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CHARACTERISTICS ASSOCIATED WITH FRAUD VICTIMIZATION AMONG OLDER CHINESE LIVING IN FOREST TOWN AREAS
Authors: Cai Xiuting , Ma Guoyong , Zhu Hongge 
Published: January 2025

Abstract
The forest regions in northeast China, characterized by integrated industrial, urban, and rural communities known as forest town groups, have experienced significant demographic shifts over the past decade. These shifts included accelerated aging population combined with rapid population migration, making these areas emblematic of China’s modernization efforts in achieving urban-rural integration. Notably, the older population in these town groups has increasingly become targets of financial fraud. Against this backdrop, this study used panel data collected from 2012 to 2023 annually in these Chinese forest town areas. These surveys collected data on resident livelihoods and well-being, including educational attainment, income levels, living conditions, health status, and elder care services. This study focused on the roles of internet usage and financial literacy in relation to financial fraud victimization among older adults. Three major findings are as follows: 1) Internet usage correlates with a heightened risk of financial fraud, while financial literacy significantly reduces older adults’ susceptibility to fraud and financial losses. 2) Older women tend to have lower risks for financial fraud compared to their male counterparts, largely attributable to their higher financial literacy. 3) Other characteristics associated with higher financial fraud risks are loneliness, living alone, residing without children (empty-nest status) or living with disabilities. These findings emphasize the need for targeted interventions to improve financial literacy and internet safety practices among older adults in forest town areas, particularly focusing on the most vulnerable groups, to safeguard them against financial fraud.
CORRELATES BETWEEN SENSORY IMPAIRMENTS AND PAIN CHARACTERISTICS IN MEDICARE BENEFICIARIES
Authors: Mu Christina , Thompson Alisha , Brekke Bailee , Okoye Safiyyah , Assi Lama , Assi Sahar , Lee Soomi 
Published: January 2025

Abstract
Objective. Sensory impairments (SI) are associated with comorbidities, functional difficulties, and poor self-rated health. Few studies have examined associations between SI and pain, which is a strong correlate of poor health in later life. We examined the associations between SI and pain. Methods. We used cross-sectional data from the 2021 National Health and Aging Trends Study (n=2979 community-living older adults; ages ≥ 65 years, 57% ages 75-84). We included four measures of SI: objective hearing loss (HL), measured as pure-tone average &gt;25 dB HL; subjective HL, measured as hearing aid use or being unable to hear in certain situations; objective vision loss (VL), measured as logMAR &gt;0.30 for distance or near vision or logCS &lt;1.55 for contrast sensitivity; and subjective VL, measured as inability to see in certain situations. We examined four participant-reported outcomes: being bothered by pain; activity-limiting pain; use of pain medication; and pain locations over the past month. Separate logistic and linear regressions controlled for sociodemographic and health characteristics (e.g., depressive symptoms, chronic conditions). Results. Objective HL was associated with higher odds of activity-limiting pain (aOR=1.33, 95%CI=1.02-1.74). Subjective VL was associated with higher odds of activity-limiting pain (aOR=1.44, 95%CI=1.07-1.93), lower odds of using pain medication (aOR=0.70, 95%CI=0.54-0.92), and more pain locations (B=0.59, 95%CI=0.14-0.97). Compared to having no SI, reporting one or more subjective SI was associated with more pain locations (single SI: B=0.23, 95%CI=0.006-0.46; dual SI: B=0.73, 95%CI=0.08-1.39). Conclusion. Findings suggest SI and pain are related, which may have important implications in clinical settings and research.
HEALTH DISPARITIES, EQUITY, AND ETHICAL RESPONSIBILITY OF GERONTOLOGISTS TO PROVIDE CULTURALLY CONCORDANT CARE
Authors: Bullock Karen , Stansbury Kim , Ruth Terrance 
Published: January 2025

Abstract
• The medical advance of today make it possible for people to live longer with serious illnesses. Many older adults will reach a point where medical technology may be able to keep them alive, but neither restore nor improve their health outcomes. Public opinion polls reveal that most people would rather be home than in a hospital or nursing home when dealing with cancer. However, many racially diverse patients and families do not prefer to transition to home with hospice and palliative care. This leaves many underrepresented serious illness care patients and families to face difficult choices about the kind of care they prefer at end-of-life. Thus, despite the capability of modern medicine to ease most pain and suffering for patients with incurable disease, the existence of good models of holistic medical interventions lack culturally-specific care. This presentation examines the ethical issues and barriers to providing equitable serious illness care. Participants will be able to (1) discuss advance care planning as a tool for effective communication and treatment planning, (2) facilitate a dialogue about ethical, professional, and personal issues relative to oncology treatment decisions, (3) describes strategies for preparing practitioners to address disparities in service delivery.
STRATEGIES TO ENGAGE LATINOS/X/E IN RESEARCH: CASE STUDIES ON BRAIN HEALTH, PSYCHOSOCIAL WELL-BEING, AND CAREGIVING
Authors: Aranda Maria 
Published: January 2025

Abstract
Several national initiatives underscore the need for innovation in recruitment strategies that diversify community-based research cohorts. In particular, the call for diverse samples, and inclusion of historically underrepresented populations in community-based research is well documented. Prioritizing these goals is paramount, yet challenges remain as to the “how-to” or real-world efforts to advance inclusion of diverse populations in research on aging. This symposium addresses the knowledge gap by drawing from case studies in North Carolina, New York, and Los Angeles, specifically related to the engagement of people of Latino descent. On one hand, we will discuss several core strategies such as fomenting trust, and giving back, which transcend the different studies. On the other, we will highlight different strategies required given the diversity in subgroups, target condition/issue of the study, individual vs. organizational factors, age groups, among others. In our discussion, we will highlight theoretical frameworks such as the Micro-Meso-Macro Framework, Trauma-Informed Principles, and Cultural Adaptation Frameworks. We will conclude with recommendations and future directions for engaging older Latino people in aging research.
EMPLOYMENT OF TRAUMA INFORMED PRINCIPLES IN HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH WITH OLDER LATINX COMMUNITIES
Authors: Camacho David 
Published: January 2025

Abstract
Engaging older Latinx adults in research is critical to advancing understanding and addressing common challenges in aging. However, older Latinx communities are disproportionately exposed to social, health, and historical challenges that may include potentially traumatic events (e.g. discrimination, violence, grief, etc.) and hinder study participation. There is growing recognition for adoption of Trauma Informed (TI) principles for use in non-trauma specific research. There are limited examples of the implementation of TI principles in gerontological research with Latinx communities. We encourage the adoption of TI principles to facilitate engagement research participation. TI principles may include: 1) building relationships with trusted community agencies and providers; 2) conducting open forums where researchers acknowledge community mistrust and fear, present personal and institutional motivations for the project and discuss benefits for community members; 3)incorporation of study questions that explore Latinx diversity and facilitate discussions about similarities and differences across subgroups; and 4) planning to address structural factors (poverty, violence, migratory status) that influence health and research participation. Second, we draw examples of TI guided practices we employed in two recent studies including the: 1) Dolores and Soledad: a narrative study of older English and Spanish speaking Latinx adults living with chronic pain or loneliness in New York and Los Angeles, and 2) Programa Dolores: An adaptation of the evidence based psychosocial intervention (PATH-Pain) for use with older Latinx adults living with chronic pain in New York. Finally, based on these experiences, we provide recommendations for incorporating TI into future research with older Latinx communities.
RECRUITING LATINO CAREGIVERS INTO DEMENTIA-RELATED RESEARCH: NOT FOR THE FAINT OF HEART
Authors: Aranda Maria 
Published: January 2025

Abstract
Drawing from the theoretical model—the Micro-Meso-Macro Framework— we elucidate factors that facilitated or impeded diverse sample recruitment to a community-based caregiver intervention study with high Hispanic/Latino representation in California. Based on our multi-level analysis of recruitment meetings and community outreach tracking, we documented the following factors implicated in trial participation: 1) Micro: prior encounters with the research enterprise; educational attainment and occupational status; sense of altruism and beneficence; monetary incentivization; comfort with disclosure of private matters; starting from ground zero; gender issues; and 2) Meso/macro: assembling a proactive scientific team; incorporating a marketing perspective; leveraging logos and reputation; training trial staff and community partners; writing project budgets that incentivize diverse trial recruitment; making inroads with community partners; navigating technological challenges; and tapping into resources to alleviate barriers. Latinos were adversely affected by low exposure to research activities and technological barriers which necessitated extra supports during trial participation.
THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE BALANCE: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES IN USING TECHNOLOGY IN DEMENTIA CARE DYAD
Authors: Chen Kuan-Hua , Miller Lyndsey , Lindauer Allison 
Published: January 2025

Abstract
Advances in modern technologies, including wearables, mobile or embedded devices and sensors, and AI provide researchers and clinicians with exciting opportunities for naturalistic, large-scale, long-term, and timely assessment and intervention. In dementia, the vast majority of research and interventions using technology have been focusing on individuals—either only the care recipient or their family care partners. However, most dementia care dyads live together and have interdependent behaviors (e.g. physical activity and sleep) and shared functions (e.g. preparing meals). The proposed symposium highlights recent advances in using technologies to assess or intervene in dementia care dyads including their dyadic interactions and interdependent behaviors and functions in their shared home space. The five presentations will leverage different technologies (i.e., motion and door sensors, bed mat sensors, smartwatch, AI) to assess or intervene in different aspects of the health of dementia care dyad (e.g., loneliness, exercise, sleep, worrisome behaviors). Being aware that any methodology also has limitations and pitfalls, each presentation will include an instructive review of challenges associated with the technologies and efforts to overcome them. The five individual presentations will be followed by an integrated panel discussion, moderated by Dr. Harleah Buck. Together, the symposium will provide the general audience with an overview of current in-home assessment technologies, the challenges to incorporating them, and the tradeoffs for science. This symposium will also launch communication and collaborations between researchers from different disciplines who use modern technologies to conduct research in naturalistic settings to promote the health and well-being of dementia care dyads. Dyadic Health Research Interest Group Sponsored Symposium
SMARTPHONES CAPTURE DYNAMICS OF DEMENTIA SPOUSAL CAREGIVER INTERACTIONS: IMPLICATIONS FOR MHEALTH
Authors: Fagundes Christopher 
Published: January 2025

Abstract
Dementia spousal caregivers experience higher levels of loneliness than age-match comparisons. Lonelier dementia spousal caregivers report more depression and less life satisfaction; people with dementia who have lonelier spousal caregivers report lower life satisfaction and more depression than those cared for by less lonely spousal caregivers; however, caregivers are unaffected by the degree of loneliness experienced by their spouse with dementia. Interventions designed to address loneliness in caregivers could improve life satisfaction for both dyad members. Unfortunately, little is known about the patterns and temporal dynamics of loneliness in caregivers and how context, interpersonal, and intrapersonal processes buffer or exacerbate experiences of loneliness. This lack of knowledge hampers our ability to intervene; for example, despite the enthusiasm for mHealth technology to deliver just-in-time, adaptive interventions, our gaps in understanding loneliness dynamics thwart empirically informed intervention development. In this presentation, we will present data to fill this gap in the literature using smartphones to capture loneliness dynamics in caregivers and elucidate how these dynamics impact dyads across a 14-day ecological momentary assessment protocol. We will present data on how caregivers’ sense of relational security impacts loneliness and life satisfaction after dyadic interactions. For example, caregivers’ sense of relational security determined whether performing caregiving tasks involving dyadic interactions increased or decreased subsequent loneliness (b=.01, SE=.02, p&lt;.05). We conclude by discussing ways in which smartphones can be used to capture momentary patterns of mood and behavior, and how this data could inform mHealth interventions to improve the lives of both dyad members.
STRENGTHS AND LIMITATIONS OF USING DIFFERENT SENSOR TECHNOLOGIES TO ASSESS CLINICAL OUTCOMES IN DYADIC CARE
Authors: Thomas Neil , Chimehi Bahareh , Lariviere-Chartier Julien , Knoefel Frank , Beattie Zachary , Steele Joel , Miller Lyndsey , Wallace Bruce 
Published: January 2025

Abstract
Home sensor and smart home technologies offer the potential to provide important objective information on daily activities, functional abilities, and caregiving tasks for individuals with cognitive impairment and care partners. Combining information from multiple sensors, such as a bedmat, wearable, and motion sensors, can deliver more informative data on dyadic interactions during nighttime activity (e.g., room location and which partners are out of bed in addition to sleep measures). Preliminary work from a study developing a digital signature of caregiver burden using data from multiple sensors in a home technology platform is presented. Using data from two different sensors provided additional information on nighttime behaviors related to care partner burden level in a sample of 47 dyads (care partner and individual with dementia or mild cognitive impairment). Estimated sleep duration calculated from an under the mattress bedmat and activity monitoring wristwatch showed a low concordance (r=0.36). However, an additional 9156 nights were collected from the union of the two sensors as compared to the wristwatch (29318 nights) or bedmat (15704 nights) alone. Benefits to using multiple sensors include the ability to expand the amount of information collected on a dyad and the locations where information can be collected (e.g., sleep occurring outside of the bedroom). Challenges include determining the more accurate estimate when there is discordance between different sensor types and evaluating the accuracy of new or updated sensors. Additional work is needed to determine which sensor or combination of sensors is optimal at approximating a clinical outcome of interest.
CHANGES OVER TIME IN WORKING LIFE EXPECTANCY AT OLDER AGES IN SINGAPORE: A COMPARISON OF TWO COHORTS
Authors: Malhotra Rahul , Visaria Abhijit , Chan Angelique , Ma Stefan , Saito Yasuhiko 
Published: January 2025

Abstract
Singapore, a rapidly ageing country, underwent significant development in a short time after independence in 1965. We study whether differences based on educational attainment in the average years of remaining life expected to be spent working (i.e., working life expectancy), have changed among older persons over time. We use data from two representative studies of older persons: initiated in (i) 2009 (n=4990) with follow-ups in 2011-12, 2015, and (ii) 2016-2017 (n=4549) with follow-up in 2019. We estimated working (part- or full-time current employment) life expectancy using the multistate life table method. We included sex (male / female) and education (lower [no formal or primary] / higher [secondary and above]) as covariates and controlled for ethnicity and time-varying functional health. In the earlier cohort, working life expectancy is estimated higher among those with higher education (e.g. at age 60: 9.2 years [95% CI: 8.0-10.4] among males and 6.5 [6.3-6.6] years among females) versus those with lower education (7.6 [6.9-8.4] years among males and 5.4 [5.2-5.7] years among females). This educational difference reverses in the more recent cohort: working life expectancy is higher among those with lower education (at age 60: 10.0 [8.4-11.7] years among males and 7.7 [6.4-9.0] years among females) versus those with higher education (8.9 [7.6-10.3] among males and 6.5 [5.2-7.7] among females). This change was driven by an increase in working life expectancy among those with lower education and no change among the higher educated. This increase suggests both more employment opportunities and the requirement for continuing employment.
CHARACTERISTICS OF DUALLY ELIGIBLE BENEFICIARIES WHO RECEIVE MEDICARE HOME HEALTH CARE SERVICES: A SCOPING REVIEW
Authors: Bankole Ayomide , Addo-Mensah Dorothy , Conklin Jamie 
Published: January 2025

Abstract
Medicare Home Healthcare (HHC) is a commonly utilized post-acute care service by Medicare beneficiaries, including those with dual Medicare and Medicaid coverage (dual eligibles). Dual eligibles experience inequities in HHC as they report poorer health outcomes (e.g re-hospitalizations) than other Medicare beneficiaries in HHC. Dual eligibles may also experience challenges navigating and coordinating care across two payers of healthcare (Medicare and Medicaid). To improve health outcomes of dual eligible beneficiaries within HHC, there is a need to understand characteristics of this population and components of successful interventions within this setting. Thus, we conducted a scoping review to examine available evidence on dual eligibles who receive Medicare HHC. Research questions: (1) What are the characteristics of dual eligibles who receive HHC? (2) What health outcomes have been described and (3) which interventions influence these outcomes? With consultation from a Health Services Librarian, a search was conducted across four databases (PubMed, CINAHL, APA Psych Info, and Scopus) on January 10, 2024. After removing duplicates, 1,425-articles were identified for screening. Using Covidence software, reviewers worked in pairs to screen the articles. This phase yielded 83-articles. Given the changes in Medicaid eligibility and policies over the past decade, we then limited articles to those published within the last 10-years; leaving 53-articles for data extraction. We will extract and synthesize data using narrative-synthesis and descriptive-statistics, guided by the research questions. In this presentation, we will describe characteristics of dual eligibles receiving Medicare HHC and recommend strategies to improve their health outcomes within this setting.
AGE INCLUSIVITY DOMAINS OF HIGHER EDUCATION (AIDHE): A MODEL TO SUPPORT AGE-DIVERSE STUDENTS, FACULTY, AND STAFF
Authors: Montepare Joann , Silverstein Nina , Halvorsen Cal 
Published: January 2025

Abstract
The Age Inclusivity Domains of Higher Education (AIDHE) model (adopted in 2023 by GSA and its Academy for Gerontology in Higher Education) offers a guiding framework for how institutions of higher education can assess age-inclusive practices that impact students, faculty, and staff across seven domains of institutional function. In this symposium, presenters describe campus practices in three high-need, high impact domains: Teaching and Learning, Personnel, and Student Affairs. To begin, Bowen and colleagues (UMass Boston/Lasell University) will describe the AIDHE model and research using the Age-Friendly Inventory and Campus Climate Survey (ICCS) which identified challenges within each domain along with evidence-based transformative and actionable strategic approaches. Reflecting the domain of Teaching and Learning, Porter (University of Manitoba) will describe a new micro-certificate program, Facilitating Older Adult Learning, that provides educators with pedagogical design tools to select and evaluate appropriate learning strategies for supporting effective older adult learning. Reflecting the domain of Student Affairs, Galucia and Morrow-Howell (Washington University in St. Louis) then will describe their research with admissions, career services, and DEI staff about how to best support non-traditional aged students. They will also discuss Next Move, a program for graduate students returning to school after substantial work and life experiences. Reflecting the domain of Personnel, Kaskie (University of Iowa) will discuss the aging professorate and how institutions can modify human resource policies and programs to provide more opportunities for aging faculty and staff to remain healthy and productive. Halvorsen (Boston College) will serve as discussant. Age Inclusivity in Higher Education Interest Group Sponsored Symposium
AGEISM IN AI: ROADMAPS TO RESEARCH AND INTERVENTION
Authors: Berridge Clara 
Published: January 2025

Abstract
Risks that AI applications pose to older adults have not been thoroughly examined or understood in concert with other markers of identity such as race and gender. Ageism is not centered in scholarship on AI or algorithmic harms, and yet conditions in which AI can reproduce or introduce ageism have been identified by researchers and organizations like the World Health Organization. A multi-pronged approach is needed to address the diverse ways ageism is reflected and amplified in AI, from exclusion and misrepresentation of older adults to failure to enable transparency. This symposium will describe a broad swath of critical interventions into AI ageism at multiple levels. To orient all to the topic, Dr. Stypinska will present her original AI ageism framework that identifies five forms in which ageism manifests. Dr. Gallistl will offer a set of research priorities for gerontological research that challenge us to advance conceptualizations of AI in gerontology and engage with the lived experiences of AI in the lives of older adults. Dr. Brewer will discuss how intersectionality affects older adults’ lived experiences and envisioned futures with conversational AI technologies. Dr. Berridge will discuss the importance of supporting older adults and people living with dementia to engage knowledgeably with AI tools used in care. Dr. Grigorovich will discuss the ethical implications that arise when location tracking technologies are used to track the movements and activities of persons living with dementia in nursing homes. Presenters will provide insights about needed research and approaches to doing this timely work.