Older Adults Are Opening Up About Why The “Good Old Days” Weren’t So Good After All

It’s no secret that many long to return to the so-called “good old days” of their youth. However, at some point or another, one begins to question just how “good” those days truly were. While an individual may have enjoyed the fashion, music, or movies of their younger years, there’s no denying that the past … Read more

The association between family doctor contract services and the health of middle-aged and older people in China: an instrumental variables analysis

Borders, T. F., Rohrer, J. E., Hilsenrath, P. E. & Ward, M. M. Why rural residents migrate for family physician care. J. Rural Health 16(4), 337–348. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1748-0361.2000.tb00484.x (2000). Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar  Velasco Gallardo, M., Zentner, A. & Busse, R. The effects of gatekeeping: a systematic review of the literature. Scand. J. Prim. Health … Read more

Differences between subjective and disability health expectancies across ages in older adults

Based on three southern French population-based cohorts on aging, the present study shows the existence of sex differences in the time to be spent in poor SRH across ages, whilst no differences were found regarding expected lifetime in good health. While the proportion of UHLE increased with age in both sexes, women had longer TLE … Read more