A. Regula Herzog

TL;DR: Cross-sectional data from two national surveys of adults aged 25 years and over show that age and socioeconomic status (SES) are significant predictors of self-reported physical health and that the relation of age to health varies with SES features.

TL;DR: The frequency of voiding was significantly increased among respondents with incontinence, or emptying or irritative symptoms compared to asymptomatic respondents, and these survey data are of importance to senior citizens, care providers and governmental agencies.

TL;DR: Volunteering has a protective effect on mortality among those who volunteered for one organization or for forty hours or less over the past year, and the protective effects of volunteering are strongest for respondents who report low levels of informal social interaction and who do not live alone.

TL;DR: Changes in driving patterns can be deleterious for older people's depressive symptoms and initiatives for assisting older people should focus on strategies that help them retain driving skills, that prepare them for the possible transition from driver to ex-driver, and that ensure that they have access to mental health therapies if driving changes are imminent.

TL;DR: The quantity and associated economic cost of informal caregiving for the elderly with dementia are substantial and increase sharply as cognitive impairment worsens, which represents a national annual cost of more than $18 billion.