrated Review

Aging includes natural, progressive, and irreversible physiological changes that affect physical and mental strength. Religious involvement can help older adults cope with these changes and the stresses of later life. This integrative review study aimed to determine the role of religious involvement in health in later life. To this end, the authors searched keywords, such as religious involveme...