Engaging Communities, Advancing Research
The USC Roybal Institute maintains a regularly updated database of academic literature and relevant research reports that are published by its faculty. The online library is not intended to be exhaustive, but we hope it provides useful information for researchers, policy advocates, health service providers and others who wish to learn more about aging and diverse populations.
Please Note: Many online journals require registration and payment to access full-length versions of articles. Faculty, students and staff at universities and colleges can often access electronic journals through their online campus library network for free or at a minimal cost. Some public libraries also provide such access to its members. Please contact your public or university library for more information.
The study finds that immigrants who arrive to the United States earlier in their lives have better access to health services than those arrive later in their lives.
Researchers examine the characteristics of Latino baby boomers who will comprise a significant percentage of the racially and ethnically diverse U.S. older adult population in the near future.
Researchers identified six themes (past experience in adulthood and voluntary work, perception of learning, social support, living alone, self-efficacy, and openness) that are related to learning interest in later life.
Exploratory factor analysis identified 10 factors: family, symptoms, equipment, learning, appearance, friend, location, facilities, environment, and excuse.
Results from the study provide preliminary evidence to support that RUG-III is a reliable and valid case-mix system for Hong Kong nursing homes.
Researchers find that objective health status and social ties were related to contributory behavior for both males and females, but financial status and vision impairment had a different impact on males and females.
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The study finds that there is a disproportionate impact of HIV/AIDS on ethnic minority older adults.
There is projected to be a dramatic increase in the older population in China in coming years, and the journal article discusses possible policies for nursing home systems to accommodate this change.
Among other results, researchers find that men, those with impaired vision, dementia or taking psychotropic drugs were more likely to fall.
