Scientific research
All reports are FREE to ICAA Organizational and ICAA 100 members. Individual members need to upgrade to an Organizational and/or ICAA 100 membership to access reports.
Non-member can purchase reports by setting up a nonmember account, click on the Log-in button above to do so. Nonmembers can also access reports by purchasing an ICAA Organizational or ICAA 100 membership.
Access and utilize the ICAA library of scientific studies, reports and statistics to assist you with the development of your business case for wellness, program and community design and development, evidence-informed lifestyle choices and marketing strategies and approaches.
Topic- Attitudes & perceptions
Everyday activities may bring happiness to older adults
To discover how life events affected feelings of happiness at different ages, researchers conducted eight studies. Participants were asked to recall, plan or imagine happy experiences that occurred during common and frequent ordinary events, such as spending time with others or completing a home project, versus infrequent extraordinary events, such as travel or a life milestone.
moreAttitudes & perceptions
Worries about retirement may depend on age
In Canada, an online survey was answered by 2,014 people ages 18 years and older. Among all respondents, 31% felt their retirement years would be better than those experienced by earlier generations, 32% said they would be similar and 36% believed their years would be worse.
moreAttitudes & perceptions
Your view on population aging depends on where you live
There are 7.2 billion people worldwide, and global population will continue to grow. Leading the countries with the largest proportion of people ages 65 years and older are Japan and Monaco (24%), Germany and Italy (21%) (Population Reference Bureau). Farther down the list are Canada (14%) and the United States (13%). According to background in a new report, the global population of people ages 65 and older is expected to triple to 1.5 billion by mid-century. Is this a concern?
moreAttitudes & perceptions
Older adults and professionals differ on home care needs
The needs of people in Australia who apply for government subsidies for care in the community are assessed by professionals. The unmet needs requested by 55 community-dwelling older adults and their caregivers were compared to the unmet needs identified during the assessment by the professionals.
moreAttitudes & perceptions
Family, eating and giving are top holiday choices in Canada
Indicating what they liked or didn’t like about the holidays in an online poll,
moreAttitudes & perceptions
Older adults likely to give back to others during the holidays
A poll was conducted among 1,021 US residents 18 years and older who participate in an online panel.
more
