“Volume of Home- and Community-Based Services and Time to Nursing-Home Placement,” by Laura P. Sands, Huiping Xu, Joseph Thomas III, Sudeshna Paul, Bruce A. Craig, ,Marc Rosenman, Caroline C. Doebbeling, and Michael Weiner (Medicare and Medicaid Research Review, Vol. 2, No. 3, 2012 Q3, .pdf format, 21p.).
August 6, 2012
CAAR – AARP Report – August 6, 2012
“Keeping Watch: Building State Capacity to Oversee Medicaid Managed Long-Term Services and Supports,” by Debra Lipson, Jenna Libersky, Rachel Machta, Lynda Flowers and Wendy Fox-Grage (July 2012, .pdf format, 58p.).
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CAAR – Public Library of Science (PLoS) Articles – August 6, 2012
A. “Informing Evidence-Based Decision-Making for Patients with Comorbidity: Availability of Necessary Information in Clinical Trials for Chronic Diseases,” by Cynthia M. Boyd, Daniela Vollenweider, and Milo A. Puhan (PLoS ONE 7(8): e41601. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0041601, XML, HTML, and .pdf format, 8p.).
www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0041601
B. “Quantitative Normative Gait Data in a Large Cohort of Ambulatory Persons with Parkinson’s Disease,” by Chris J. Hass, Paul Malczak, Joe Nocera, Elizabeth L. Stegemöller, Aparna Shukala, Irene Malaty, Charles E. Jacobson, Michael S. Okun, and Nick McFarland (PLoS ONE 7(8): e42337. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0042337, XML, HTML, and .pdf format, 5p.).
www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0042337
C. “Effectiveness of Family Meetings for Family Caregivers on Delaying Time to Nursing Home Placement of Dementia Patients: A Randomized Trial,” by Karlijn J. Joling, Harm W. J. van Marwijk, Henriette E. van der Horst, Philip Scheltens, Peter M. van de Ven, Bregje A. Appels, and Hein P. J. van Hout (PLoS ONE 7(8): e42145. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0042145, XML, HTML, and .pdf format, 7p.).
www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0042145
D. “Technology Acceptance for an Intelligent Comprehensive Interactive Care (ICIC) System for Care of the Elderly: A Survey-Questionnaire Study,” by Alice M. K. Wong, Wei-Han Chang, Pei-Chih Ke, Chun-Kai Huang, Tsai-Hsuan Tsai, Hsien-Tsung Chang, Wann-Yun Shieh, Hsiao-Lung Chan, Chih-Kuang Chen, and Yu-Cheng Pei (PLoS ONE 7(8): e40591. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0040591, XML, HTML, and .pdf format, 7p.).
www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0040591
E. “Single-Channel Electrophysiology Reveals a Distinct and Uniform Pore Complex Formed by {alpha}-Synuclein Oligomers in Lipid Membranes,” by Felix Schmidt, Johannes Levin, Frits Kamp, Hans Kretzschmar, Armin Giese, and Kai Botzel (PLoS ONE 7(8): e42545. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0042545, XML, HTML, and .pdf format, 7p.).
www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0042545
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CAAR – Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research Data Release – August 6, 2012
“ICPSR’s National Addiction and HIV Data Archive Program (NAHDAP) announced the release of the following new dataset that may be of interest to researchers of aging on Aug. 5, 2012. Note: Some ICPSR studies are available only to ICPSR member institutions. To find out whether your organization is a member, and whether or not it supports ICPSR Direct downloading, see:
www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/ICPSR/administration/institutions
- Older Drug Users: A Life Course Study of Turning Points in Drug Use [in a large Southeastern Metropolitan Area], 2009-2010
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CAAR – Pension Research Council, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania Working Papers – August 6, 2012
A. “How Financial Advisers and Defined Contribution Plan Providers Educate Clients and Participants about Social Security,” by Mathew Greenwald, Andrew Biggs, and Lisa Schneider (WP2012-08, August 2012, .pdf format, 29p.). Note: Links to the abstract and full-text can be found at:
www.pensionresearchcouncil.org/publications/document.php?file=1018
B. “Harmonizing the Regulation of Financial Advisers,” by Arthur B. Laby (WP2012-16, August 2012, .pdf format, 44p.). Note: Links to the abstract and full-text can be found at:
www.pensionresearchcouncil.org/publications/document.php?file=1019
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CAAR – Human Mortality Database – August 6, 2012
Note: HMD requires free registration before providing data. The following updates have been added to the database:
- Data for Estonia were revised and updated through 2010 (Aug. 3, 2012).
www.mortality.org/cgi-bin/hmd/DataAvailability.php
- Data access.
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CAAR – US National Institutes of Health Funding Opportunities – August 6, 2012
“Estimating the Economic Costs of Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias (R01),” (PA-12-255, National Institute on Aging, application deadlines Feb. 5, June 5, and Oct. 5). Note: The opportunity links to two companion FOA: “Estimating the Economic Costs of Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias (R03),” (PA-12-253), and “Estimating the Economic Costs of Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias (R21),” (PA-12-254).
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CAAR – Journal Table of Contents – August 6, 2012
Journal of Gerontology (A): Biological Sciences (Vol. 67A, No. 8, August 2012).
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