Aging & Wellness
Going to the Dogs: How Owning a Dog Can Improve Older Adults’ Health
A recent study of older adults looked the contributions of dog ownership on positive health outcomes, and asked whether potential health benefits of dog ownership…
Boogie for Your Brain: Dancing May Improve Cognition in Older Adults
Numerous studies have shown the positive impact that exercise can have on cognition and the brains of older adults, and it has been suggested that…
Sing a Song of Aging: How Older Adults Are Depicted in Popular Music
The portrayal of older adults in popular culture is something that has an impact on the general populace and how it views the aging process…
Join, or Die: Maintaining Membership in Social Groups Post-Retirement Decreases Mortality Risk
Large longitudinal studies in the United States have shown that around 25 percent of American retirees experience a significant drop in health and well-being during…
On the Money: A Model for Detecting Financial Elder Abuse
In a recent issue of Public Policy and Aging Report devoted to the topic of financial elder abuse, a team of researchers examine the potential…
Sexual Healing: The Link between Sexual Activity & Cognition in Older Adults
Recently researchers used data from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing, which asked more than 10,000 participants age 50 to 89 a variety of questions…
Personality in Older Adults: What Changes, What Stays the Same
A new study published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology suggests that patterns of personality development for older adults are very distinct from…
Push It: A Deeper Look into How Challenging Activities Can Change Older Brains
Last year, InvestigAge reported on the initial findings from a study titled the Synapse Project , which showed that older adults who engaged in highly…
Cognitive Training & the Aging Brain
With increasing attention being paid to brain health for older adults and an increasing number of products promoting brain fitness in the marketplace, more and…
Power Lift: Low-Risk, Low-Cost Exercise Technique Quickly Builds Older Adults’ Muscles, Strength
Muscle loss in older adults reduces their mobility and increases risks for falls, fractures, disability, and heart disease. Preventing or reversing the loss of muscle…
Wisdom Works: Older Adults with Physical Limitations Benefit from Wisdom
Research has identified a number of factors associated with subjective well-being. In particular, studies have shown that physical health, functional limitations, and self-rated health all…
The Importance of Storytelling in the Lives of Resilient Older Adults
The myriad of factors that lead one person to age well compared to another are seemingly infinite. One of the newer factors receiving attention on…
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