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CAAR – University of California at Los Angeles Center for Health Policy Research Policy Brief – September 30, 2013

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“The Home Care Industry in California Is Growing and Largely Unregulated,” by Nadereh Pourat (September 2013, .pdf format, 4p.).

healthpolicy.ucla.edu/publications/search/pages/detail.aspx?PubID=1216

CAAR – US National Institute on Aging Press Release – September 30, 2013

admin — Mon, 30 Sep 2013 21:36:08 +0000

“Aging with HIV: Responding to an emerging challenge,” (September 30, 2013).

www.nia.nih.gov/newsroom/features/aging-hiv-responding-emerging-challenge

CAAR – University of Wisconsin Center for Demography and Ecology Working Paper – September 17, 2013

admin — Tue, 17 Sep 2013 21:33:26 +0000

“Frailty in Transition: Variation and Vulnerability in Aging Populations,” by Michal Engelman, Vladimir Canudas-Romo and Emily M. Agree (2013-10, 2013, .pdf format, 34p.).

Abstract:

This paper asks how the demographic and epidemiologic transitions of the past century and a half have influenced patterns of survival and health in aging populations. We hypothesize that survival improvements at younger ages may yield an older population with a more heterogeneous health profile relative to previous cohorts with higher early-life mortality. To test this hypothesis, we develop a theoretical and statistical rationale for a frailty model designed to examine changes in the composition of successive aging cohorts. The model incorporates a cohort-specific frailty indicator into an equation describing the mortality hazard trajectory across the full lifespan, and its parameters are estimated using life table data for cohorts born 1885-1919. The findings indicate that more recent cohorts are more homogeneous with respect to the timing of mortality than earlier ones – but also less selected, as death culls fewer individuals in early life. We argue that due to ongoing survival improvements, delayed mortality selection has shifted disparities into later life, where they manifest in increasing mortality variability and growing heterogeneity in health.

www.ssc.wisc.edu/cde/cdewp/2013-10.pdf

CAAR – Public Library of Science (PLoS) Articles – August 6, 2013

admin — Tue, 06 Aug 2013 21:30:15 +0000

A. “Associations of Proanthocyanidin Intake with Renal Function and Clinical Outcomes in Elderly Women,” by Kerry L. Ivey, Joshua R. Lewis, Wai H. Lim, Ee M. Lim, Jonathan M. Hodgson, and Richard L. Prince (PLoS ONE 8(8): e71166. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0071166, HTML, XML, and .pdf format, 7p.).

www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0071166

B. “Adverse Drug Events in Older Hospitalized Patients: Results and Reliability of a Comprehensive and Structured Identification Strategy,” by Joanna E. Klopotowska, Peter C. Wierenga, Clementine C. M. Stuijt, Lambertus Arisz, Marcel G. W. Dijkgraaf, Paul F. M. Kuks, Henk Asscheman, Sophia E. de Rooij, Loraine Lie-A-Huen, and Susanne M. Smorenburg, on behalf of the WINGS Study Group (PLoS ONE 8(8): e71045. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0071045, XML, HTML, and .pdf format, 11p.).

www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0071045

C. “Dynamic Parameters of Balance Which Correlate to Elderly Persons with a History of Falls,” by Jesse W. Muir, Douglas P. Kiel, Marian Hannan, Jay Magaziner, and Clinton T. Rubin (PLoS ONE 8(8): e70566. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0070566, XML, HTML, and .pdf format, 7p.).

www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0070566

CAAR – Tables of Contents – February 28, 2013

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American Journal of Epidemeology (Vol. 177, No. 5, Mar. 1, 2013).

aje.oxfordjournals.org/content/177/5?etoc

CAAR – US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Medicare Statistical Supplement – January 11, 2013

admin — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 22:12:15 +0000

CMS’ Medicare and Medicaid Statistical Supplement has recently been updated (2012 edition, tables available in .zip compressed .pdf and Microsoft Excel format):

- Medicare Short Stay Hospitals (tables 5.1 – 5.12).

www.cms.gov/Research-Statistics-Data-and-Systems/Statistics-Trends-and-Reports/MedicareMedicaidStatSupp/Medicare-and-Medicaid-Statistical-Supplement-Items/2012SSH.html

CAAR – Science Magazine Perspective Article Abstract – September 26, 2012

admin — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 21:54:50 +0000

“Preventing Alzheimer’s Disease,” by Dennis J. Selkoe (Vol. 337, No. 6101, Sep. 21, 2012, p. 1488-1492).

www.sciencemag.org/content/337/6101/1488.abstract

CAAR – Public Library of Science (PLoS) Articles – September 26, 2012

admin — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 21:30:10 +0000

A. “Resting-State Network Disruption and APOE Genotype in Alzheimer’s Disease: A lagged Functional Connectivity Study,” by Leonides Canuet, Ivan Tellado, Veronica Couceiro, Carmen Fraile1, Lucia Fernandez-Novoa, Ryouhei Ishii, Masatoshi Takeda, and Ramon Cacabelos (PLoS ONE 7(9): e46289. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0046289, XML, HTML, and .pdf format, 12p.).

www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0046289

B. “Free Cholesterol Induces Higher beta-Sheet Content in A{beta} Peptide Oligomers by Aromatic Interaction with Phe19,” by Xiaolin Zhou and Jie Xu (PLoS ONE 7(9): e46245. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0046245, XML, HTML, and .pdf format, 8p.).

www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0046245

CAAR – MetLife Mature Market Institute Report – May 1, 2012

admin — Tue, 01 May 2012 21:08:22 +0000

“Transitioning into Retirement: The MetLife Study of Baby Boomers at 65,” (April 2012, .pdf format, 23p.).