Objective: Older adults may struggle with stresses and daily life challenges associated the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Yet they also utilize emotional behavioral coping strategies. This qualitative paper aims to identify ways of worries stress during pandemic from perspectives older in United States. Methods: The COVID-19 Coping Study recruited 6,938 aged ≥55 through online multi-frame sampling April 2-May 31, 2020 across all 50 US states, District Columbia, Puerto Rico....

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to argue that Richard Register's ecocity model offers a strategic framework help guide sustainability initiatives in North American higher education (HE) institutions. Design/methodology/approach This conceptual examines the theory and investigates implications for its proposed building strategies university colleges, as institutions seek create more sustainable campuses. previous efforts achieve how concept eco‐campus can be practically productively...

This article considers the mobile interview method's utility to geography through five strengths: ability (1) produce spatially grounded and place-specific data, (2) access subtler more complex meanings of place, (3) create opportunities for flexible collaborative conversation with participants in situ, (4) build rapport adjust participant–researcher power dynamics, (5) efficiently rich geographic data. Practical, technical, ethical, epistemological considerations are discussed. We expand...

Purpose The COVID-19 pandemic, beginning in early 2020, has resulted massive social, economic, political and public health upheaval around the world. We established a national longitudinal cohort study, Coping Study, to investigate effects of pandemic-related stressors changes life circumstances on mental well-being among middle-aged older adults USA. Participants From 2 April 31 May 6938 aged ≥55 years were recruited from all 50 US states, District Columbia Puerto Rico using online,...

Abstract What constitutes a ‘good place to grow old’? This study aimed characterise salient features of built and social environments that are essential support low-income ageing residents. Seated mobile interviews were conducted with community-dwelling older participants (aged 55–92, mean = 71 years) in three distinct socio-economic geographic samples the Minneapolis (Minnesota, United States America) metropolitan area. The prompted evaluate their homes neighbourhoods, probed for particular...

Poor mental health associated with the COVID-19 pandemic may prompt utilization of various coping behaviors, including alcohol use. We aimed to investigate relationships between symptomatology and self-reported changes in consumption at onset pandemic. Data were from nationwide Coping Study US adults aged ≥55 April May 2020 (n = 6548). used population-weighted multivariable-adjusted multi-nomial logistic regression models estimate odds ratios (ORs) for associations (of depression, anxiety,...

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic may fundamentally change neighborhood environments and ways of aging in place. This research aimed to investigate perceptions engagement neighborhoods since the onset among Americans.

This essay envisions how geography can operationalize nuanced understandings of space and place to enrich the lives individuals across lifespan. We propose a focused integration into person-centered practice: clinical dedicated working directly with people promote optimal physical mental health outcomes wellbeing. Our proposal integrates spatial modifications facilitate access utility, behavioral interventions maximize effectiveness in using space, therapeutic engagement nurture deeper sense...

Little is known about the effects of Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) on older family caregivers. Using data from a national sample 2,485 U.S. adults aged ≥55, we aimed to describe magnitude disruptions care arrangements during initial wave COVID-19 pandemic, and associations between these mental health outcomes (depression, anxiety, loneliness, self-rated health) employment (job loss or furlough, hours wages reduced, transition work-from-home) We found that disrupted over half caregiving...

This study aimed to evaluate if and how remote activity monitoring (RAM) improves caregiver outcomes for family members providing care persons living with Alzheimer's disease or a related dementia (ADRD). We conducted an embedded experimental mixed methods of 132 ADRD their caregivers (n = 64 randomly assigned RAM treatment condition). In addition baseline 6-month quantitative survey data on context care, primary objective stressors, resources, self-efficacy/competence, distress collected...

Adults around retirement age are especially vulnerable to the effects of recent economic downturn associated with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). This study investigated disturbances working life and mental health among Americans aged at least 55 during early months pandemic.Using data from nationwide COVID-19 Coping Study (N = 6,264), we examined rates job loss, furloughs, hour/income reductions, work home, along unchanged status, by age, gender, race/ethnicity, educational attainment,...

Older adults are particularly vulnerable to the adverse health effects of extreme temperature-related events. A growing body literature highlights importance natural environment, including air pollution and sunlight, on cognitive health. However, relationship between exposure outdoor temperatures functioning, whether there exists any differences across climate region, remains largely unexplored. We address this gap by examining temperature-cognition association, variation regions in a...

Little is known about longer-term changes to community participation since the COVID-19 pandemic onset and potential implications for health wellbeing in later life. This multi-method investigation analyzes national data from Coping Study. Statistical analyses of survey (n=1,630; mean age 67.9 years; collected April/May, 2022) identified that adults residing US still tended stay inside their homes more often onset. Overall, participants decreased engagement with amenities such as eateries,...

Objectives Loneliness is associated with increased risks of adverse health outcomes among middle-aged and older adults. We estimated the prevalence loneliness identified key sociodemographic, employment, living, health-related risk factors for adults aged ≥55 during early phase COVID-19 pandemic in United States, when much country was under shelter-in-place orders. Methods collected data from online questionnaires Coping Study, a national study 6938 US April 2 through May 31, 2020....