Clinical Gerontologist
June 5, 2026
Fadime Yel, Emriye Gümüş, Özgür Nalbant
OBJECTIVES: This study examined the effects of an age-adapted mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) program on depression, anxiety, stress, mindfulness, and sleep quality among older adults. METHODS: A quasi-experimental pretest - posttest design with intervention and control groups was used. Sixty-two community-dwelling adults aged 60 years and older completed the study. The intervention...
Clinical Gerontologist
2026
Jia-Hui Nie, Yu-Jia Xu, Qian-Yu Liu et al.
The present study aimed to examine the immediate and long-term effects of mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) on sleep problems and emotional health (depression and anxiety) of family caregivers of people with Alzheimer's disease (AD), along with the mediating role of improvements in emotional health resulting from the intervention. A randomized controlled trial was conducted to allocate...
Clinical Gerontologist
May 31, 2025
Demetra Christodoulou, Suzanne Reeves, Naashoma P Carvalho et al.
2 citations
This systematic review assessed use of third-wave psychotherapies in reducing psychological distress and improving psychological well-being and quality of life in people with Parkinson's disease and critically evaluated intervention adaptations. A literature search, conducted across five databases identified randomized controlled trials (RCTs) evaluating third-wave psychotherapies for...
Clinical Gerontologist
2025
Mo Yi, Wenmin Zhang, Baosheng Zhao et al.
10 citations
To examine the effectiveness of mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) on psychological symptoms, motor symptoms, and quality of life in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD). Published studies in Chinese and English languages, conducted from inception to March 2023, were identified by searching PubMed, Web of Science, Cochrane Library, CINAHL, PsycINFO, and two Chinese electronic databases....
Clinical Gerontologist
2025
Anne Malaktaris, Caitlin L Mclean, Pollyanna Casmar et al.
2 citations
Older Veterans are at elevated risk for psychological distress and may encounter barriers to accessing mental health services. Compassion Meditation (CM) promotes positive emotions and outcomes among distressed individuals; thus, we conducted a preliminary feasibility study of CM among distressed older Veterans. Participants included 25 Veterans aged 55+ (M = 69.0, SD = 10.6) with anxiety...
Clinical Gerontologist
2025
Philipp M Keune, Regina Meister, Jana Keune et al.
2 citations
Mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) for persons with dementia (PwD) have yielded mixed results, possibly attributable to the fact that little is known about the validity and reliability of trait mindfulness self-report measures in PwD. This narrative review sought to identify studies involving self-reported trait mindfulness and other clinical measures that may hold information on the...
Clinical Gerontologist
2025
Lydia Wailing Li, Rita Xiaochen Hu, Mariko Foulk
2 citations
This pilot study assessed the feasibility of a group-based telephone-delivered meditation intervention to reduce social isolation in older adults. It included weekly training sessions and daily practices of loving-kindness meditation in small groups via telephone conferences for six weeks and an extended group meditation practice for another six weeks. Community-living older adults (age 60+)...
Clinical Gerontologist
2024
Danielle H Llaneza, Amanda J Llaneza, Elissa Kozlov
Mobile (mHealth) mindfulness-based interventions have the potential to be feasible, acceptable, effective, and scalable interventions for caregivers of people living with cognitive impairment. This qualitative study of caregivers of older adults with cognitive impairment explored caregivers' experiences using a mindfulness therapy mobile application. Fifteen caregivers were interviewed using a...
Clinical Gerontologist
November 12, 2020
Anne Malaktaris, Ariel J Lang, Pollyanna Casmar et al.
ABSTRACT Objectives Compassion meditation (CM) training has demonstrated potential in improving well-being and psychosocial functioning. However, most prior studies of CM training have focused on younger adults. The generalizability of the effectiveness of CM training with older adults requires further study. This pilot study was intended to inform future randomized controlled studies of CM...
Clinical Gerontologist
September 11, 2018
H. Hazlett-Stevens, Jonathan B. Singer, Adrienne K. Chong
ABSTRACT Objective: Many older adults cope with various chronic physical health conditions, and in some cases, with mental health and/or cognitive difficulties. Mindfulness-based interventions offer an evidence-based, mind-body complementary treatment approach for a wide range of comorbidities, yet most investigations were conducted with young or middle-aged adults. The purpose of this review...