Cheers for an Aging World

The New York Times examines an article from The Guardian that challenges the idea that an aging world is a good thing - a success story that bears testament to increased life expectancy.

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Critical Need for Affordable Senior Housing

New York Times reports on the lack of affordable housing for seniors, and on a new housing unit in Seattle, Washington.

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Policies for Healthy Ageing: An Overview. 2009.

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development's Working Paper examines improvements that will assist in the healthy aging process. These include delayed retirement, an increase in community activities, improved lifestyles, health-care systems that are better adapted to the needs of the elderly,and an emphasis on cost-effective prevention.

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A Resource pack for working with older prisoners

The UK Department of Health and NACRO have developed this resource pack to assist individuals working with an aging prison population.

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Will You Still Need Me – When I’m 64?

Institute for the Study of Labor examines how productivity is affected by age.

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Elder Abuse, Neglect Make Early Death Far More Likely

Forbes reports on a study from JAMA which demonstrates that neglect and abuse lower the life expectancy of seniors.

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Link and abstract to JAMA article

Increasing Health Insurance Coverage for High-Cost Older Adults

The Urban Institute examine public policies which could assist individuals perceived by insurance companies as "high-cost," as well as the cost and accessibility of coverage overall in the small-group and nongroup private health insurance markets.

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Should Social Security Rely Solely on the Payroll Tax?

Center for Retirement Research at Boston College examines the financing structure of Social Security, to find other funding options for the system. It discusses different taxation models which could alleviate Social Security's economic woes.

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