“Improving Patient Decision-Making in Health Care: A 2012 Dartmouth Atlas Series,” (November 2012, .pdf and zipped Excel format). There are four reports that are currently available:
- The New England region
- The Middle Atlantic region
- The South Atlantic region
- The Great Lakes region
“Older Americans Act: Options to Better Target Need and Improve Equity,” (GAO-13-74, November 2012, .pdf format, 60p.).
www.gao.gov/products/GAO-13-74
“Home and Community-Based Services in Assisted Living Facilities,” (OEI-09-08-00360, December 2012, .pdf format, 23p.).
A. “Direct three-dimensional visualization of membrane disruption by amyloid fibrils,” by Lilia Milanesi, Tania Sheynis, Wei-Feng Xue, Elena V. Orlova, Andrew L. Hellewell, Raz Jelinek, Eric W. Hewitt, Sheena E. Radford, and Helen R. Saibil (Vol. 109, No. 50, December 11, 2012, p. 20455-20460).
www.pnas.org/content/109/50/20455.abstract
B. “CCR2 chemokine receptor signaling mediates pain in experimental osteoarthritis,” by Rachel E. Miller, Phuong B. Tran, Rosalina Das, Nayereh Ghoreishi-Haack, Dongjun Ren, Richard J. Miller, and Anne-Marie Malfait (Vol. 109, No. 50, December 11, 2012, p. 20602-20607).
www.pnas.org/content/109/50/20602.abstract
C. “Prefrontal D1 dopamine signaling is required for temporal control,” by Nandakumar S. Narayanan, Benjamin B. Land, John E. Solder, Karl Deisseroth, and Ralph J. DiLeone (Vol. 109, No. 50, December 11, 2012, p. 20726-20731).
“How Well Do Americans Anticipate Their Health Care Expenses in Retirement?” by Allison K. Hoffman, Howell E. Jackson (WB116, September 2012, .pdf and HTML format, 5p.).
“On the Socio-Economic Determinants of Frailty: Findings from Panel and Retrospective Data from SHARE,” by Nicolas Sirven (Working Paper No. 52, December 2012, .pdf format, 29p.).
Abstract:
Recent studies on the demand for long-term care emphasised the role of frailty as a specific precursor of disability besides chronic diseases. Frailty is defined as vulnerable health status resulting from the reduction of individuals’ reserve capacity. This medical concept is brought here in an economic framework in order to investigate the role social policies may play in preventing disability or maintaining life quality of people in a disablement process.
Using four waves of panel data from the Survey on Health, Ageing, and Retirement in Europe (SHARE), a frailty index is created as a count measure for five physiologic criteria (Fried model) for respondents aged 50+ in 10 European countries, between 2004 and 2011.
The longitudinal dimension is explored in two ways. First, differences in frailty dynamics over a seven-year-time period are analysed through variables that are relevant for social policy (income maintenance, housing adaptation, and prevention of social isolation) in a panel model for count data with fixed effects. Second, the individual fixed effects are decomposed by means of a random effects model with Mundlak specification. SHARE additional retrospective data on life history (SHARELIFE) are then used to investigate differences in frailty levels.
The results reveal the presence of various sources of social inequalities over the life-course. Social Protection Systems thus appear to play a major role in accompanying, preventing or reducing the frailty process. Several policy implications are suggested.
www.irdes.fr/EspaceAnglais/Publications/WorkingPapers/DT52SocioEconomicDeterminantsFrailty.pdf
A. “Older Carers,” (Australian Social Trends, December 2012, .pdf and HTML format, 5p.).
HTML:
www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/Lookup/4102.0Main+Features40Dec+2012
PDF:
B. “People identified as having dementia or Alzheimer’s disease,” (Australian Social Trends, December 2012, .pdf and HTML format, 6p.).
HTML:
www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/Lookup/4102.0Main+Features50Dec+2012
PDF:
“Premium-only Aged Residential Care Facilities and Stand-down Provisions for Mixed Facilities: Discussion document,” (December 2012, .pdf and Word format, 12p.).
“Debate on 14 December: Older People – Lords Library Note,” by Matthew Purvis and Russell Taylor (LLN 2012/43, December 2012, .pdf format, 23p.).
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