Dementia care and prevention in community settings: a built environment framework for cognitive health promotion

DRY Gan, J Mann, H Chaudhury - Current opinion in psychiatry, 2024 - journals.lww.com
Policy makers, health and built environment professionals must work together to promote
“personhood in community” with PLCD. Clinicians and community staff may focus on …

[HTML][HTML] Assessment of mediators in the associations between urban green spaces and self-reported health

L Zhang, PY Tan, DRY Gan, R Samsudin - Landscape and Urban Planning, 2022 - Elsevier
Although urban green spaces (UGS) are widely known to confer health benefits, evidence of
the specific mechanisms that mediate the pathways from UGS provision and exposure to …

Impact on mental health and well-being of the dialogic literary gathering among women in a primary healthcare centre

M Padrós-Cuxart, A Crespo-López… - … Journal of Qualitative …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
There is strong scientific evidence on the academic, cognitive, social, and emotional benefits
of Dialogic Literary Gatherings (DLG) for diverse people in a wide range of settings …

The association of social networks and depression in community-dwelling older adults: a systematic review

A Reiner, P Steinhoff - Systematic Reviews, 2024 - Springer
Background and objective Depression is a globally prevalent mental condition, particularly
among older adults. Previous research has identified that social networks have a buffering …

Environmental influences on life satisfaction and depressive symptoms among older adults with multimorbidity: path analysis through loneliness in the Canadian …

DRY Gan, AV Wister, JR Best - The Gerontologist, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Background and Objectives More older adults with multimorbidity are aging in place
than ever before. Knowing how the environment affects their mental well-being could …

Connectedness and Successful Aging of Older Adults in Croatia

J Plužarić, I Barać, V Ilakovac, R Lovrić, N Farčić… - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
Connectedness is a multidimensional human experience that is essential to successful
aging. The aims of this cross-sectional study were to assess connectedness and self …

What buffered the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on depression? A longitudinal study of caregivers of school aged children in Ireland

J Laurence, H Russell, E Smyth - European Sociological Review, 2024 - academic.oup.com
The COVID-19 pandemic has wrought acute harm to global mental health, especially among
vulnerable populations. We explore what factors in people's lives buffered the impact of the …

[HTML][HTML] Impact of COVID-19 measures on discharge planning and continuity of integrated care in the community for older patients in Singapore

S Yoon, J Mo, ZY Lim, SY Lu, SG Low… - … Journal of Integrated …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Methods: We conducted focus group discussions and individual interviews with healthcare
workers, community partners, government officials and family caregivers in Singapore. All …

Social Identification in Times of Crisis: How Need to Belong, Perspective Taking, and Cognitive Closure Relate to Changes in Social Identification

FJ Till, J Heimrich, SB Frenzel… - Journal of Applied …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
In a world shaped by global crises—from pandemics to international armed conflicts to an
escalating climate crisis—research into human reactions to and coping with uncertainty is …

[HTML][HTML] Three-year trajectories of social networks, face-to-face interactions, and non-face-to-face interactions among community-dwelling older adults in Japan during …

H Kawai, M Ejiri, K Imamura, K Ito, Y Fujiwara, H Hirano… - Maturitas, 2024 - Elsevier
Objectives To investigate the trajectories of social networks and interactions among older
Japanese individuals during the COVID-19 pandemic. Study design We used data from a …