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Health Sciences

Diverse Women’s Lives: The Study of Bio-Psycho-Social Impact on Disability With Age

Thursday, November 9, 2023
4:30 PM – 6:00 PM ET
Location: Room 117

In this symposium we examine the extent to which psychosocial interventions might promote healthy aging among women with emotional, mobility, and sensory limitations. A growing literature explains the need for culturally tailored care for men and women with disabilities while also stressing the importance of accommodations when living in inaccessible environments. Creating positive social participation amongst diverse groups based on sex/gender with varying levels of function and types of limitations may require more thought and resources than society is willing to forfeit. In this symposium, we begin by examining these issues among people aging in Mexico with few environmental accommodations in place. Creating recognition for the needs of men compared to women who age into mobility limitations in Mexico begins with identifying their unique individual and environmental risks. Next, we examine the needs of women in acute and long-term care with schizophrenia related emotional limitations. Stigma and neglect may create an environmental barrier to healthy aging in the U.S among this population. Our next study examines how sleep duration and quality can impact levels of depression and fatigue for men and women with sensory limitations, drawing attention to the additive effects of emotional changes on functional limitations. Finally, Taylor’s group draws our attention to the work of creating social participation interventions for depression among African American women as they age with severe arthritic pain. We conclude by facilitating a discussion on social and cultural barriers for diverse women aging with functional limitations.

This is a Women's Issues Interest Group Sponsored Symposium.

Learning Objectives:

  • To identify commonalities and differences in accommodations needed by women with disabilities from diverse backgrounds.
  • To list the pros and cons of using three distinct methodologies to study the needs of women with functional limitations.
  • To identify how culture, race, and ethnic identity might influence the experience of aging with a disability.

Presentations:

  • 4:30 PM – 6:00 PM ET
    Risk Factors for Disablement With Aging in Central Mexico

    Individual Symposium Abstract First Author: Lucia Caudillo-Ortega, BSN, MSN, DSN (she/her/hers) – Universidad de Guanajuato

  • 4:30 PM – 6:00 PM ET
    The Life Course Perspectives of Women Aging With Schizophrenia: Concerns With Healthy Aging

    Individual Symposium Abstract First Author: Veronica Garcia Walker, RN, PhD, CNE (she/her/hers) – UT at Austin

  • 4:30 PM – 6:00 PM ET
    Gender Differences in Sleep Quality, Fatigue, and Depressive Symptoms Among Adults Over 50 With Total Blindness

    Individual Symposium Abstract First Author: Soyoung Choi, PhD, RN (she/her/hers) – University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  • 4:30 PM – 6:00 PM ET
    Participant Acceptability of the Depression and Pain Perseverance Through Empowered Recovery Program

    Individual Symposium Abstract First Author: Catherine A. Clair, MHS (she/her/hers) – Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health