OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Gerontological Social Work is 3. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Can a “Pandemic Life Adaptation” Digital Technology Curriculum Reduce the Digital Disadvantage of Older Adults During COVID-19? An Intervention Study from Shanghai	39
Room Arrangement and Social Cohesion in Senior Homes – A Study in China	22
Pandemic Pivots for Older Volunteers: Online Tutoring and Pen Pal Programs	15
Friendship in Befriending? Older Service Users’ Notions of Friendship in a Befriending Scheme	13
Assessing Gender Differences on the Impact of COVID-19 on the Medical and Social Needs of Dementia Caregivers	13
Introduction to the special issue	12
Managing Uncertainty and Loneliness: Protective and Risk Factors Impacting on Older People’s Mental Health in Hong Kong	11
The Effects of Training on Older Volunteers’ Skill Competency, Volunteer Motivation, Self-Efficacy, and Work Satisfaction: A Cluster Randomized Trial	10
Interpreter of Maladies: Stories	9
Unmet Activities of Daily Living (ADL) Care Needs and Associated Risk Factors Among Older Adults with Dementia at the End of Life	9
The Association Between Social Network and Fear of COVID-19 Among Older Adults	9
Senior Centers and LGBTQ Participants: Engaging older adults virtually in a pandemic	9
Perceived Religious Social Support in Faith Communities for Caregivers of Persons Living with Dementia	9
The Effect of Social Determinants of Health on Psychological Health Among Older Adults in Ghana	9
Resilience as a Protective Factor in Older Adult Suicide: A Rapid Review	8
Introducing Issue 65(1)	8
Is It “Aging” or Immunosenescence? The COVID-19 Biopsychosocial Risk Factors Aggravating Immunosenescence as Another Risk Factor of the Morbus. A Developmental-clinical Social Work Perspective	8
Older Asian Adults with Limited English Proficiency and Racism Through the Lens of Asian Human Service Workers	8
Structural Characteristics of Nursing Homes and Social Service Directors that Influence Their Engagement in Disaster Preparedness Processes	7
North Carolina Caregiver Listening Study: Caregiver Experiences and Perspectives on Services and Supports in an Aging U.S. State	7
The Attitudes of Nursing Home Staff Toward Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Residents in Tokyo: A Vignette Survey	7
Implementing a Grandfamily Intervention During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Responses and Adaptations	7
Factors Influencing Grandparent Caregivers’ Resilience	7
The Impact of Cognitive Impairment on Life Satisfaction in Older Adults: Examining the Double Mediating Roles of Neighborhood Satisfaction and Social Participation	6
The COVID-19 Crisis, Religiosity and Spirituality Among Seventh-Day Adventist Older Adults	6

Dementia Care Involvement and Training Needs of Social Services Directors in U.S. Nursing Homes	6
Emotional Support from Care Recipients, Caring Relationship Quality, and Caregiving Self-Efficacy among Family Caregivers of Older Adults	6
Dismantling Systemic Racism in Long-Term Services and Supports: A Call to Action for Social Workers	6
Factors Affecting Caregivers’ Burden in a Sample of Greek Family Caregivers Caring for Older Adults	5
The Role of Trust in Older Adult Service Provision at the Onset of the COVID-19 Pandemic	5
Exploring the COVID-19 Practice Experiences of Social Workers Working in Long Term Care	5
Proud but Powerless: A Qualitative Study of Homecare Workers´ Work Experiences and Their Suggestions for How Care for Homebound Older Adults Can Be Improved	5
How Does Community-Based Housing Foster Social Participation in Older Adults: Importance of Well-Designed Common Space, Proximity to Resources, Flexible Rules and Policies, and Benevolent Communities	5
When Movement Therapy Meets Spirituality: A Quasi-Experiment	5
Incorporating Spirituality into Cognitive Stimulation Therapy Groups for Persons with Dementia: An Exploratory Study	5
A Sense of Control and Wellbeing in Older People Living with Frailty: A Scoping Review	5
Nursing Home Residents’ Relocation to Another Facility: an Exploratory Study of Family Caregiver Experiences	5
Factors Associated with Self-Reported PTSD Diagnosis among Older Lesbian Women and Gay Men	5
Conversations about Community, Connection to Place, and Housing Preferences among Aging Adults in Lexington, Kentucky	5
Dating Behaviors of Older Black Women	5
A Needs-Based Assessment of Older Immigrants Experiencing Loneliness and Social Isolation and the Effectiveness of Interventions Responding to the Identified Needs: An Umbrella Review and Research Upd	5
Understanding Loneliness in Older Adults: Reports from Experts by Experience to Reach Digital Solutions	5
The Holocaust Experience and Its Role in the Association Between Meaning in Life, Depressive Symptoms and Life Satisfaction	4
A Phenomenological, Intersectional Exploration of Ways Older Adults Find Support in Response to Ageism and Racism	4
The Impact of COVID-19 on Villages: Results from a National Survey	4
Life Review Interventions in Improving Mental Health and Well-Being of Older Adults in Institutional Care	4
The Impact of Online and Offline Social Support on the Mental Health of Carers of Persons with Cognitive Impairments	4
Introducing Issue 65(7)	4
Special Issue on Gero Social Work for Chinese Background Older Adults –Editorial	4
Predictors of Service Awareness: Results from a Community Survey in an Urban Area	4
Evaluating the Benefits of a Family Support Program on the Health and Well-Being of Aging Family Caregivers of Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities	4
Introducing Issue 65(3)	4
Childhood Threats and Cognitive Difficulties in Mid and Later Life: A Gendered Perspective on the Mediating Role of Family Functioning	4
Facility and Family Communication during the COVID-19 Visit Restriction: Early Perspectives of Family Members	4
Book Review: Living through Loss, 2nd Edition by Nancy R. Hooyman, Betty J. Kramer, and Sara Sanders	3
Subjective Age and Financial Exploitation Vulnerability: The Mediating Role of Financial Self-Efficacy	3
Social Work Response to Elder Abuse in Uganda: Voices from Practitioners	3
Mental Health Impact of Bullying by Ethnic Peers in Senior Housing: A Study with Older Korean American Residents in the Greater Los Angeles Area	3
“Savoring the Past, Nourishing the Present”: Uncovering the Essence of Multicultural Mealtime Experiences in Senior Living Facilities	3
Ageism in the Family	3
Death, Dying, and Bereavement Around the World: Theories, Varied Views, and Customs	3
“Weight of the World” and “I Want Them to Know”: Skilled Nursing Facility Administrators’ Perspectives on COVID-19 in Research Poems	3
Generativity in Later-Life: The Interplay Between Retirement Status and Human, Social, and Financial Capital	3
Social Frailty Moderates the Association Between Gender and Life Satisfaction: Evidence from a Large-Scale Survey Among Indian Older Adults	3
Introducing Issue 66(2)	3
Social Support in Older Transgender and Gender Diverse Communities in the United Kingdom and Australia: A Comparative Study During COVID-19	3
LGBT+ Older Adults in Rural South Central Appalachia: Perceptions of Current and Future Formal Service Needs	3
Implicit and Explicit Spirituality in the Lives of Transgender and Gender Expansive Older Adults	3
Social Capital as a Bridge to Services for Community-Dwelling Older Adults: A Scoping Review	3
Conceptualizing How Caregiving Relationships Connect to Quality of Family Caregiving within the Stress Process Model	3
Grandparents’ Mental Health and Lived Experiences while Raising Their Grandchildren at the Forefront of COVID-19 in Saudi Arabia	3
Decision Support Needs for Patients with Severe Symptomatic Aortic Stenosis	3
Happiness of Older Adults in Haemodialysis: Findings from a Comparative Study	3
“The People You Are Caring for Are Worth It and You Are Worth It”: Themes of Hope in Family Caregivers of Persons with Early-Stage Alzheimer’s Disease	3
Characteristics of Coping with Loneliness and the Influence of Living Arrangements Among Older Adults: Findings from a Comparative Qualitative Study	3

Caregiver Emotions When Choosing A Living Environment for A Person with Dementia: A Qualitative Study on Social Workers’ Perspectives	3
Critical Gerontology for Social Workers Book Review	3