European Journal of Ageing

2016 - 2025

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Volume 22, issue 1, 2025

Navigating life’s twists and turns: characteristics of life events across adulthood pp. 1-14

Sonja Radjenovic, Fiona S. Rupprecht and Jana Nikitin

Distance from home and working memory: daily associations varying by neighborhood environments in community-dwelling older adults pp. 1-14

Minxia Luo, Eun-Kyeong Kim, Robert Weibel, Mike Martin and Christina Röcke

Challenging aged care stigma through communication: discursive responses to stigmatising discourses about aged care work and implications for workers’ mental health pp. 1-14

Asmita V. Manchha, Ken Tann, Kïrsten A. Way and Michael Thai

Older adults know when they have been left out but they respond rationally pp. 1-14

Qiuyi Kong, Nicholas Currie, Kangning Du, John A. Hunter and Ted Ruffman

Care provision and social participation among older adults in Europe: longitudinal evidence from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe and the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing pp. 1-14

Pamela Almeida-Meza, Giorgio Gessa, Rebecca Lacey, Anne McMunn and Baowen Xue

The impact of providing intensive care and practical help in mid-life on employment transitions in Europe pp. 1-14

Jeroen J A Spijker, Maike Damme and Bruno Arpino

Socio-economic differences in receiving care by the over-80s in Germany and England: intensity of care needs as a moderator pp. 1-14

Ursula Henz and Michael Wagner

Associations between objective hearing function and subjective views of aging pp. 1-14

Jana Koch, Brooke Brady, Lidan Zheng and Kaarin J. Anstey

The effects of Direct Payments on the well-being of older adults in England pp. 1-14

Jinbao Zhang and Julien Forder

Challenges and opportunities of psychological aging research pp. 1-14

Paolo Ghisletta

Do publicly funded community physical activity programs for middle-aged and older adults in Ireland work? pp. 1-13

Enrique García Bengoechea and Catherine B. Woods

Changes in life satisfaction and leisure-time physical activity across retirement transition: the FIREA cohort study pp. 1-13

Miika Tuominen, Säde Stenlund, Kristin Suorsa, Jaana Pentti, Jussi Vahtera, Tuija Leskinen, Pasi Koski and Sari Stenholm

Change over time in characteristics and survival of residents newly admitted to nursing homes: an analysis of health insurance claims data from 2011 to 2020 in Germany pp. 1-13

Hannes Jacobs, Stephanie Stiel, Anna Völkel, Tanja Schleef, Birte Burger, Jona Theodor Stahmeyer, Kathrin Wandscher, Anna Levke Brütt and Falk Hoffmann

Impact of age-related stereotype threat on subjective age, awareness of age-related change, and physical performance in older adults pp. 1-13

Anna C. Müller, Anna E. Kornadt and Nanna Notthoff

Individual vitality changes over 20 years among aging adults, using predefined and data-driven patterns: the Doetinchem Cohort Study pp. 1-13

Sanne G. Celant, H. Susan J. Picavet, Anne-Marie Buisman, M. Liset Rietman and W. M. Monique Verschuren

A scoping review of measurement tools and a content validity evaluation of the University of Jyvaskyla Active Aging Scale (UJACAS) pp. 1-28

Rosa Napoletano, Antonella Lopez, Sergio Traficante, Elisabetta Ricciardi, Luigi Tinella, Alessandro Oronzo Caffò, Andrea Bosco and Giuseppina Spano

“Time without you”: Transition to widowhood and its impact on time perspective and attitudes toward the future pp. 1-12

M. Clara de Paula Couto, Yaeji Kim-Knauss, Klaus Rothermund, Helene H. Fung, Thomas M. Hess and Frieder R. Lang

The effect of loneliness on depressive symptoms in the 65+ European population: a longitudinal observational study using SHARE data pp. 1-12

Daniëlle Heleen Smit, Johan Rehnberg and Stefan Fors

Intergenerational relationships after parental divorce: variations by levels of family solidarity pp. 1-12

Zafer Buyukkececi

BRAIN-Diabetes: a randomised trial to test the feasibility of an adapted FINGER multidomain intervention in adults with type 2 diabetes living in rural border regions of Ireland pp. 1-12

Claire T. McEvoy, Geraldine McCarthy, Rebecca F. Townsend, Catherine Dolan, Joanne Regan-Moriarty, Christopher Cardwell, Bernadette McGuinness, Seán P. Kennelly, Jim Kelly, Catherine McHugh, Frank Kee, John Bartlett, Caroline Bradshaw, Orla Reynolds, Valerie Mortland, Christina O’Neill, Ingrid McLoughlin, Noel McCaffrey, Margaret Heffernan, Cabrini Nolan and Peter A. Passmore

The effect of slow breathing on cardiovascular and electromyographic responses during standing perturbations in older adults pp. 1-12

Patrick Siedlecki, Tanya D. Ivanova and S. Jayne Garland

Changing self-perceptions of aging in China: a cohort analysis pp. 1-12

Donghui Wang and Leif Jensen

Measurement invariance of a general cognitive performance measure across 27 European countries and Israel pp. 1-12

Adrián García-Mollá, Irene Fernández, Amparo Oliver, José M. Tomás and Mireia Abella

Community-based housing alternatives for older adults: towards a conceptual framework for resident involvement pp. 1-12

Luise Stoisser, Tine Buffel, Ann Petermans and An-Sofie Smetcoren

Momentary physical activity, subjective age, and the moderating role of pain pp. 1-17

Maiken Tingvold, Nanna Notthoff, Lisa Borgmann and Anna E. Kornadt

Sleep at home for older persons with dementia and their caregivers: a qualitative study of their experiences and challenges pp. 1-17

C. A. M. Huisman, E. R. C. M. Huisman, R. G. A. Brankaert and H. S. M. Kort

The hidden crisis: classifying unmet healthcare needs in European older adults during COVID-19 pp. 1-17

Šime Smolić, Petra Međimurec, Ivan Čipin, Stipica Mudražija, Dario Mustač and Margareta Fabijančić

Childhood adversities and home atmosphere as determinants of resilience in old age: findings from the Helsinki birth cohort study pp. 1-9

Sini Siltanen, Katja Pynnönen, Sini M. Stenroth, Katja Kokko, Markus J. Haapanen, Niko S. Wasenius, Merja K. Laine, Tuija M. Mikkola, Johan G. Eriksson and Mikaela B. Bonsdorff

Household members’ positive personality traits and age stereotypes do not predict perceived expectations for active aging pp. 1-9

Sonja Radoš, Maria K. Pavlova, Klaus Rothermund and Rainer K. Silbereisen

Maintaining a young self-concept: Feeling young or shifting age thresholds? pp. 1-9

Fiona S. Rupprecht, M. Clara P. Paula Couto, Klaus Rothermund and Jana Nikitin

Optimizing cognitive interventions to improve real-world function for healthy older adults pp. 1-9

Rachel Wu, Tania M. Rodriguez, Bethany P. Tavenner, Isadora Farias Lopes Queiroz, Walter Boot, Jeanine Parisi, Michelle Carlson, Martin Lövdén, Margaret E. Beier and Alan Gow

The association between widowhood duration and depressive symptoms among Chinese older adults: mediation role of sleeping duration and dietary diversity pp. 1-9

Yuexuan Mu, Ru Wang, Zhao Li, Qingshuai Liu and Jiao Peng

Frail parents and adult children’s life-satisfaction: a longitudinal analysis of Norwegian data pp. 1-8

Morten Blekesaune and Vegard Skirbekk

Association of behaviour-related health risk factors with working life expectancy in adults aged ≥ 50 years: findings from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing and the Finnish Public Sector Study pp. 1-8

Katriina Heikkilä, Holendro Singh Chungkham, Jaana Pentti, Jenni Ervasti, Mika Kivimäki, Jussi Vahtera, Sari Stenholm and Paola Zaninotto

The potential of depressive symptoms to identify cognitive impairment in ageing pp. 1-11

Panagiotis Alexopoulos, Christos Bountoulis, Everina Katirtzoglou, Mary H. Kosmidis, Kostas Siarkos, Mary Yannakoulia, Efthimios Dardiotis, Maria Skondra, Georgios Hadjigeorgiou, Robert Perneczky, Paraskevi Sakka, Eleni-Zacharoula Georgiou, Μarina Charalampopoulou, Panagiotis Felemegkas, Iracema Leroi, Apostolos Batsidis, Laura Perna, Antonios Politis, Nikolaos Scarmeas and Polychronis Economou

A care regime typology of elder, long-term care institutions pp. 1-11

Maike Damme, Jeroen Spijker and Dimitris Pavlopoulos

The role of impaired vision and declined cognition in falls and fall-related risk factors among older people receiving home care in Finland—a cross-sectional register study pp. 1-11

Tiina Pesonen, Heidi Siira, Visa Väisänen, Johanna Edgren and Satu Elo

Can long-term care insurance reduce catastrophic health and long-term care expenditures among older adults? A quasi-experimental study in China pp. 1-11

Chengxu Long, Wei Yang and Karen Glaser

Changes in cognitive functioning and quality of life after relocation to a nursing home: a prospective longitudinal study of Swiss nursing home residents pp. 1-11

Emmie A. M. Verspeek, Maximilian Haas, Yvonne Brehmer, Manon A. Scheppingen, Nadine Bender, Matthias Kliegel and Alexandra Hering

Ageing in place in urban environments: building collaborative organisations for later life pp. 1-11

Tine Buffel and Chris Phillipson

Concurrent changes in sleep and cognitive function during retirement transition: the Finnish retirement and aging study pp. 1-11

Tea Teräs, Saana Myllyntausta, Jaana Pentti, Jesse Pasanen, Suvi Rovio and Sari Stenholm

Retirement timing and changes in quality of life: a retrospective analysis of transition from employment to old-age retirement in Finland pp. 1-11

Liisa-Maria Palomäki, Jyri Liukko, Aart-Jan Riekhoff and Sanna Tenhunen

The relationship between community spiritual comfort services and cognitive function in the older adults: a random intercept cross-lagged panel study pp. 1-11

Long Yan, Xiaowen Li, Benxian Yao, Yu Liu and Hao Xu

Associations between life satisfaction and hope with cognitive function and decline over 13 years: findings from the Whitehall II study pp. 1-11

Amber John, Aysha Mohamed Rafik Patel, Roopal Desai, Emily Willroth, Natalie L. Marchant, Harriet Demnitz-King, Barbara Woodward-Carlton, Dorina Cadar, David Bartres-Faz, Rob Saunders, Georgia Bell, Aida Suarez Gonzalez, Darya Gaysina, Marcus Richards and Joshua Stott

Parenthood and life satisfaction in older age: examining the moderating role of social norms and economic vulnerability pp. 1-16

Matthias Pollmann-Schult

Non-medical barriers and facilitators of ageing in place: a cohort study in the Netherlands pp. 1-16

Fatima Amankour, Yvonne Krabbe-Alkemade, Xander Koolman, Marjolein Broese van Groenou and France Portrait

Perceptions of individual and societal onset of old age: associations with views on aging in a sample aged 16 to 96 years pp. 1-16

Markus Wettstein, Anna E. Kornadt, Lisa Marie Warner and Eva-Marie Kessler

A systematic review and meta-analysis of the association between age and degrees of avoidant decision-making style pp. 1-16

Tarren Leon, Gabrielle Weidemann and Phoebe E. Bailey

Trajectories of long-term care entitlements in severely disabled older adults using nationwide Dutch data pp. 1-15

France Portrait, Yvonne Krabbe-Alkemade, Trynke Hoekstra, Kristina Thompson and Hanna Rusticus

How are location and type of caring associated with the carer’s mental health? Cross-sectional and longitudinal findings from SHARE pp. 1-15

Valerie Schaps, Thomas Hansen, Ragnhild Bang Nes and Morten Wahrendorf

Poor psychosocial work environment: a ticket to retirement? Variations by gender and education pp. 1-15

Harpa S. Eyjólfsdóttir, Tale Hellevik, Katharina Herlofson, Axel West Pedersen, Carin Lennartsson and Marijke Veenstra

Inequalities in multimorbidity between native-born and immigrant older adults across Europe pp. 1-15

Su Yeon Jang, Silvia Loi, Frank J. Lenthe, Anna Oksuzyan and Mikko Myrskylä

Effect of strengths-based care: community led support pp. 1-15

Jonathan E. Prunty, Jinbao Zhang, Madalina Toma, Robin Miller and Julien Forder

MMSE in primary care practice: why good tests can mislead in the wrong context pp. 1-7

Carla Tortora, Laetitia Teixeira, Susana Sousa and Constança Paúl

Social aspects of childlessness experiences in midlife and late adulthood: a scoping review pp. 1-18

Wenqian Xu, Jianmei Zhou, Federica Previtali and Bussarawan Teerawichitchainan

The effectiveness of interventions on clinical and patient-reported outcomes in hospital-to-home transitions of older adults: a systematic review pp. 1-18

Laura Maria Steiner, Selvedina Osmancevic, Sabine Hahn, Loris Bonetti and Sandra Zwakhalen

Social ties in old age: the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic pp. 1-24

Ashira Menashe-Oren, Damiano Uccheddu and Ester Lucia Rizzi

The association between physical multimorbidity and fall-related injury among adults aged ≥ 50 years from low- and middle-income countries pp. 1-10

Lee Smith, Guillermo F. López Sánchez, Jae Il Shin, Hans Oh, Karel Kostev, Mark A. Tully, Yvonne Barnett, Laurie T. Butler, Nicola Veronese, Pinar Soysal, Louis Jacob and Ai Koyanagi

Normative values and psychometric properties of the Oslo Social Support Scale-3 (OSSS-3) for adults aged 60 to 85 years pp. 1-10

Nikolay Dimitrov, Elmar Brähler, Thomas Hering, Heide Glaesmer and Markus Zenger

Association of hearing and vision impairment with cognitive impairment in nursing home residents in Switzerland pp. 1-10

Ania Mikos, Nataliya Fartdinova, Alexander Seifert, Nathalie Giroud and Florian Riese

Self-esteem is associated with health status and PROMs in advanced age independent of multidimensional frailty: secondary analysis from a RCT with 6-month follow-up pp. 1-10

Anna Maria Affeldt, Luisa Mück, Ingrid Becker, Anne Ferring, Jill Stegemann, Laura Wiebe, Thomas Benzing, Malte P. Bartram and M. Cristina Polidori