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CONCLUSIONS: Social support levels were comparable to international findings. Strategies are needed to enhance emotional support as scores were lowest in this domain. Frailty was associated with lower support, reinforcing a need to focus on support for this at-risk population. The positive association between community resource utilisation and social support despite low utilisation represents an area of untapped opportunity.

BACKGROUND: Reactive oxygen species may play a significant role in the aging process, and there is currently limited research that assesses the correlation between oxygen radical absorbance capacity (ORAC) and malnutrition.

CONCLUSIONS: This study highlights the crucial associations of aging awareness and negative results with PR. Therefore, community medical workers can promote the correct understanding of aging and achieve positive aging by enhancing the physical resilience of the elderly in the community.

CONCLUSION: This project will provide evidence on whether targeting couples could enhance/facilitate promotion of positive self-perceptions of aging and physical activity in older age.

Aging is accompanied by a progressive decline in skeletal muscle mass and function, culminating in sarcopenia, a major contributor to frailty, disability, and mortality in older adults. While skeletal muscle aging has traditionally been attributed to cell-autonomous and local tissue mechanisms, increasing evidence suggests that systemic, cell non-autonomous processes play a central role in coordinating aging across organs. The brain, particularly the hypothalamus, has emerged as a key regulator...

IntroductionThis study extends prior work by identifying multidimensional profiles of co-occurring mental health and cognitive symptoms that better reflect the complexity of aging and identify high-risk subgroups with more severe symptom profiles.MethodsThis secondary analysis used Wave II data from the National Social Life, Health, and Aging Project (NSHAP). Latent profile analysis was conducted to identify distinct symptom profiles and examine associated sociodemographic, clinical, and...

A common misconception is that increasing longevity reflects slower aging. Instead, most longevity gain comes from medical advances that allow survival with disease, rather than changes to the biology of aging itself, challenging how we study aging and health.

This narrative review discusses the relationship between structural changes in the skin and mitochondrial function during aging and evaluates emerging therapeutic interventions targeting mitochondrial dysfunction. An analysis of 49 scientific articles published between 2015 and 2025 was conducted using descriptors including "skin aging," "mitochondrial dysfunction," "oxidative stress," and "cutaneous senescence," and articles were retrieved from PubMed, Scopus, and ScienceDirect. Additional...

CONCLUSIONS: This study highlights the complex web of interrelations linking dementia with social, behavioural, and health-related factors in later life. Rather than implying causal direction, these findings illustrate how multiple factors cluster and coexist within older adults' lives. These interconnections may inform the design of holistic strategies that integrate employment opportunities, physical activity promotion, social participation, sleep health, and cerebrovascular prevention into...

CONCLUSION: Cognitive decline over four years was associated with an increased risk of mortality among older women. Further studies should explore whether declines earlier in life or among men are also associated with an increased risk of mortality.