Literacy is an important determinant of health and well-being across the life span but is
critical in aging, when many influential health and financial decisions are made. Prior …

Background Recent research has begun to recognize the important influence of literacy
levels and how they affect health and wellbeing, especially in older adults. Our study …

Objective: Literacy is an important determinant of financial and health outcomes in old age,
and cognitive decline has been linked with lower literacy. We tested the hypothesis that mild …

We tested the hypothesis that higher financial and health literacy is associated with better
cognitive health in 755 older persons who completed a literacy measure (M= 67.9, SD …

Objective. To examine why older age groups have worse functional health literacy. Methods.
Home interviews were conducted with community-dwelling elderly persons (n= 2,774) to …

Background: Health and financial literacy have been linked to the health and well-being of
older adults, yet there are few data on how health and financial literacy actually impact …

Background. Literacy is correlated with general intelligence and is often used to estimate
premorbid intelligence in persons with dementia. However, little is known about the …

Objective: Healthcare and financial decision making among older persons has been
previously associated with cognition, health and financial literacy, and risk aversion; …

Background Health and financial literacy are central to older adults' well-being and financial
standing, but the relation of literacy with mortality in advanced age remains unclear. Aims To …

Objectives To examine health literacy as a mediator of racial disparities in cognitive decline
as measured by executive function in elderly adults. Design Prospective cohort study …