Rurality and latent precarity: Growing older in a small rural New Zealand town

C Jaye, J McHugh, F Doolan-Noble, LC Wood - Journal of Rural Studies, 2023 - Elsevier
Behind rural lives lurk several forms of latent precarity that are unique to rural dwellers and
rural contexts. Latent precarities may never become actualised or experienced, and the …

The “health benefits” of moderate drinking in older adults may be better explained by socioeconomic status

A Towers, M Philipp, P Dulin… - The Journals of …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Objectives To assess whether a relationship between alcohol use and health exists for older
adults before and after controlling for proxy and full indicators of socioeconomic status …

Loneliness, socio-economic status and quality of life in old age: The moderating role of housing tenure

A Szabo, J Allen, F Alpass, C Stephens - Ageing & Society, 2019 - cambridge.org
The study investigated housing tenure as a factor moderating the effects of loneliness and
socio-economic status (SES) on quality of life (control and autonomy, pleasure, and self …

Longitudinal trajectories of quality of life and depression by housing tenure status

A Szabo, J Allen, F Alpass… - The Journals of …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Objectives A large body of research has demonstrated the positive effects of home
ownership on well-being and health outcomes. However, most previous studies have been …

Is retirement associated with physical health benefits? A longitudinal investigation with older New Zealanders

Á Szabó, J Allen, C Stephens, F Alpass - Age and Ageing, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Objectives the impact of retirement on physical health is an important focus of ageing
research; however, research findings vary greatly. To investigate under what conditions …

An application of the resource-based dynamic process model in the context of retirement planning

J Noone, J Earl, C Stephens, J Rafalski… - Work, Aging and …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Retirement planning is a widely promoted activity to enhance wellbeing for aging
populations. However, there is limited follow-up data to understand the antecedents of multi …

Longitudinal health and disaster impact in older New Zealand adults in the 2010–2011 Canterbury earthquake series

J Allen, LM Brown, FM Alpass… - Journal of gerontological …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Pre-existing longitudinal studies of people affected by disasters provide opportunities to
examine the effects of these events on health. Data used in the current investigation were …

Older New Zealanders in caregiving roles: Psychological functioning of caregivers of people living with dementia

M Fekete, A Szabo, C Stephens, F Alpass - Dementia, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Research suggests that caregiving can have both positive and negative effects on
psychological functioning. It is, however, less understood how these positive and negative …

Nutrition risk prevalence and associated health and social risk factors in Māori and non‐Māori: Results from the New Zealand Health, Work and Retirement Study

MT Tkatch, AJ Towers, HH Keller… - Australasian journal on …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To determine the nutrition risk prevalence and associated health and social risk
factors amongst community‐living Māori and non‐Māori older adults in New Zealand …

The relationship between childhood circumstances and late life physical and mental health: the role of adult socioeconomic status

M Hempel, M Breheny, P Yeung… - Research on …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Objectives: Socioeconomic status and health in childhood are linked to health outcomes in
later life. Health outcomes may also be shaped by socioeconomic circumstances in …