Issue 4/2014
Special Section: TOPICS ON AGEING IN PORTUGAL
Content (8 Articles)
Ageing and poverty: how older Portuguese adults became less poor in the noughties
Carlos Farinha Rodrigues, Isabel Andrade
Informal support in Portugal by individuals aged 50+
Fátima Barbosa, Alice Delerue Matos
Intergenerational private transfers: Portugal in the European context
Paula C. Albuquerque
Psychometric analysis of the short-form UCLA Loneliness Scale (ULS-6) in older adults
Félix Neto
Depressive symptoms in later life: differential impact of social support and motivational processes on depression in individuals with and without cognitive impairment
Sonja Fankhauser, Reinhard Drobetz, Moyra Mortby, Andreas Maercker, Simon Forstmeier
Physical activity and cognitive functioning in the oldest old: within- and between-person cognitive activity and psychosocial mediators
Annie Robitaille, Graciela Muniz, Magnus Lindwall, Andrea M. Piccinin, Lesa Hoffman, Boo Johansson, Scott M. Hofer
Care utilisation in the last years of life in Sweden: the effects of gender and marital status differ by type of care
Kristina Larsson, Ingemar Kåreholt, Mats Thorslund
What do older people value when they visit their general practitioner? A qualitative study
Ludmila Marcinowicz, Teresa Pawlikowska, Marek Oleszczyk