Media portrayals of a loneliness “epidemic” are premised on an increase in the proportion of
people living alone and decreases in rates of civic engagement and religious affiliation over …

Research on close relationships in later life has received increased attention over the past
decade. However, little is known about sexuality and intimacy in old age. Using cross …

Background Demographic changes led to an increasingly ageing population in Germany
and thus to possible changes in the frequency of fractures. The primary aim of this study was …

Objective Pain is a very common chronic condition in late life that is associated with poorer
quality of life and greater functional restrictions. Little is known regarding temporal trends in …

History-graded increases in older adults' levels of cognitive performance are well
documented, but little is known about historical shifts in within-person change: cognitive …

Biomarkers defining biological age are typically laborious or expensive to assess. Instead, in
the current study, we identified parameters based on standard laboratory blood tests across …

Life Span theory posits that sociohistorical contexts shape individual development. In line
with this proposition, cohort differences favoring later-born cohorts have been widely …

Objective: Thyroid dysfunction is associated with relevant disturbances in glucose
metabolism. Moreover, thyroid function undergoes important changes with aging. The …

Abstract “At what age would you describe someone as old?” Perceptions of when old age
begins might be prone to upward shifts because of historical increases in life expectancy …

Personality traits affect health throughout adulthood. Recent research has demonstrated that
attitudes toward own aging (ATOA) also play an important role in various health outcomes …