Climate crisis risks to elderly health: strategies for effective promotion and response

M Madani Hosseini, M Zargoush… - Health Promotion …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
The climate crisis significantly impacts the health and well-being of older adults, both directly
and indirectly. This issue is of growing concern in Canada due to the country's rapidly …

Socioeconomic Status as a Potential Mediator of Arterial Aging in Marginalized Ethnic and Racial Groups: Current Understandings and Future Directions

S Darvish, SA Mahoney… - Journal of Applied …, 2024 - journals.physiology.org
Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are the leading cause of death in the United States.
However, disparities in CVD-related morbidity and mortality exist as marginalized racial and …

Functional fitness, lifestyle and demographic factors as predictors of perceived physical and mental health in older adults: A structural equation model

GA Navarra, G Tabacchi, A Scardina, M Agnese… - PLoS …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Over the past 50 years, socioeconomic development has brought a reduction in birth rates,
an increase in life expectancy and consequently in the elderly population. For this reason …

Burden of diseases due to high systolic blood pressure in the Middle East and North Africa region from 1990 to 2019

S Safiri, SE Mousavi, K Motlagh Asghari… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
High systolic blood pressure (HSBP) is associated with several metabolic and non-
metabolic disorders. This research aimed to document the deaths and disability-adjusted life …

Public Health Messaging to Older Adults About Hypertension

JA Spitz, E Yang, RS Blumenthal… - Clinics in Geriatric …, 2024 - geriatric.theclinics.com
Hypertension is a major modifiable risk factor for cardiovascular disease. 1, 2 It is a
wellrecognized mediator of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease 3, heart failure, 2 atrial a …

Documentation of social determinants of health across individuals from different racial and ethnic groups in home healthcare

M Hobensack, D Scharp, J Song… - Journal of Nursing …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction Home healthcare (HHC) enables patients to receive healthcare services within
their homes to manage chronic conditions and recover from illnesses. Recent research has …

Social, Racial, and Cultural Considerations in Hypertension in Older Adults

SD Nesbitt, SV Carter - Clinics in Geriatric Medicine, 2024 - geriatric.theclinics.com
Older persons who are African Americans/black and Hispanic have nearly 3 times the rate of
disability due to hypertension compared to whites. Physiologic differences by race and …

Leaving no one behind: successful ageing at the intersection of ageism and ableism

E Langmann, M Weßel - Philosophy, Ethics, and Humanities in Medicine, 2023 - Springer
Background The concept of 'successful ageing'has been a prominent focus within the field of
gerontology for several decades. However, despite the widespread attention paid to this …

Nutritional Aspects of Wound Care

N Munoz, M Litchford - Clinics in Geriatric Medicine, 2024 - geriatric.theclinics.com
Robust skin health and nutritional well-being are fundamental components of healthy living
for all age groups. 1–3 Nutritional well-being depends on access to healthy foods and …

Does Retirement and Work Stoppage Impact Body Weight and Waist Circumference Changes in Middle-and Older-Aged Women and Men? Results From the …

ACT Tam, RA Murphy, AI Conklin… - Journal of Applied …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
This study aimed to examine the impact of employment transitions (ETs) on anthropometric
changes among middle-aged and older workers (ages 45y+). Using two waves of data from …