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TOP REPORTS US Sex
and Mental Health in Old Age (January 2010)
Sexual activity declines in late life but the cause has much to do with
illness and social circumstances as with the physiology of aging. Older
patients welcome advice on sexual health but because of the delicacy of the
matter, physicians need to initiate the conversation and be aware of
opportunities for sexual expression as well as limitations. When older
people focus on intimacy and affection rather than intercourse and orgasm,
they need not retire from sex simply because of advanced age or infirmity. The
conspiracy of age and illness need not preclude physical intimacy.
Skillful, compassionate practitioners should anticipate the sexual concerns
of their older patients.
Interventions
to Prevent Disability in Frail Community-Dwelling Older Persons: An
Overview (February 2010)
Frail older persons have much higher risk of disabilities, hospitalization,
institutionalization and death, compared with their age-matched non-frail
counterparts. In scenarios that predict future health service delivery in
the Western world, aging experts see the rapid increase in frail older
persons as one of the major health care challenges. The authors provide an
overview of many interventions aimed to prevent disability among frail
older persons and summarize promising approaches.
WORLD
Europe:
Policy Brief: Fiscal and Pension Sustainability: Present and Future Issues
in EU Countries (February 2010)
Researchers for this Policy Brief explore pension sustainability in EU
countries: what will be the impact of current policy reforms on the future
for pension systems and incomes of future retirees? The Brief also examines
the financial sustainability of public finances in EU states and the likely
evolution of pension incomes in these countries. The authors also examine
how the current pension reform responses to economic challenges have
reshaped pension systems into a variety of programs that are less
redistributive in some cases and more socially protective in others.
Mexico:
Validation of the Subjective Well-Being Scale in Family Caregivers of
Elderly People (January 2010)
(Report
in Spanish)
The researchers wanted to explore the validity of the Subjective Well-being
Scale (SWS) in familiar caregivers of older adults suffering from diabetes
mellitus type 2. Some 142 family caregivers from Hermosillo, Sonora,
participated. The SWS revealed four elements that explain 55% of the
variance that turned out to be valid and reliable: the first identified
their affective situation and their satisfaction with life, both of them
valuable issues in designing and implementing psychological support
programs for family caregivers
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