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IMPROVING ACCESS TO DEMOGRAPHIC DATA RESOURCES FOR THE AGING NETWORK IN VIRGINIA
Authors: Baik Sol , Cai Qian , Odukoya Tolu 
Published: December 2023

Abstract
The statewide aging networks and their partner organizations are committed to data-driven communication and advocacy strategies for the needs of the aging population and betterment of their lives. High quality demographic data helps the professionals in the aging network to thoughtfully plan the allocation of resources and carefully target service delivery to those with greater needs. To promote national, state, and local initiatives, improving access to credible and timely data about aging population is crucial. In this presentation, we will describe the efforts to make data available and accessible to the aging network by offering an example of the demographic data services for the Area Agencies on Aging and affiliated organizations in Virginia. We will also share trials and errors to provide the data in a practical, streamlined, and user-friendly way. Finally, we will discuss the strategies and challenges in building effective and sustainable partnerships with a variety of state stakeholders.
SMART AGING: ENGAGING OLDER ADULTS TO GUIDE SENSOR DEVELOPMENT TO SUPPORT AGING IN PLACE
Authors: Schoenfeld Elinor , Trimboli Tracy , Ayisi-Boahene Givenchy , Bruckenthal Patricia , Zadok Erez , Horwitz Shelley , Ye Fan 
Published: December 2023

Abstract
Over 80% of older adults want to live independently in their own homes and communities, maintaining quality of life, autonomy, and dignity as they age. We are using community engaged research methods to aid in developing in-home cost-conscious remote sensing technologies to support older adults age in place. To understand their needs, we engaged older adults in discussions on home-based sensing technologies. We used visuals and demonstrations to facilitate discussions, showing participants our sensor prototypes and a vignette describing the challenges an older adult and the family face managing a chronic condition. Participants voiced their interest in monitoring for select health conditions and situations when either they or the person(s) they care for are home alone. Discussants raised concerns about personal security/privacy, loss of independence, ethics of data collection and sharing, and being overwhelmed by collected data. Discussions have provided valuable feedback to help us develop a sensor system that is flexible enough to accommodate individuals in different life stages and comfort levels, with different home environments, levels of expendable income, and support structures. As a result, we have developed a system that uses nonvisual, non-wearable sensing that measures respiration and heart rates, and indoor location tracking to monitor the health and wellbeing of users. During this session, we will provide detailed results from our community discussions, and discuss the continuing role for community engagement as we move forward with sensor development and testing.
ENGAGING CERTIFIED NURSING ASSISTANTS TO SUPPORT COMMUNICATION FOR PEOPLE LIVING WITH DEMENTIA IN NURSING HOMES
Authors: Douglas Natalie 
Published: December 2023

Abstract
Over 2 million Americans live in nursing homes (NHs), and the vast majority of them live with dementia negatively impacting their ability to communicate. Certified nursing assistants (CNAs) provide the majority of direct care to people living with dementia (PLWD) in NHs, yet they do not have access to person-centered, evidence-based tools to support communication with this population. When CNAs do not communicate with PLWD in effective ways, PLWD may demonstrate negative behavioral symptoms that interfere with care, impacting not only the PLWD, but also the CNA, contributing to CNA turnover and burnout. Most interventions designed to support communication between the PLWD and the CNA do not involve CNA engagement which may contribute to the lack of implementation and access of such interventions. The purpose of this presentation is to outline the process taken to engage CNAs in the implementation of an intervention designed to improve communication during care activities. Information about questions asked to CNAs both in formal (e.g., interviews, focus groups) and informal (e.g., hallway conversations) ways will be provided. Although a sample of CNAs from 6 NHs (n=12) initially rated the intervention as acceptable (M = 4.5, SD = .48), appropriate (M = 4.4, SD = .58), and feasible (M = 4.28, SD = .49) where a rating of ‘5’ equals more acceptable, appropriate, and feasible, and ‘1’ equals less acceptable, appropriate, and feasible, this presentation will highlight how additional levels of engagement prompted modifications to the intervention, supporting implementation.
PSYCHOSOCIAL RESOURCES IN THE CONTEXT OF VULNERABILITY AMONG OLDER ADULTS: IMPLICATIONS FOR WELL-BEING
Authors: Sherman Aurora , Birditt Kira 
Published: December 2023

Abstract
Social ties and mastery may buffer detrimental effects of stressful life circumstances and vulnerability as individuals age. The purpose of this symposium is to understand the role of psychosocial resources for multiple dimensions of well-being across several age-related contexts. Luong et al. examined social ties’ effects on moving into senior housing using a burst design, finding that social ties were less helpful in the beginning of the move but regained beneficial effects on well-being later. Kinkade and Fuller examined the role of social integration on the longitudinal effects of the widowhood transition for well-being, concluding that increased social integration had protective impacts on depression and functional health among widows compared to non-widows. Birditt et al. assessed the implications of positive activities and social interactions among dementia caregivers using ecological momentary assessments. Positive activities and positive interactions with care recipients were associated with lower levels of daily burden and greater positive affect especially among caregivers who reported high levels of burden. Ryan examined spouses’ psychosocial characteristics on partners’ well-being and whether they varied by cognitive status of the partner. She found that spouses’ positive support from children amidst other negative psychosocial experiences was protective for their partner’s life satisfaction. Sherman found that self-esteem for mid-life and older women was associated with higher mastery and lower constraints beliefs and that both were mediated by frequency of self-objectification. Together, these papers highlight the importance of psychosocial resources for well-being as individuals as they age and face new or on-going challenges.
CONTROL BELIEFS MEDIATED BY SELF-OBJECTIFICATION IN RELATION TO ADULT WOMEN’S SELF-ESTEEM
Authors: Sherman Aurora 
Published: December 2023

Abstract
Beliefs about mastery of one’s environment as well as constraints on one’s personal control are predictive of well-being across mid-life and older adulthood. In addition, women’s level of self-objectification is predictive of well-being in early adulthood, but less is known about the role of self-objectification and well-being for mid-life or older women. This study investigated the role of control beliefs (mastery and constraints) and self-objectification in their relationship to the self-esteem of a sample of adult women (rage 48-90, Mean age = 67.83 years). We found that, compared to the mid-life women, older adult women reported higher self-esteem as well as lower constraints and self-objectification, but no age group differences in mastery beliefs. Further, using Hayes’ PROCESS model 4 we show that both mastery and constraints beliefs are mediated in their relationship with women’s self-esteem through self-objectification (R2 = .47 for the model with Mastery and R2= .37 for the model with constraints). Higher mastery predicted lower self-objectification, which, in turn, predicted higher self-esteem, while higher constraints predicted higher self-objectification and lower self-esteem. Additional analyses revealed that age remained a significant independent variable of self-esteem and was not mediated by control beliefs or self-objectification. Results are discussed in light of positive aging and objectification theory.
POSITIVE ACTIVITIES AND WELL-BEING AMONG DEMENTIA CAREGIVERS: MODERATING EFFECTS OF CAREGIVER BURDEN
Authors: Birditt Kira , Turkelson Angela , Oya Akari , Ng Crystal , Polenick Courtney 
Published: December 2023

Abstract
ADRD caregiving is common and often predicts increased caregiver burden which has negative implications for mental and physical health. Thus, it is important to understand the modifiable factors that may lead to less burden among caregivers. Positive activity theory and research suggest that engaging in positive activities may lead to greater positive and less negative affect and less burden. The purpose of this study was to examine positive activities and positive social interactions among ADRD caregivers and their links with well-being. A total of 98 caregivers completed baselines and EMAS every three hours for 5 days. Greater positive activities and more positive interactions with PLWD predicted greater positive affect, less negative affect, and lower daily caregiver burden. Mediation models indicated that positive and negative affect fully accounted for the links between positive activities and caregiver burden and partially accounted for the links between positive interactions with PLWD and caregiver burden. These effects were greater among caregivers who reported greater overall burden at baseline. There were no such effects when examining positive interactions with social ties other than the PLWD. Thus positive activities and positive social interactions with PLWD may represent an important target for future interventions with an identified mechanism of action (affect) and demonstrated benefit for daily burden among high risk caregivers.
INTERPLAY OF COGNITIVE STATUS AND SPOUSAL CAREGIVER PATTERNS ON WELL-BEING
Authors: Ryan Lindsay 
Published: December 2023

Abstract
The current paper investigated the intersection of cognitive status and caregiver characteristics on older adults’ reports of life satisfaction and depressive symptoms. Using a sub-sample from the 2016 Health and Retirement Study Harmonized Cognitive Assessment Protocol (HRS-HCAP), individuals were selected if the HCAP informant was a spouse self-identified caregiver. The sample was trimmed to include those whose spouse caregiver was also a respondent in the main 2016 HRS and completed the measures of interest in the psychosocial leave-behind questionnaire (N = 190). The final analytic sample comprised 109 respondents classified as cognitively normal, 51 with cognitive impairment, not dementia, and 30 with dementia based on the algorithm developed by Manly, Jones, Langa, et al. (2022). The sample was 50% women, 10% racialized as Black, 18% racialized as LatinX, with a mean age of 75.62 and an average 11.75 years of education. Latent Class Analysis identified meaningful caregiver psychosocial classes from spouse reports on purpose in life (Ryff & Keyes, 1995), positive and negative affect (Watson & Clark, 1994), and perceived positive and negative support from one’s spouse (in this case the main respondent), children, other family, and friends (Turner, Frankel, & Levin, 1983). The data supported a 4-class solution, which was then used in linear regression analyses to examine associations of cognitive status and caregiver profiles on individual’s life satisfaction and depressive symptoms. Interestingly, cognitive status was not associated with well-being in the current study, suggesting associations of spousal psychosocial classes were independent of the care-recipient’s dementia/impairment designation.
SOCIAL SUPPORT–HEALTH LINKAGES DURING A MAJOR LIFE EVENT: A NEW SPIN ON STRESS-BUFFERING EFFECTS
Authors: Luong Gloria 
Published: December 2023

Abstract
Supportive social relationships are posited to confer benefits to longer-term health and well-being, and may be especially protective in the face of adversity, when people can draw on these resources to cope with stressful events (stress buffering effects). Yet, most previous studies have used retrospective, cross-sectional designs, limiting the ability to delineate how the linkages between social support and health may change prospectively as people anticipate and prepare for an upcoming stressor, such as relocating into a senior housing facility and adjusting to the experiences afterward. The Relocation and Transitional Experiences (RELATE) study tracked 154 older adults using a prospective longitudinal measurement burst design as they transitioned into a senior housing facility. The waves (bursts) of assessments were based on the following schedule: Burst 1 (2 weeks prior to the move), Burst 2 (2 weeks after the move), Burst 3 (1.5 months after the move), and Burst 4 (~3-6 months after the move). At each burst, participants completed questionnaires on their health and well-being, social relationships and social support, and relationship satisfaction. We examined changes in the strength of social support-health linkages across bursts. Results show that social-support health linkages were weakest and least consistent during the early stages of the relocation stressor (Burst 2 and 3) but that by Burst 4, support-health linkages were mostly restored similar to pre-move levels (Burst 1). These findings suggest that stress buffering effects need to be understood within the context of how stressful experiences unfold over time for older adults.
WOMEN AND WORK AT MID LIFE AND BEYOND: STUMBLING, STRIVING, NAVIGATING TRANSITIONS
Authors: Miller Julie 
Published: December 2023

Abstract
Women at midlife and beyond are making significant and increasing contributions to The Global Longevity Economy, driving increases in Gross Domestic Product (GDP), job creation, and income generation. Indeed, advances in women’s life expectancies, statuses, and roles establish women aged 50-plus as a high-powered engine driving economic opportunity. As much as we can and must celebrate the economic contributions of older women, we cannot do so without acknowledging the forces holding them back from contributing even more. Despite the progress women at midlife and beyond have made in the United States relative to many of those who came before them, they still are challenged to reach their ultimate economic potential. This session will explore some of the factors that propel and inhibit women aged 50-plus from reaching their full economic potential, each of which is related in some capacity to paid work. The first presentation in this symposium spotlights a mixed methods study into the economic lives of working women at midlife and beyond across the United States who face one or more barriers, in addition to gender, to building their economic security. The second presentation will focus on financial challenges and experiences of women entrepreneurs aged 40-plus during the Covid-19 pandemic. The final presentation will explore financial and professional impacts of menopause transitions for women. Taken together, implications across all studies point to broad areas of intervention, innovation, and additional areas for scholarship – all as they relate to financial wellbeing and work for women at midlife and beyond.
THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF MENOPAUSE: A MULTIMODE RESEARCH PROJECT
Authors: Sauer Jennifer , Mehegan Laura , Williams Alicia , Bonner-Cozad Aisha , Lampkin Cheryl , Ekman Monica 
Published: December 2023

Abstract
In late 2022, AARP embarked on a robust research program to explore the economic impact of the menopause transition (perimenopause, menopause, and post-menopause) on affected individuals. Other research found that some women incur substantial costs to ameliorate adverse menopausal symptoms such as hot flashes, night sweats, brain fog, and mood swings. Additionally, some women experience symptoms severe enough to interfere with their job causing them to reduce their hours or leave their jobs completely. The first phase of AARP’s research included six online focus groups with US women aged 40 and older who were segmented by their stage of menopause (perimenopause, post-menopause). Resulting themes from the focus groups support what previous researchers have concluded that some individuals: (1) experience symptoms that disrupt their lives, (2) have treatments that are not necessarily discussed by a healthcare provider or covered by insurance leading to direct consumer costs, (3) consider leaving their jobs due to the severe and disruptive symptoms, and (4) feel their employers are not equipped to accommodate their needs. These focus group findings informed survey research among a representative sample of women aged 40 and older as well as an employer survey to explore any existing workplace policies that may benefit women experiencing the menopausal transition. Finally, all research results combined inform an information campaign to assist individuals who are navigating this stage of life.
CONSECUTIVE POOR SLEEP AND ITS ASSOCIATIONS WITH DAILY RUMINATION AND MEMORY LAPSES
Authors: Lee Soomi , Cho Kyoungmin 
Published: December 2023

Abstract
Emerging research has shown that consecutive sleep loss impairs daily affective and physical well-being. Yet, little is known about the effects of consecutive poor sleep (in both quantity and quality) on daily cognitive stress. This study examined whether and how consecutive nights of poor sleep quantity and quality are associated with day-to-day trajectories of rumination and memory lapses. Participants were adults (n=938) from the Midlife in the United States Study III who provided data for eight diary days. Consecutive poor sleep quantity and quality were operationalized as the within-person numbers of consecutive nights with &lt; 6 hours of sleep and with reports of very bad/bad sleep quality, respectively. Multilevel models evaluated the linear, quadratic, and cubic effects of consecutive poor sleep on daily rumination and memory lapses, after controlling for sociodemographic, health, daily covariates, and between-person means of sleep quantity and quality. Daily rumination increased in curvilinear fashion such that it increased (linear), but the rate of increase decelerated (quadratic) and then accelerated again (cubic) as the number of consecutive poor sleep quantity and quality increased. Daily memory lapses increased in linear fashion as the number of consecutive poor sleep quantity (but not sleep quality) increased. Findings show that the day-to-day trajectory of rumination is characterized by high initial reactivity, followed by decrease due to habituation and adaptation, and then increase, as poor sleep is accumulated more consecutive times. The day-to-day trajectory of memory lapses is mostly characterized by a dose-response relationship with the number of consecutive poor sleep quantity.
ENDORSEMENT OF DRIVING AVOIDANCE BEHAVIORS AND COGNITIVE, PHYSICAL, AND VISUAL PREDICTORS AMONG OLDER DRIVERS
Authors: Mintz Alan , Ross Lesley , Souders Dustin , Stavrinos Despina 
Published: December 2023

Abstract
Due to age-related changes in visual, physical, and cognitive abilities, certain driving conditions may become more challenging for older adults. Secondary analyses were conducted to assess driving avoidance habits of 72 healthy drivers (65 – 85 years old). Additionally, the physical function (Turn360, Timed Get Up and Go), cognitive (Useful Field of View, Mazes, Trails B, and Wechsler Memory Scale), and visual (visual acuity, Pelli-Robson contrast sensitivity) performance predictors of these habits were explored using linear regression. 59.7% of participants reported avoiding driving in bad weather, 44.4% of participants reported avoiding driving at night, and 40.3% of participants reported avoiding driving during rush hour, making these the most frequently avoided situations. Only 5.6% of participants reported avoiding driving alone and 15.3% of participants reported avoiding driving on high-speed interstates or expressways, making these the least often avoided situations. Women (β = -.393, p = .001) and poorer physical function (β= -.301, p = .018) were associated with greater driving avoidance. Cognition and vision performance did not predict the driving situations. While these results are limited by the high SES of the sample, the results indicate that driving avoidance interventions should consider gender and physical function. Implications and future directions are discussed.
A PILOT FAMILY COACHING INTERVENTION FOR PEOPLE WITH TYPE 2 DIABETES AND A FAMILY MEMBER
Authors: August Kristin , Jackson Kathleen , Rosenthal Marsha 
Published: December 2023

Abstract
Type 2 diabetes is a common chronic condition in later life that requires substantial lifestyle changes. Most diabetes management occurs at home with the help – and sometimes hindrance – of family members. Although coaching has become a common strategy in healthcare to supplement diabetes education, few interventions have prepared family members to be coaches, despite the documented benefit of including family members in chronic disease management interventions. The overall goal of our pilot intervention was to develop and test a family coaching approach to enhance patients’ diabetes self-management while preserving relationship quality and both individuals’ well-being. Participants were recruited from local diabetes education classes and through provider referrals, and included 20 dyads in the intervention group (patient Mage=59.12) and 20 dyads in the control group (patient Mage=57.06). The intervention, involving 5 interactive group sessions (in-person or virtual) led by a facilitator, covered evidence-based material developed by the investigators on diabetes education and coaching strategies. Behavioral, clinical, emotional, and relational metrics were assessed via a survey at baseline, post-intervention, and 3 months later; intervention participants also completed a program evaluation survey and participated in a focus group. Survey findings revealed some positive effects for diabetes self-management behaviors, no effects for short-term clinical markers, negative effects for emotional well-being, and both positive and negative effects for relational well-being. Participants reported being satisfied with the program overall; they indicated learning a lot and having a positive experience. A translation and cultural adaptation of this program for Spanish-speaking populations is currently underway.