The Gerontologist
November 23, 2025
Patrick Pui Kin Kor, Alex Pak Lik Tsang, Daniel Lok Lam Lai et al.
1 citation
Informal caregivers of people with dementia experience significant caregiving stress. Mindfulness-based interventions are effective approaches for alleviating caregiving stress. However, traditional mindfulness training is intensive and challenging to attend due to the substantial caregiving responsibilities of this population, leading to issues with program attrition and adherence. To address...
The Gerontologist
May 10, 2025
Evan Plys, Morgan Seward, Elizabeth M Allen et al.
3 citations
We tested feasibility and preliminary benefits of a free mobile app-delivered mindfulness-based intervention for stress among dementia caregivers (i.e., Healthy Minds Program for Caregivers [HMP-C]). Single-blind Stage 1b pilot randomized controlled trial compared 12 weeks of HMP-C (n = 47) with a dose-matched education podcast control (n = 48; Wellness App [WA]). T-tests examined between-group...
The Gerontologist
July 14, 2020
Leeann Mahlo, T. Windsor
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Few studies have focused on the utility of mindfulness-meditation for well-being in older adults. The present study investigated the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary efficacy of an app-based mindfulness-meditation program among older adults. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS A community-based sample of 46 participants aged between 63 and 81 (M = 70.85, SD = 4.70)...
The Gerontologist
March 7, 2011
Robert C. Atchley
Turning attention increasingly inward in late life and spending more time in contemplation are common human experiences and scholars and philosophers have been trying to capture this phenomenon in words for a very long time. Curiously, though, explanations for it are in short supply. Relatively few scholars seem to have understood the allure of the vast inner space beyond what Heidegger (1966)...
The Gerontologist
August 1, 1993
Jeffrey S. Levin
29 citations
Age differences are examined in reports of deja vu, ESP, clairvoyance, spiritualism, and numinous experience. According to the 1988 General Social Survey (N = 1481), these mystical experiences are somewhat more common now than in 1973, and deja vu, clairvoyance, and a composite mysticism score have increased with successively younger age cohorts. Further, private and subjective religiosity are...