Despite the significance of patients' adherence to prescription drug treatments, it is estimated that > 30% of the drugs that are prescribed to older persons are not self-administered in accordance with the instructions. This research examines which factors affect the adherence to prescription drugs of older Israelis and tests whether the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) can explain their adher...

BACKGROUND urinary incontinence (UI) is a common symptom among older people, with a higher prevalence among frail older persons living in nursing homes. Despite consequences such as reduced health and quality of life, many older people do not seek help for their symptoms, resulting in missed opportunity for treatment. OBJECTIVE the aim of this study was to investigate the evidence and the eff...

ifa global ageing 2010 VOL. 6 No 2 Socially isolated older persons are difficult to find. Like other vulnerable populations, they tend to be invisible. Unfortunately, it takes a crisis to bring the issues of social isolation and vulnerability among older persons to the policy agenda. For example, thousands of older New Yorkers were left dangerously isolated immediately after the September 11th ...

This paper focuses on the importance and the effectiveness of various types of informal support for older persons' psychological well-being. It examines the effects of objective measures of informal support (such as size of social networks and frequency of contact) and subjective measures (such as satisfaction with the support received) on psychological well-being of older occupants in differen...

BACKGROUND There are inequities in health status associated with ethnicity, which may limit older foreign-born persons' ability to age optimally. Health promotion for older persons who have experienced migration is thus an area of public health importance. However, since research related to this issue is very limited, the study 'Promoting Aging Migrants' Capabilities' was initiated to improve o...

Today we are paying tribute to older persons around the world. We celebrate their vital role in family and in community, we celebrate their wisdom and experience, we celebrate both men and women – but particularly women – as family caregivers, we celebrate older persons as those who provide emotional support to both the old and very young. There are numerous roles that older persons play in soc...