Points-Based Health Incentive Program and Subsequent Health and Well-Being in Japan: An Outcome-Wide Approach.

Background: Evidence remains inadequate regarding the benefits of incentive programs promoting healthy activities, particularly among older adults. This longitudinal study examined the associations of participation in the points-based health incentive program with an array of subsequent health and well-being outcomes, including ones the program did not explicitly incentivize, among older adults in Japan.

Participants And Setting: We used three-wave data (2020, 2021, and 2022) from Japan Gerontological Evaluation Study (n = 2504), a cohort study of functionally independent individuals aged ≥ 65 years.

[Community development for health and well-being through multi-stakeholder collaboration in Yotsukaido City: Achievements and challenges related to the collective impact framework over the first year].

Objectives　The Health Japan 21 initiative (third term) requires establishing an environment that allows people of all ages to lead healthy lives without excessive exertion. Such environments should be created by local governments, in collaboration with multiple stakeholders. Such initiatives carry the potential for collective impact, wherein multiple stakeholders with varying perspectives work together to solve societal challenges.

Health and well-being comparison between residents of serviced housing for older people and community-dwelling older adults in japan: a propensity score matching analysis.

Purpose: Serviced Housing for Older People (SHOP) in Japan offers barrier-free living environments and supportive services to enhance the health and well-being of older adults. This study aimed to compare the health and well-being of SHOP residents with community-dwelling older adults and to compare factors that may influence them.

Methods: This cross-sectional study utilized propensity score matching to compare the health and well-being of 1,080 SHOP residents (69.

Using women-only fitness club and functional disability: a cross-sectional study using propensity score matching.

Background: As the aging population grows, identifying effective interventions to achieve healthy ageing is crucial. Specific environments, such as Curves, the women-only fitness club (WOFC), may provide a supportive setting for older women to engage in physical activities that promote overall healthy ageing. This study aims to compare the functional disability prediction score between WOFC members and control group in older adults.

Watching sports and happiness among older adults in Japan: The JAGES cohort study.

Objective: While watching sports may enhance older adults' happiness, the relationship between sports spectatorship and happiness may vary depending on on-site or TV/Internet. This study examined associations between different forms of sports spectatorship (on-site and TV/Internet) and happiness among older adults in Japan.

Methods: We used data from the Japan Gerontological Evaluation Study, conducted in 2019 and 2022.

Taiso practice and risk of functional disability and dementia among older adults in Japan: The JAGES cohort study.

Background: Taiso is a Japanese term encompassing meanings akin to calisthenics. Taiso is a widely used exercise program in Japan but whether it prevents functional disability and dementia remains unclear. This study aimed to elucidate the association between practicing Taiso, especially focusing on the well-known Radio-Taiso, and functional disability and dementia in older adults in Japan.

Association of Indoor Environment with the Intention to Enter Nursing Homes among Older Adults with Functional Limitations in Japan.

Objectives: The indoor environment refers to the conditions within a building, including thermal comfort, air quality, lighting, and noise levels. However, the association between the indoor environment and the intention to enter nursing homes among older adults with functional limitations remains unclear. Therefore, this study examined the association of indoor environmental factors with intention to enter nursing homes within this population.

Serviced Housing for Older People and Prevention of Functional Decline: A One-year Follow-up Study in Japan.

Serviced Housing for Older People (SHOP) is a community-based housing model in Japan that provides barrier-free apartments and support services for residents. Whether the SHOP model has positive effects on residents' health remains unclear. This follow-up study examines the association between living in SHOPs and functional decline.

[Barriers perceived by advance care planning (ACP) facilitators in nursing and welfare professions in implementing ACP: An online survey].

Aim: This study aimed to elucidate the barriers perceived by Advance Care Planning (ACP) facilitators in nursing and welfare professions when implementing ACP in practice.

Methods: An online survey using Google Forms was conducted between December 2021 and January 2022. The survey targeted 220 individuals, including 82 who completed the Hiroshima Prefecture ACP Promotion Training in 2020 and 138 ACP Promotion Collaborators in Fukuyama City, Hiroshima Prefecture.

Self-reported hearing and vision impairment and incident frailty in Japanese older people: A 3-year longitudinal analysis of the Japan Gerontological Evaluation Study.

Background: We examined the associations and interactions of hearing impairment (HI) and vision impairment (VI) with frailty.

Methods: We performed a 3-year longitudinal analysis of the Japan Gerontological Evaluation Study (JAGES), a nationwide prospective cohort study of functionally independent Japanese older people (age ≥ 65 years). Frailty status at baseline and follow-up was defined according to the Kihon Checklist.

Family social support and stability of preferences regarding place of death among older people: a 3-year longitudinal study from the Japan Gerontological Evaluation Study.

Background: it remains unclear how family relationships could affect stability of end-of-life care preferences.

Objective: to describe change patterns of preferred place of death (POD) among older people and to examine associations between family social support and stability of preferences regarding POD.

Methods: this longitudinal study of 1,200 noninstitutionalized independent Japanese older people aged over 65 years used panel data between 2016 and 2019 from the Japan Gerontological Evaluation Study (JAGES).

[Associations between group exercise and exercise adherence among older community-dwelling adults who attend a community sports club: Resol no Mori Wellness Age Club Longitudinal Study].

Aim: This study aimed to examine the relationship between group exercise and exercise adherence among older community-dwelling individuals who attended a community sports club and to discuss the exercise programs that promoted exercise habits.

Methods: A total of 227 participants (117 women and 110 men), aged ≥ 65 years, who participated in the exercise programs (Wellness Age Club), provided by Resol no Mori, for at least 6 months from June 2017 to March 2019, were included in the analysis. Results obtained from the semi-annual questionnaire surveys, physical fitness tests, and annual medical check-ups were used, along with data on individual participation in programs and dates of participation.

Streptococcal toxic shock syndrome following group A streptococcal vulvovaginitis in a breastfeeding woman.

Streptococcal toxic shock syndrome (STSS) is a systemic, life-threatening illness usually caused by invasive respiratory tract or skin and soft tissue infections of Streptococcus pyogenes (group A streptococcus, GAS). We report the case of an adult woman with lactational amenorrhea and GAS vulvovaginitis progressing to STSS. She was admitted to our hospital because of fever, lethargy, and a 2-week history of vaginal discharge; she also had hypotension and multiple organ failure.