Paying for Long-term Care

This Policy Brief from the European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research presents the current status of public and private expenditures for long-term care in Europe, and discusses a rationale for public funding of long-term care.

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Health Outcomes and Socio-Economic Status among the Elderly in China: Evidence from the CHARLS Pilot

Institute for the Study of Labor looks at the relationship between health status and socio-economic status within the communities of two provinces of China.

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Economic Status of the Elderly in the United States

A report from the National Academy of Social Insurance finds that due to the recession and the steep decline in housing values, seniors are as likely as children to live in poverty.

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Home Alone at 90—NY Chinatown's Isolated Elders

New American Media looks at the problems facing elderly immigrants, who find themselves alone in and in an area where they do not speak the language.

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Helping Seniors Grow Old At Home, Safely

National Public Radio's Talk of the Nation looks at how seniors are adapting their homes to facilitate aging in place rather than in a skill facilities environment.

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Cell phones and American adults

Pew Internet & American Life Project surveyed 2,252 national adults, age 18 and older to determine their attitudes towards cellular communication. 91% of adults surveyed said that their cell phone made them feel safer.

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What Does It Feel Like To Be 75? Say Goodbye To Spry

National Public Radio's Weekend Edition reports on MIT's Age Lab, where engineers are asked to don suits that make you feel like you are seventy-five in a program called "Age Gain Now Empathy".

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Improving Health Care Cost Projections for the Medicare Population: Summary of a Workshop

National Academies Press reports on the outcomes of a workshop held on January 13, 2010, during which representatives of federal agencies, academia, and non-government organizations discussed the short- and long-term implications of increasing Medicare costs, and suggests models and analyses that can assist in estimating the possible costs.

Annual survey into the Australian Aged Care Industry

The Aged Care Association of Australia has released their annual survey, conducted by Deloitte, on the state of debt financing and supply capacity within Australia, as the aged population grows.

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California Unprepared for the Aging of the Baby Boom: Cutbacks at the California State University System Reduce Workforce Readiness

California Geriatric Education Center discusses the impact of state budget cuts on the funding of senior services and programs, and on the effects of these cuts on the education of future social workers, psychologists, program managers, policy analysts, and nurses who would work with the growing elderly population.

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