Longstanding Occupation: The Relation of the Continuity and Meaning of Productive Occupation to Life Satisfaction and Successful Aging

Stevens-Ratchford, Regena

doi:10.1080/01924788.2011.574255

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“…This is particularly important given that shorter telomeres are associated with an increase in HIV-related dementia (Giesbrecht et al, 2014). Fortunately, Stevens-Ratchford (2011) and White, Lentin, and Farnworth (2012) found significant correlations between longstanding, meaningful employment and successful aging; this research suggests that meaning or purpose of employment is highly contributory to reduction in stress and increased life satisfaction. As mentioned, reducing stress can be neuroprotective since stress and corresponding release of cortisol via hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal axis causes neuroinflammation which has a negative effect on neurocognition (Satori et al, 2012).…”

Section: Employment and Neurocognitive Reservementioning

confidence: 68%

The Role of Employment on Neurocognitive Reserve in Adults With HIV: A Review of the Literature

Vance

Cody

Yoo‐Jeong

et al. 2015

Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care

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The benefits of employment are enormous; being employed, one naturally: 1) socially engages with the public and colleagues/co-workers; 2) learns new skills to increase job productivity and competence; 3) establishes a routine that can prevent lethargy and boredom and may regulate sleep and healthy behaviors; 4) is provided purposeful and meaningful activity that may protect one from depression; and 5) gains income to pursue interests which are cognitively stimulating. All of these and other employment influences can provide an enriched personal and social environment that stimulates positive neuroplasticity and promotes neurocognitive reserve. Such potential neurocognitive benefits are particularly relevant to adults with HIV for two reasons: 1) approximately 50% of adults with HIV experience observable cognitive impairments that can adversely affect everyday functioning such as medication adherence, and 2) approximately 45% of adults with HIV are unemployed and do not receive the neurocognitive benefits of employment. From these considerations, implications for healthcare research and nursing practice are provided.

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Section: Employment and Neurocognitive Reservementioning

confidence: 68%

The Role of Employment on Neurocognitive Reserve in Adults With HIV: A Review of the Literature

Vance

Cody

Yoo‐Jeong

et al. 2015

Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care

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“…Occupation class or employment status was investigated in four articles. 16 19 22 24 Of these, one study 26 found being employed was associated with better health, and a second 16 found a weak-to-moderate correlation between continuity and meaning of occupation and successful ageing.…”

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Health assets in older age: a systematic review

2017

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BackgroundFinding ways to optimise health in older age is key to reducing the impact of population ageing on health and social care systems. A salutogenic approach takes into account an individual’s health assets—internal or external strengths or accessible resources which improve and preserve physical, social and mental wellness, independence and quality of life. The aim of this narrative systematic review was to provide a summary and appraisal of the evidence for factors that act as health assets within personal, social, economic and environmental domains.MethodsSystematic searches of databases were conducted for literature published in peer-reviewed journals between January 2000 and November 2016. Selection criteria included community dwelling populations aged 65 years and over and publications written in English. Data on study population, design, measures of health status, factors within the four previously stated domains and results were extracted. Study quality was independently assessed using an appraisal instrument.ResultsTwenty-three publications, including 78 422 participants, from more than 13 different countries were identified for inclusion in this review. There was strong evidence that higher scores of self-rated health, psychological well-being and life satisfaction were associated with better health in older age. Social network and contact with family and friends, and engagement in leisure and social activities were important support mechanisms. Education and financial resources consistently proved to be key economic health assets for older adults.ConclusionsImplementing an asset-based approach to health promotion uncovers the skills, knowledge, connections and potential of the individual and the community. This approach is an ideal opportunity for government health bodies and their partners to respond to the challenges faced by global ageing.Factors are often interdependent and cumulative, suggesting the potential for an instrument to measure the accumulated effect of health assets on health status in older adults.

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“…Life satisfaction is an overall self‐assessment of feelings about life fulfillment and life contentment at a particular moment in a person's life (Stevens‐Ratchford, ). Global measures of well‐being are often used to assess subjective life satisfaction in order to determine the factors that play influential roles in this measure.…”

Section: Life Satisfactionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Friendships, Subjective Age, and Life Satisfaction of Women in Midlife

Degges‐White

Kepic

2020

Adultspan Journal

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The authors conducted a study of 422 women, ages 31 to 77 years, to explore the relationships among friendship networks, subjective age, and life satisfaction. Friendship network size was related to lower subjective age but not to chronological age. More frequent visits with friends were related to lower subjective age and to higher life satisfaction. Satisfaction with the number of friends and a larger number of friends were related to higher levels of life satisfaction. Subjective age, group belonging, and being someone's best friend were significant predictors of life satisfaction.

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Longstanding Occupation: The Relation of the Continuity and Meaning of Productive Occupation to Life Satisfaction and Successful Aging

Cited by 21 publications

References 49 publications

The Role of Employment on Neurocognitive Reserve in Adults With HIV: A Review of the Literature

The Role of Employment on Neurocognitive Reserve in Adults With HIV: A Review of the Literature

Health assets in older age: a systematic review

Friendships, Subjective Age, and Life Satisfaction of Women in Midlife

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