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Topic- Attitudes & perceptions
Stats: Mental health very good/excellent for 60% of postmenopausal women
How do women experience their mental, physical and sexual health as they age and what are their attitudes about healthy aging? WebMD and nonprofit content provider HealthyWomen endeavored to find out by interviewing more than 3,000 US women at various life stages. While many of the findings are specific to older, postmenopausal women, the report, "Aging smart, aging well: A national dialogue on women's health attitudes and behaviors," also provides a window onto the perceptions and needs of future customers and family members.
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Time, space and attitude impact collaborative workspaces
A new report from global research company Leading Edge Forum in London, UK, investigated a range of digital and hybrid working environments to determine how they influence issues of trust, communication and culture. This is important as active-aging organizations are moving to construct new headquarters and other work spaces using varying types of collaborative environments. The report, entitled "Reconfiguring the collaborative workspace: making the most of time, space and attitude," is based on 50 hours of interviews with people working in a wide range of environments at different organization levels.
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Back pain recovery expectations linked to actual outcomes
An individual's expectations for recovery from back pain are related to their likelihood of returning to work and may affect other outcomes as well, a Cochrane Review revealed. This is important because organization staff can help promote positive expectations, regardless of a constituent's age or functional status.
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Stats: 20% of LGBTQ older adults in SF fear senior services
One in five LGBTQ older adults in San Francisco don't use aging services because they feel unsafe or unwelcome, according to a recently released report, "Accessing Aging Services Needs Assessment of LGBTQ Senior Health in San Francisco." Other barriers include mobility limitations (nearly 50%) and difficulty accessing transportation (25%). It's likely that results would be similar or more pronounced in cities or regions that are less tolerant of gender differences, and active-aging organizations should be aware that these potential clients and customers are in need but may not easily walk through the door.
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Quality, not quantity, of friendships linked to wellbeing
Are people with numerous connections to friends, families and acquaintances through online social networks any happier than those who have smaller circles of face-to-face relationships? The answer is likely no, researchers say. It's the quality, not quantity, of social relationships that boost wellbeing, according to their study, which compared wellbeing among people under age 45 with larger social networks and those over age 60, whose networks tended to be smaller.
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Stats: 40% of 65+ adults, caregivers say depression is normal with age
"Driving Towards Age-Friendly Care for the Future," a survey of more than 2,700 adults ages 65 and older and their caregivers, found that 40% considered depression a normal part of aging, and nearly 40% didn't know that certain prescription medications can impact cognition. The findings point to opportunities for active-aging organizations to educate staff, constituents and families about depression and its treatment, as well as mobility issues and, of course, dementia, which many survey respondents also felt were inevitable.
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