“Multiple Chronic Conditions Among Adults Aged 45 and Over: Trends Over the Past 10 Years,” by Virginia M. Freid, Amy B. Bernstein, and Mary Ann Bush (Data Brief No. 100, July 2012, .pdf and HTML format, 8p.).
July 31, 2012
CAAR – US Census Bureau Facts for Feature – July 31, 2012
“Grandparents Day 2012: Sept. 9,” (CB12-FF.17, July 2012, .pdf and HTML format, 3p.)
www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/archives/facts_for_features_special_editions/cb12-ff17.html
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CAAR – UK Department of Work and Pensions Report – July 31, 2012
“Workplace Pension Reforms: Baseline Evaluation Report,” (Research Report 803, July 2012, .pdf format, 94p.).
research.dwp.gov.uk/asd/asd5/report_abstracts/rr_abstracts/rra_803.asp
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CAAR – Center for Economic Studies/Ifo Institute for Economic Research (CESifo) [Munich, Bavaria, Germany] Working Paper – July 31, 2012
“The Bequest Tax as Long-Term Care Insurance,” by Johann K. Brunner (Working Paper No. 3901, July 2012, .pdf format, 26p.). Note: Links to the abstract and full-text can be found at:
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CAAR – Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Article Abstract – July 31, 2012
“Molecular basis of {beta}-amyloid oligomer recognition with a conformational antibody fragment,” by Isabel Morgado, Karin Wieligmann, Magdalena Bereza, Raik Ronicke, Katrin Meinhardt, Karthikeyan Annamalai, Monika Baumann, Jessica Wacker, Peter Hortschansky, Miroslav Malesevic, Christoph Parthier, Christian Mawrin, Cordelia Schiene-Fischer, Klaus G. Reymann, Milton T. Stubbs, Jochen Balbach, Matthias Gorlach, Uwe Horn, and Marcus Fandrich (Vol. 109, No. 31, July 31, 2012, p. 12503-12508).
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CAAR – Public Library of Science (PLoS) Article – July 31, 2012
“A Foldamer-Dendrimer Conjugate Neutralizes Synaptotoxic {beta}-Amyloid Oligomers,” by Livia Fulop, Istvan M. Mandity, Gabor Juhasz, Viktor Szegedi, Anasztazia Hetenyi, Edit Weber, Zsolt Bozso, Dora Simon, Maria Benko, Zoltan Kiraly, and Tamas A. Martinek (PLoS ONE 7(7): e39485. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0039485, XML, HTML, and .pdf format, 17p.).
www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0039485
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CAAR – United Nations Social Policy and Development Division Newsletter – July 31, 2012
UN Network on Ageing (Issue No. 42, July 2012).
social.un.org/index/Ageing/Resources/UNNetworkonAgeingNewsletter/Issue42.aspx
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CAAR – Family Caregiver Alliance Periodical – July 31, 2012
Caregiving PolicyDigest (Vol. 12, Nos. 14 & 15, July 11 & July 26, 2012).
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July 30, 2012
CAAR – Tables of Contents – July 30, 2012
American Journal of Epidemiology (Vol. 176, No. 3, Aug. 1, 2012).
aje.oxfordjournals.org/content/vol176/issue3/index.dtl?etoc
Gerontechnology (Vol. 11, No. 2, 2012).
gerontechnology.info/index.php/journal/issue/view/gt.2012.11.02.000.00
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CAAR – US Census Bureau Data Update – July 30, 2012
“2010 Modified Race Summary File.” (July 2012, comma separated value [.csv] format,with documentation in .pdf format). “This downloadable file, summary table and documentation shows the results of modifying the 2010 Census population from census race categories (which include some other race) into those consistent with the Office of Management and Budget standard categories (white, black or African-American, American Indian and Alaska Native, Asian, and Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander). Release includes information for counties by Hispanic origin, 31 race groups and five-year age groups.”
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CAAR – Natuonal Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper – July 30, 2012
“Estimating Second Order Probability Beliefs from Subjective Survival Data,” by Peter Hudomiet and Robert J. Willis (w18258, July 2012, .pdf format, 63p.).
Abstract:
Based on subjective survival probability questions in the Health and Retirement Study, we use an econometric model to estimate the determinants of individual-level uncertainty about personal longevity. This model is built around the Modal Response Hypothesis (MRH), a mathematical expression of the idea that survey responses of 0, 50 or 100 percent to probability questions indicate a high level of uncertainty about the relevant probability. We show that subjective survival expectations in 2002 line up very well with realized mortality of the HRS respondents between 2002 and 2010. We show that the MRH model performs better than typically used models in the literature of subjective probabilities. Our model gives more accurate estimates of low probability events and it is able to predict the unusually high fraction of focal 0, 50 and 100 answers observed in many datasets on subjective probabilities.
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CAAR – US National Institutes of Health Funding Opportunity – July 30, 2012
“Secondary Analyses and Archiving of Social and Behavioral Datasets in Aging (R03)” (RFA-AG-13-004, , application deadline is Oct. 19, 2012, reissue of RFA-AG-12-005, National Institute on Aging). For more information see:
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CAAR – US Government Accountability Office Report – July 30, 2012
“Methods for Estimating Incarceration and Community Corrections Costs and Results of the Elderly Offender Pilot” (GAO-12-807R, July 2012, ASCII text and .pdf format, 33p.).
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CAAR – National Institute on Retirement Security Report – July 30, 2012
“The Pension Factor 2012: Assessing the Role of Defined Benefit Plans in Reducing Elder Economic Hardships,” by Frank Porell and Diane Oakley (July 2012, .pdf format, 36p., with accompanying webinar, running time: 1 hour, 8 minutes, 26 seconds, and PowerPoint presentation (.pdf format, 31 slides)). All are linked from a NIRS news release: “Poverty Rate Nearly Doubles for Americans Lacking Pensions” (Jul. 26, 2012).
www.nirsonline.org/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=714
More information about NIRS:
www.nirsonline.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=30&Itemid=66
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July 27, 2012
CAAR – US Government Accountability Office Report – July 27, 2012
“Electronic Health Records: Number and Characteristics of Providers Awarded Medicare Incentive Payments for 2011,” (GAO-12-778R, July 2012, .pdf format, 45p.).
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CAAR – UK Parliamentary Library Standard Note – July 27, 2012
“Pension Protection Fund,” by Djuna Thurley (SN03917, July 2012, .pdf format, 41p.).
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CAAR – Public Library of Science (PLoS) Article – July 27, 2012
“Tip60 HAT Activity Mediates APP Induced Lethality and Apoptotic Cell Death in the CNS of a Drosophila Alzheimer’s Disease Model,” by Sheila K. Pirooznia, Jessica Sarthi, Ashley A. Johnson, Meridith S. Toth, Kellie Chiu, Sravanthi Koduri, and Felice Elefant (PLoS ONE 7(7): e41776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0041776, XML, HTML, .pdf format, p.).
www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0041776
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July 26, 2012
CAAR – Tables of Contents – July 26, 2012
Research on Aging (Vol. 34, No. 5, September 2012).
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CAAR – Springer Publishing New Books in Gerontology – July 26, 2012
Springer has released its latest list of new titles in Gerontology. More information, including pricing and ordering information for each book is available at the site.
www.springerpub.com/products/subjects/Gerontology/All/Newtitles
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CAAR – UK Department of Work and Pensions Report – July 26, 2012
“Employers’ Pension Provision Survey 2011,” by John Forth, Lucy Stokes, Alice Fitzpatrick and Catherine Grant (Research Report No. 802, July 2012, .pdf format, 159p.).
research.dwp.gov.uk/asd/asd5/report_abstracts/rr_abstracts/rra_802.asp
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CAAR – Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) [University of Bonn, Germany] Working Paper – July 26, 2012
“Income Distribution among those of 65 Years and Older in Sweden,” by Gabriella Sjogren Lindquist and Eskil Wadensjo (Discussion Paper No. 6745, July 2012, .pdf format, 41p.). Note: Links to the abstract and full-text can be found at:
www.iza.org/en/webcontent/publications/papers/viewAbstract?dp_id=6745
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CAAR – Nature Neuroscience Brief Communication Abstract – July 26, 2012
“Rescue of aging-associated decline in Dnmt3a2 expression restores cognitive abilities,” by Ana M. M. Oliveira, Thekla J. Hemstedt and Hilmar Bading (Vol. 15, No. 8, August 2012, p. 1111-1113).
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CAAR – Public Library of Science (PLoS) Articles – July 26, 2012
A. “Establishment of Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells from Centenarians for Neurodegenerative Disease Research,” by Takuya Yagi, Arifumi Kosakai, Daisuke Ito, Wado Akamatsu, Yoshihiro Nihei, Akira Nabetani, Fuyuki Ishikawa, Yasumichi Arai, Nobuyoshi Hirose, Hideyuki Okano, and Norihiro Suzuki (PLoS ONE 7(7): e41572. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0041572, XML, HTML, and .pdf format, 7p.).
www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0041572
B. “Disruption of Arterial Perivascular Drainage of Amyloid-{beta} from the Brains of Mice Expressing the Human APOE e4 Allele,” by Cheryl A. Hawkes, Patrick M. Sullivan, Sarah Hands, Roy O. Weller, James A. R. Nicoll, and Roxana O. Carare (PLoS ONE 7(7): e41636. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0041636, XML, HTML, and .pdf format, 11p.).
www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0041636
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CAAR – US Government Accountability Office Report – July 26, 2012
“Retirement Security: Women Still Face Challenges” (GAO-12-699, July 2012, HTML and .pdf format, 89p.).
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July 25, 2012
CAAR – AARP Fact Sheet – July 25, 2012
“Assessing Family Caregiver Needs: Policy and Practice Considerations,” by Lynn Feinberg, Ari Houser (July 2012, .pdf format, 4p.).
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CAAR – Wisconsin Longitudinal Study Data Release – July 25, 2012
“WLS 12.28 data set is now available.” (July 24, 2012). For more information about this data release go to:
www.ssc.wisc.edu/wlsresearch/data/updates/change_notice/chnt_035.htm
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CAAR – US Senate Special Committee on Aging Hearing Testimony – July 25, 2012
“Enhancing Women’s Retirement Security,” a hearing held July 25, 2012 (witness statements available in .pdf format, full hearing is available in Flash format, running time 1 hour 13 minutes).
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CAAR – Statistics Canada/Statistique Canada Report – July 25, 2012
“Deaths, 2009,” (July 2012, .pdf and HTML format, 70p.).
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CAAR – Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Data Release – July 25, 2012
The US Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality has released several new MEPS data files (July 2012, data in .zip or self decompressing [.exe] ASCII text and SAS Transport format, with documentation in HTML and .pdf format, and SAS and SPSS programming statements in ASCII format).
- HC-135G 2010 Office-Based Medical Provider Visits
meps.ahrq.gov/mepsweb/data_stats/download_data_files_detail.jsp?cboPufNumber=HC-135G
- HC-135F 2010 Outpatient Visits File
meps.ahrq.gov/mepsweb/data_stats/download_data_files_detail.jsp?cboPufNumber=HC-135F
- HC-135E 2010 Emergency Room Visits File
meps.ahrq.gov/mepsweb/data_stats/download_data_files_detail.jsp?cboPufNumber=HC-135E
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CAAR – Center for Economic Studies/Ifo Institute for Economic Research (CESifo) [Munich, Bavaria, Germany] Working Paper – July 25, 2012
“The Impact of Pharmaceutical Innovation on Longevity and Medical Expenditure in Sweden, 1997-2010: Evidence from Longitudinal, Disease-Level Data,” by Frank Lichtenberg and Billie Pettersson (CESifo Working Paper No. 3894, July 2012, .pdf format, 20p.). Note: Links to the abstract and full-text can be found at:
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CAAR – Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Website – July 25, 2012
“Improving Patient Safety in Long-Term Care Facilities: Training Modules,” (July 2012, .pdf and HTML format). Note: This site provides three training modules: “Module 1: Detecting Change in a Resident’s Condition; Module 2: Communicating Change in a Resident’s Condition; and , Module 3: Falls Prevention and Management.”
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CAAR – Ageing Well Network [Dublin, Ireland] Report – July 25, 2012
“The New Agenda on Ageing,” (July 2012, .pdf format, 294p.).
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CAAR – Edward R. Roybal Institute on Aging [University of Southern California] Brief – July 25, 2012
“Current Conditions among Older Latinos and African Americans in Low- and Middle-Income Los Angeles Neighborhoods: Findings from Residents in Affordable Independent Living Senior Apartments,” by La Mikia Castillo, Donald A. Lloyd and Iris Aguilar (July 2012, .pdf format, 4p.).
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CAAR – Heritage Foundation Discussion Paper – July 25, 2012
“Ethics and Health Care: Rethinking End-of-Life Care,” by Daniel Callahan and Peter Lawler (Center for Policy Innovation Discussion Paper #04, July 2012, .pdf format, 7p.). Links to an abstract and full text are available at:
www.heritage.org/research/reports/2012/07/ethics-and-health-care-rethinking-end-of-life-care
More information about HF:
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CAAR – US House Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Health Hearing Testimony – July 25, 2012
“Physician Organization Efforts to Promote High Quality Care and Implications for Medicare Physician Payment Reform,” a hearing held on Jul. 24, 2012 (testmony available in .pdf format).
waysandmeans.house.gov/Calendar/EventSingle.aspx?EventID=303383
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CAAR – Public Library of Science (PLoS) Articles – July 25, 2012
A. “Development of a Small D-Enantiomeric Alzheimer’s Amyloid-{beta} Binding Peptide Ligand for Future In Vivo Imaging Applications,” by Susanne Aileen Funke, Dirk Bartnik, Julian Marius Gluck, Kasia Piorkowska, Katja Wiesehan, Urs Weber, Balazs Gulyas, Christer Halldin, Andrea Pfeifer, Christian Spenger, Andreas Muhs, and Dieter Willbold (PLoS ONE 7(7): e41457. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0041457, XML, HTML, and .pdf format, 10p.).
www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0041457
B. “Structure and Dynamics of Amyloid-{beta} Segmental Polymorphisms,” by Workalemahu M. Berhanu and Ulrich H. E. Hansmann (PLoS ONE 7(7): e41479. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0041479, XML, HTML, and .pdf format, 12p.).
www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0041479
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CAAR – National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper – July 25, 2012
“Pharmaceutical Innovation and Longevity Growth in 30 Developing and High-income Countries, 2000-2009,” by Frank R. Lichtenberg (w18235, July 2012, .pdf format, 36p.).
Abstract:
We examine the impact of pharmaceutical innovation, as measured by the vintage of prescription drugs used, on longevity, using longitudinal, country-level data on 30 developing and high-income countries during the period 2000-2009. We control for fixed country and year effects, real per capita income, the unemployment rate, mean years of schooling, the urbanization rate, real per capita health expenditure (public and private), the DPT immunization rate, HIV prevalence and tuberculosis incidence.
Life expectancy at all ages and survival rates above age 25 increased faster in countries with larger increases in drug vintage. The increase in drug vintage was the only variable that was significantly related to all of these measures of longevity growth. Controlling for all of the other potential determinants of longevity did not reduce the vintage coefficient by more than 20%. Pharmaceutical innovation is estimated to have accounted for almost three-fourths of the 1.74-year increase in life expectancy at birth in the 30 countries in our sample between 2000 and 2009, and for about one third of the 9.1-year difference in life expectancy at birth in 2009 between the top 5 countries (ranked by drug vintage in 2009) and the bottom 5 countries (ranked by the same criterion).
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July 24, 2012
CAAR – Tables of Contents – July 24, 2012
Age and Ageing (Vol. 41, Supplement 2, July 2012). This supplement contains Communications to the British Geriatrics Society Spring Meeting 16th-18th May 2012, Llandudno [Conwy, Wales].
ageing.oxfordjournals.org/content/41/suppl_2.toc?etoc
Experimental Aging Research (Vol. 38, No. 4, 2012).
www.tandfonline.com/toc/uear20/38/4
Journal of Parkinson’s Disease (Vol. 2, No. 2, 2012).
iospress.metapress.com/content/x647r1041554/?sortorder=asc&v=expanded
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CAAR – Wisconsin Department of Administration Report – July 24, 2012
“Wisconsin’s Future Population, 2010-2040: A First Look at the Next 30 Years,” by David Egan-Robertson (July 2012, .pdf format, 16p.).
www.doa.state.wi.us/docview.asp?docid=9707&locid=9
Related table:
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CAAR – Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Article Abstracts – July 24, 2012
A. “A soluble bone morphogenetic protein type IA receptor increases bone mass and bone strength,” by Marc Baud’huin, Nicolas Solban, Milton Cornwall-Brady, Dianne Sako, Yoshimi Kawamoto, Katia Liharska, Darren Lath, Mary L. Bouxsein, Kathryn W. Underwood, Jeffrey Ucran, Ravindra Kumar, Eileen Pobre, Asya Grinberg, Jasbir Seehra, Ernesto Canalis, R. Scott Pearsall, and Peter I. Croucher (Vol. 109, NO. 30, July 24, 2012, p. 12207-12212).
www.pnas.org/content/109/30/12207.abstract
B. “Amyloid precursor protein (APP) traffics from the cell surface via endosomes for amyloid {beta} (A{beta}) production in the trans-Golgi network,” by Regina Wai-Yan Choy, Zhiliang Cheng, and Randy Schekman (Vol. 109, NO. 30, July 24, 2012, p. E2077-E2082).
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CAAR – Public Library of Science (PLoS) Article – July 24, 2012
“Cerebral Activations Related to Ballistic, Stepwise Interrupted and Gradually Modulated Movements in Parkinson Patients,” Carolien M. Toxopeus, Natasha M. Maurits, Gopal Valsan, Gopal Valsan, Bernard A. Conway, Klaus L. Leenders, and Bauke M. de Jong (PLoS ONE 7(7): e41042. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0041042, XML, HTML, and .pdf format, 15p.).
www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0041042
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CAAR – Ministry of Manpower [Singapore] Report – July 24, 2012
“Retirement and Re-employment Practices, 2011,” (Paper No. 12/1, July 2012, .pdf format, 24p.).
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CAAR – Journal Table of Contents – July 24, 2012
American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry (Vol. 20, No. 8, August 2012).
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CAAR – KaiserEdu.org Tutorial – July 24, 2012
“Long Term Care,” by Jhamira Howard (July 2012, 19 slides with audio).
www.kaiseredu.org/Tutorials-and-Presentations/Long-Term-Care.aspx
KaiserEdu:
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CAAR – US National Institutes of Health Funding Opportunities – July 24, 2012
A. “Secondary Analyses of Comparative Effectiveness, Health Outcomes and Costs in Persons with Multiple Chronic Conditions (R21)” (RFA-AG-13-003, application deadline is Oct. 11, 2012, National Institute on Aging). For more information see:
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-AG-13-003.html
B. “Comparative Physiological Studies of Aging (R03)” (RFA-AG-13-005, application deadline is Oct. 19, 2012, National Institute on Aging). For more information see:
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-AG-13-005.html
C. “Grants for Early Medical/Surgical Specialists’ Transition to Aging Research (GEMSSTAR) (R03)” (RFA-AG-13-006, application deadline is Oct. 1, 2012, National Institute on Aging). For more information see:
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CAAR – British Medical Journal Article – July 24, 2012
“Impact of age and sex on primary preventive treatment for cardiovascular disease in the West Midlands, UK: cross sectional study,” by J.P. Sheppard, S. Singh, K. Fletcher, R.J. McManus, and J. Mant (BMJ 2012;345:e4535, Vol. 345, No. 7866, Jul. 21, 2012, .pdf format, 8p.). This article is available free of charge.
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July 23, 2012
CAAR – US Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Inspector General Report – July 23, 2012
A. “The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Did Not Reconcile Medicare Outlier Payments in Accordance With Federal Regulations and Guidance” (A-07-10-02764, June 2012, .pdf format, 21p.).
oig.hhs.gov/oas/reports/region7/71002764.asp
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CAAR – US Centers For Medicare And Medicaid Services Medicare Statistical Supplement Update – July 23, 2012
CMS’ Medicare and Medicaid Statistical Supplement has recently been updated (2012 edition, tables available in .zip compressed .pdf and Microsoft Excel format):
- Medicare Enrollment (Table 2.1 – 2.8):
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CAAR – Public Library of Science (PLoS) Articles – July 23, 2012
A. “Enhanced Keratinocyte Proliferation and Migration in Co-culture with Fibroblasts,” by Zhenxiang Wang, Ying Wang, Farhang Farhangfar, Monica Zimmer, and Yongxin Zhang (PLoS ONE 7(7): e40951. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0040951, XML, HTML, and .pdf format, 12p.).
www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0040951
B. “Use of Motor Abundance in Young and Older Adults during Dual-Task Treadmill Walking,” by Leslie M. Decker, Fabien Cignetti, Jane F. Potter, Stephanie A. Studenski, and Nicholas Stergiou (PLoS ONE 7(7): e41306. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0041306, XML, HTML, and .pdf format, 9p.).
www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0041306
C. “Association Study of Candidate Gene Polymorphisms with Amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment in a Chinese Population,” by Xiaoyan Liu, Chunxian Yue, Zhi Xu, Hao Shu, Mengjia Pu, Hui Yu, Yongmei Shi, Liying Zhuang, Xiaohui Xu, and Zhijun Zhang (PLoS ONE 7(7): e41198. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0041198, XML, HTML, and .pdf format, 7p.).
www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0041198
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