Quality in Ageing and Older Adults: Volume 25 Issue 2

Editorial: Revisiting the paradox of well-being in older lives: what social, cultural and experiential factors may affect ageing trajectories and why?

Fiona Mary Poland

Cognitive functioning and life satisfaction as predictors of subjective health complaints in elderly people

Lídia Serra, Luís Silva

Effective cognitive functioning elucidates the orchestrated interplay of diverse mental faculties in addressing daily tasks, potentially indicative of an improved state of an…

The relationship between older adults’ perceptions of ageing and depression: a systematic review

Gemma Hartley, Jack Purrington

Perceptions of ageing towards the self and towards others can positively and negatively impact an older adult’s mental wellbeing. This paper aims to consolidate literature…

Perceptions of older people about the use of cell phones in Argentina: a contribution from the gerontotechnological perspective

Elsa Araceli Revollo Sarmiento, Deisy Krzemien, Maria Celeste López Moreno, Leticia Vivas

The purpose of this paper is to describe the perceptions that older people in Argentina have about the use of cell phones and to analyze their influence on user behavior. At the…

Pandemic policymaking affecting older adult volunteers during and after the COVID-19 public health crisis in the four nations of the UK

Jurgen Grotz, Lindsay Armstrong, Heather Edwards, Aileen Jones, Michael Locke, Laurel Smith, Ewen Speed, Linda Birt

This study aims to critically examine the effects of COVID-19 social discourses and policy decisions specifically on older adult volunteers in the UK, comparing the responses and…