Ageing

Impacts of persistent general and site-specific pain on activities of daily living and physical performance: A prospective analysis of the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing.

Key Points Question What is the association between various socioeconomic markers and dementia incidence? Findings This longitudinal cohort study found that lower wealth in late life, but not education, was associated with increased risk for dementia, suggesting that people with fewer financial resources were at higher risk. No substantive differences were identified in relation to the area of neighborhood deprivation; an age-cohort effect was observed, highlighting that socioeconomic inequalities were more robust among people born in later years. Meaning The association between socioeconomic status and dementia incidence in a contemporary cohort of older adults may be driven by wealth rather than education.

Factors associated with polypharmacy in primary care: a cross-sectional analysis of data from The English Longitudinal Study of Ageing

Medicaid is a government programme that also provides health insurance to the elderly who have few assets and either low income or catastrophic health care expenses. We ask how the Medicaid rules map into the reality of Medicaid recipiency, and we ask what other observable characteristics are important to determine who ends up on Medicaid.

Walking Speed, Cognitive Function, and Dementia Risk in the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing.

Oral health - A neglected aspect of subjective well-being in later life

Let’s talk about sex – what do older men and women say about their sexual relations and sexual activities? A qualitative analysis of ELSA Wave 6 data

Association between pain and sexual health in older people: results from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing

The reciprocal relationship between material factors and health in the life course: evidence from SHARE and ELSA

Association of 10-year C-reactive protein trajectories with markers of healthy aging: findings from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing.

Community group membership and multi-dimensional subjective wellbeing in older age

Older adults’ experiences of sexual difficulties: qualitative findings from the English Longitudinal Study on Ageing

Social isolation, health literacy, and mortality risk: findings from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing

Socio-economic trajectories and cardiovascular disease mortality in older people: the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing

Allostatic load and effort-reward imbalance: associations over the working-career

Reduced muscle strength is an accurate predictor of functional limitations, disability, and mortality. Hence, understanding which socio‐economic factors contribute to preserve muscle strength in old age is central to the design of social policies that help reducing these health risks.

Does current smoking predict future frailty? The English longitudinal study of ageing.

OBJECTIVE: To examine the prospective relation between animal companionship and biomarkers of ageing in older people

Class and health inequality in later life: patterns, mechanisms and implications for policy

We compute a measure of cognitive decline that predicts well the onset of dementia and investigate how retirement affects cognition given age, education and gender. Retirement at first is beneficial, but can be detrimental to cognition later. In the long run, retirement speeds up cognitive decline if one retires at statutory age, retirement also has a protective role if one takes early retirement.