ArticleThe Journal of social issues2022
Perceptions of societal ageism and declines in subjective memory during the COVID-19 pandemic: Longitudinal evidence from US adults aged ≥55 years.
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- Older adults' experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative systematic literature review.BMC geriatrics · 2023Pooled it
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- Is Protecting Older Adults from COVID-19 Ageism? A Comparative Cross-cultural Constructive Grounded Theory from the United Kingdom and Colombia.The Journal of social issues · 2022Article
- Eradicating ageism through social campaigns: An Israeli case study in the shadows of the COVID-19 pandemic.The Journal of social issues · 2022Article
- Reducing ageism toward older adults and highlighting older adults as contributors during the COVID-19 pandemic.The Journal of social issues · 2022Article
- "You are stealing our present": Younger people's ageism towards older people predicts attitude towards age-based COVID-19 restriction measures.The Journal of social issues · 2022Article
- Perceptions of societal ageism and declines in subjective memory during the COVID-19 pandemic: Longitudinal evidence from US adults aged ≥55 years.The Journal of social issues · 2022Article
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Abstract
The cognitive health of older adults since the COVID-19 pandemic onset is unclear, as is the potential impact of pandemic-associated societal ageism on perceived cognition. We investigated associations between perceptions of societal ageism and changes in subjective memory over a 10-month period during the COVID-19 pandemic. We collected longitudinal data from monthly online questionnaires in the nationwide COVID-19 Coping Study of US adults aged ≥55 from April 2020 to January 2021 (N = 4444). We analyzed the data using multivariable longitudinal multilevel models. We identified an overall decline in subjective memory, especially in the initial months of the pandemic. Adults who perceived that societal respect for older adults decreased during the pandemic experienced more rapid declines in their subjective memory. These findings suggest that aging adults perceived a decline in their memory, especially during the initial months of the COVID-19 pandemic. Societal interventions to combat ageism may help improve subjective memory and could decrease risk for cognitive decline among middle-aged and older adults.
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