Aging and Older Adults’ Healthcare
A special issue of Healthcare (ISSN 2227-9032).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 1 February 2026 | Viewed by 615
Special Issue Editors
Interests: family and community nursing fragility in elder health literacy; aged care nursingaging; community health nursing; family nursing; epidemiology; nursing research; public health nursing
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Although aging is receiving increasing attention from the scientific community and stakeholders, this phenomenon remains an area in which research is needed. In fact, by 2050, the number of people aged 65 and older is expected to double, exceeding 1.6 billion individuals. This aspect, if not accompanied by a reshaping of health services and an increase in resources dedicated to proactive healthcare, will lead to the potential collapse of the health system.
In this perspective, we are pleased to invite you to contribute to this Special Issue, titled “Aging and Older Adults’ Healthcare”. This Special Issue invites clinicians and researchers from around the world to disseminate evidence on this topic, in order to gather new valuable insights.
In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following:
- geriatrics;
- nursing;
- family and community nursing;
- frailty;
- blood pressure;
- syncope;
- chronic care;
- prevention;
- health education;
- health promotion.
The primary studies considered will be both clinical trials and observational studies, including validation studies. Psychometric studies will also be considered, especially if they are on inherent constructs that are very important to older people, such as self-care and health literacy.
Protocols will also be considered, especially if they are innovative.
Regarding reviews, we are happy to accept narrative reviews, scoping reviews, rapid reviews, umbrella reviews, systematic reviews both with and without meta-analysis.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Yari Longobucco
Dr. Giulia Rivasi
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- family and community nursing
- frailty
- blood pressure
- chronic care
- psychometric studies
- prevention
- self-care
- health promotion
- caregiver
- health literacy
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