American Journal of Epidemeology (Vol. 177, No. 5, Mar. 1, 2013).
February 28, 2013
CAAR – US Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General Report – February 28, 2013
“Skilled Nursing Facilities Often Fail To Meet Care Planning and Discharge Planning Requirements,” (OEI 02 09 00201, February 2013, .pdf format, 28p.).
oig.hhs.gov/oei/reports/oei-02-09-00201.asp
Related Podcast:
CAAR – US Senate Finance Committee Hearing Testimony – February 28, 2013
“Delivery System Reform: Progress Report from CMS,” a hearing held February 28, 2013 (witness statements available in .pdf format, full hearing can be viewed in Flash Player format, running time 1 hour 24 minutes).
www.finance.senate.gov/hearings/hearing/?id=f4d0fb58-5056-a032-527d-82eb37b66ba4
CAAR – UK Department of Work and Pension Reports – February 28, 2013
A. “Understanding the relationship between pensioner poverty and material deprivation,” by Mehul Kotecha, Sue Arthur and Steven Coutinho (Research Report No. 827, February 2013, .pdf format, 77p.).
research.dwp.gov.uk/asd/asd5/report_abstracts/rr_abstracts/rra_827.asp
B. “Understanding Material Deprivation Among Older People,” by Anna Bartlett, Claire Frew and Joanne Gilroy (In-House Research No. 14, February 2013, .pdf format, 45p.).
research.dwp.gov.uk/asd/asd5/report_abstracts/ihr_abstracts/ihr_014.asp
CAAR – Public Library of Science (PLoS) Articles – February 28, 2013
A. “Research on a Community-based Platform for Promoting Health and Physical Fitness in the Elderly Community,” by Tsai-Hsuan Tsai, Alice May-Kuen Wong, Chien-Lung Hsu, and Kevin C. Tseng (PLoS ONE 8(2): e57452. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0057452, XML, HTML, and .pdf format, 9p.).
www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0057452
B. “A Proposal for a Comprehensive Grading of Parkinson’s Disease Severity Combining Motor and Non-Motor Assessments: Meeting an Unmet Need,” by Kallol Ray Chaudhuri, Jose Manuel Rojo, Anthony H. V. Schapira, David J. Brooks, Fabrizio Stocchi, Per Odin, Angelo Antonini, Richard J. Brown, and Pablo Martinez-Martin (PLoS ONE 8(2): e57221. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0057221, XML, HTML, and .pdf format, 7p.).
www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0057221
C. “Detection of Amyloid Plaques Targeted by Bifunctional USPIO in Alzheimer’s Disease Transgenic Mice Using Magnetic Resonance Microimaging,” by Youssef Zaim Wadghiri, Jialin Li, Jinhuan Wang, Dung Minh Hoang, Yanjie Sun, Hong Xu, Wai Tsui, Yongsheng Li, Allal Boutajangout, Andrew Wang, Mony de Leon, and Thomas Wisniewski (PLoS ONE 8(2): e57097. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0057097, XML, HTML, and .pdf format, 10p.).
www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0057097
CAAR – Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Data Release: Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Data Release – February 28, 2013
The US Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality has released several new MEPS data files (February 2013, 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).
- MEPS HC-141: 2011 Full Year Population Characteristics
meps.ahrq.gov/mepsweb/data_stats/download_data_files_detail.jsp?cboPufNumber=HC-141
CAAR – Department of Health/An Roinn Slainte [Ireland] Report – February 28, 2013
“National Strategy On Dementia: Summary Of Consultation Process,” (February 2013, .pdf format, 31p.).
www.dohc.ie/publications/pdf/NatStratDemetia_SummaryConsultation.pdf
CAAR – Royal Automobile Club (RAC) Foundation [London] Report – February 28, 2013
“Driving Choices for the Older Motorist: The role of self-assessment tools,” by Britta Lang, Andrew Parkes, and Kristen Fernandez Medina (February 2013, .pdf format, 106p.).
CAAR – Journal Table of Contents – February 28, 2013
Educational Gerontology (Vol. 39, No. 5, May 2013).
www.ingentaconnect.com/content/routledg/uedg/2013/00000039/00000005
February 27, 2013
CAAR – Brookings Institution Report – February 27, 2013
“Transitioning to Bundled Payments in Medicare,” by Michael Chernew and Dana Goldman (February 2013, .pdf format, 8p.).
www.brookings.edu/research/papers/2013/02/transition-bundled-payments-medicare
CAAR – Public Library of Science (PLoS) Article – February 27, 2013
“Childhood Trauma and PTSD Symptoms Increase the Risk of Cognitive Impairment in a Sample of Former Indentured Child Laborers in Old Age,” by Andrea Burri, Andreas Maercker, Sandy Krammer, and Keti Simmen-Janevska (PLoS ONE 8(2): e57826. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0057826, XML, HTML, and .pdf format, 8p.).
www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0057826
CAAR – US Senate Special Committee on Aging Hearing Testimony – February 27, 2013
“Strengthening Medicare for Today and the Future,” a hearing held February 27, 2013 (witness statements are available in .pdf format, full hearing can be viewed in Flash format, running time 2 hours 49 minutes).
CAAR – US House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Health Hearing Testimony – February 27, 2013
“Fostering Innovation to Fight Waste, Fraud, and Abuse in Health Care,” a hearing held February 27, 2013 (witness statements available in .pdf format, full hearing can be viewed in Flash Player format, running time).
energycommerce.house.gov/hearing/fostering-innovation-fight-waste-fraud-and-abuse-health-care
CAAR – Journal Tables of Contents – February 27, 2013
Ageing International (Vol. 38, No. 1, March 2013).
link.springer.com/journal/12126/38/1/page/1
Annual Review of Gerontology and Geriatrics (Vol. 33, No. 1, 2013).
www.ingentaconnect.com/content/springer/argg/2013/00000033/00000001
February 26, 2013
CAAR – US House Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Health Hearing Testimony – February 26, 2013
“Examining Traditional Medicare’s Benefit Design,” a hearing held February 26, 2013 (witness statements available in .pdf format).
waysandmeans.house.gov/calendar/eventsingle.aspx?EventID=320447
CAAR – European Central Bank Working Paper – February 26, 2013
“Employment duration and shifts into retirement in the EU,” by Ted Aranki and Corrado Macchiarelli (Working Paper No. 1517, February 2013, .pdf format, 34p.).
Abstract:
The decision to cease working is traditionally influenced by a wide set of socio-economic and environmental variables. In this paper, we study transitions out of work for 26 EU countries over the period 2004-2009 in order to investigate the determinants of retirement based on the Eurostat Survey on Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC). Applying standard survivor analysis tools to describe exits into retirement, we do not find any significant differences in the patterns into retirement between the average euro area and EU non-euro area countries. Moreover, we find that shifts into retirement have increased during the onset of the 2009 economic and financial crisis. Income, together with flexible working arrangements, is found to be important as regards early retirement decisions, compared to retiring beyond the legal retirement age. Finally, we show that institutional measures (such as, state/health benefits, minimum retirement age) could not be sufficient alone if individuals withdraw earlier from the labour market due to a weakening of their health. Especially, these latter results are of importance for structural and macroeconomic policy, for instance, in increasing the employment of both people and hours worked against the background of population ageing.
CAAR – Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Article Abstract – February 26, 2013
“Augmenting CNS glucocerebrosidase activity as a therapeutic strategy for parkinsonism and other Gaucher-related synucleinopathies,” by S. Pablo Sardi, Jennifer Clarke, Catherine Viel, Monyrath Chan, Thomas J. Tamsett, Christopher M. Treleaven, Jie Bu, Lindsay Sweet, Marco A. Passini, James C. Dodge, W. Haung Yu, Richard L. Sidman, Seng H. Cheng, and Lamya S. Shihabuddin (Vol. 110, No. 9, February 26, 2013, .pdf and HTML format, p. 3537-3542). Note: PNAS is providing open access to the full-text of this article.
CAAR – Public Library of Science (PLoS) Article – February 26, 2013
“Availability and Readability of Emergency Preparedness Materials for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing and Older Adult Populations: Issues and Assessments,” by Linda Neuhauser, Susan L. Ivey, Debbie Huang, Alina Engelman, Winston Tseng, Donna Dahrouge, Sidhanta Gurung, and Melissa Kealey (PLoS ONE 8(2): e55614. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0055614, XML, HTML, and .pdf format, 11p.).
www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0055614
CAAR – Lancet Article – February 26, 2013
Note: Lancet requires free registration before providing content: “New set of Alzheimer’s trials focus on prevention,” by Zoe Corbyn (World Report, Vol. 381, No. 9867, Feb. 23, 2013, HTML and .pdf format, p. 614-615_).
www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736%2813%2960330-X/fulltext
CAAR – US Congressional Budget Office Article – February 26, 2013
“How Have CBO’s Projections of Spending for Medicare and Medicaid Changed Since the August 2012 Baseline?” by Doug Elmendorf (February 2013).
February 25, 2013
CAAR – Nature Neuroscience Article Abstract – February 25, 2013
“Prefrontal atrophy, disrupted NREM slow waves and impaired hippocampal-dependent memory in aging,” by Bryce A. Mander, Vikram Rao, Brandon Lu, Jared M. Saletin, John R. Lindquist, Sonia Ancoli-Israel, William Jagust & Matthew P. Walker (Vol. 16, No. 3, March 2013, p. 357-364).
CAAR – Australian Department of Health and Ageing Report – February 25, 2013
“The Aged Care Workforce 2012: Final Report,” by Debra King, Kostas Mavromaras, Bryan He, Joshua Healy, Kirsten Macaitis, Megan Moskos, Llainey Smith, and Zhang Wei (February 2013, .pdf format, 189p.).
www.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/Content/ageing-nat-agedcare-workforce-census-survey
CAAR – Family Caregiver Alliance Periodical – February 25, 2013
Caregiving PolicyDigest (Vol. 13, No. 1, February 19, 2013).
CAAR – Conferencealerts.Com Palliative Care – February 25, 2013
- 12th Australian Palliative Care Conference — Canberra, Australia (Sept. 3-6, 2013).
- CAG2013: Aging…from Cells to Society Halifax, Canada (Oct. 17-19, 2013).
CAAR – Journal Table of Contents – February 25, 2013
Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology (Vol. 28, No. 1, March 2013).
CAAR – Association of Religious Data Archives (Pennsylvania State University) Data Release – February 25, 2013
ARDA announced the release of the following data file from Jan. 25, 2013, that may be of interest to researchers in aging.
National Survey on Discrimination in Mexico, Elderly Population
www.thearda.com/Archive/Files/Descriptions/RELELD.asp
The ARDA:
CAAR – US Department of Health and Social Services, Office of the Inspector General Report – February 25, 2013
“Comparison of Average Sales Prices and Average Manufacturer Prices: An Overview of 2011″ (OEI-03-12-00670, February 2013, .pdf format, 29p.).
February 22, 2013
CAAR – US Senate Special Committee on Aging Hearing Report – February 22, 2013
“America’s Invisible Epidemic: Preventing Elder Financial Abuse,” a hearing held November 15, 2013 (S. Hrg. 112-716, .pdf and ASCII text, 169p.).
PDF:
www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CHRG-112shrg78020/pdf/CHRG-112shrg78020.pdf
ASCII:
www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CHRG-112shrg78020/html/CHRG-112shrg78020.htm
CAAR – UK Office for National Statistics Statistical Bulletins – February 22, 2013
A. “Trends in Mortality by NS-SEC at Older Ages in England and Wales, 1982-86 to 2002-06,” (February 2013, .pdf and HTML format, 26p.).
B. “2012 Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings: Summary of Pension Results,” (February 2013, .pdf and HTML format, 20p.).
CAAR – HSBC Report – February 22, 2013
“The Future of Retirement: A new reality,” (February 2013, .pdf format, 42p.).
CAAR – Public Library of Science (PLoS) Articles – February 22, 2013
A. “Internet-Based Screening for Dementia Risk,” by Jason Brandt, Campbell Sullivan, Larry E. Burrell, Mark Rogerson, and Allan Anderson (PLoS ONE 8(2): e57476. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0057476, XML, HTML, and .pdf format, 7p.).
www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0057476
B. “Preliminary Study on the Effectiveness of Short Group Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (GCBT) on Indonesian Older Adults,” by Dharmayati Utoyo Lubis, Edo Sebastian Jaya, Retha Arjadi, Lathifah Hanum, Kresna Astri, and Maha Decha Dwi Putri (PLoS ONE 8(2): e57198. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0057198, XML, HTML, and .pdf format, 10p.).
www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0057198
C. “The Relationship between Cortical Blood Flow and Sub-Cortical White-Matter Health across the Adult Age Span,” by J. Jean Chen, H. Diana Rosas, and David H. Salat (PLoS ONE 8(2): e56733. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0056733, XML, HTML, and .pdf format, 12p.).
www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0056733
D. “Is Drug Treatment for Dementia Followed Up in Primary Care? A Swedish Study of Dementia Clinics and Referring Primary Care Centres,” by Lars Sonde and Kristina Johnell (PLoS ONE 8(2): e57161. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0057161, XML, HTML, and .pdf format, 5p.).
www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0057161
E. “C9ORF72 Repeat Expansion in Australian and Spanish Frontotemporal Dementia Patients,” by Carol Dobson-Stone, Marianne Hallupp, Clement T. Loy, Elizabeth M. Thompson, Eric Haan, Carolyn M. Sue, Peter K. Panegyres, Cristina Razquin, Manuel Seijo-Martínez, Ramon Rene, Jordi Gascon, Jaume Campdelacreu, Birgit Schmoll, Alexander E. Volk, William S. Brooks, Peter R. Schofield, Pau Pastor, and John B. J. Kwok (PLoS ONE 8(2): e56899. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0056899, XML, HTML, and .pdf format, 6p.).
www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0056899
F. “Effect of Bcl-2 rs956572 Polymorphism on Age-Related Gray Matter Volume Changes,” by Mu-En Liu, Chu-Chung Huang, Albert C. Yang, Pei-Chi Tu, Heng-Liang Yeh, Chen-Jee Hong, Jin-Fan Chen, Ying-Jay Liou, Ching-Po Lin, and Shih-Jen Tsai (PLoS ONE 8(2): e56663. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0056663, XML, HTML, and .pdf format, 7p.).
www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0056663
February 21, 2013
CAAR – US Social Security Administration, Research, Statistics, and Policy Analysis Periodicals – February 21, 2013
A. SSI Monthly Statistics, January 2013 (February 2013, HTML and .pdf format).
www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/statcomps/ssi_monthly/2013-01/index.html
B. Monthly Statistical Snapshot, January 2013 (February 2013, HTML and .pdf format, 3p. ).
www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/quickfacts/stat_snapshot/2013-01.html
CAAR – US National Institutes of Health Funding Opportunities – February 21, 2013
“Regional and International Differences in Health and Longevity at Older Ages (R01),” (PA-13-125, National Institute on Aging, application deadlines Feb. 5, June 5, Oct. 5). Note: There are two companion funding opportunities: “Regional and International Differences in Health and Longevity at Older Ages (R03),” (PA-13-123); and, “Regional and International Differences in Health and Longevity at Older Ages (R21),” (PA-13-124).
CAAR – Employee Benefit Research Institute Periodical – February 21, 2013
EBRI Notes (Vol. 34, No. 2, February 2013, .pdf format). Note: There are two articles in this issue: “Debt of the Elderly and Near Elderly, 1992-2010,” by Craig Copeland; and, “Employer and Worker Contributions to Health Reimbursement Arrangements and Health Savings Accounts, 2006-2012,” by Paul Fronstin.
www.ebri.org/publications/notes/index.cfm?fa=notesDisp&content_id=5166
CAAR – Center for Retirement Research at Boston College Issue Brief – February 21, 2013
“Will Regulations to Reduce IRA Fees Work?” by Alicia H. Munnell, Anthony Webb and Francis M. Vitagliano (IB No. 13-2, February 2013, .pdf format, 11p.).
CAAR – Center for Retirement Research at Boston College Working Papers – February 21, 2013
A. “The Use of VA Disability Benefits and Social Security Disability Insurance Among Veterans,” by Janet M. Wilmoth, Andrew S. London and Colleen M. Heflin (WP No. 2013-06, February 2013, .pdf format, 25p.). Note: Links to the abstract and full-text can be found at:
B. “How Does the Composition of Disability Insurance Applicants Change Across Business Cycles?” by Norma B. Coe and Matthew S. Rutledge (WP No. 2013-05, February 2013, .pdf format, 36p.). Note: Links to the abstract and full-text can be found at:
C. “The Economic Implications of the Department of Labor’s 2010 Proposals for Broker-Dealers,” by Alicia H. Munnell, Anthony Webb and Francis M. Vitagliano (WP No. 2013-04, February 2013, .pdf format, 44p.). Note: Links to the abstract and full-text can be found at:
CAAR – Public Library of Science (PLoS) Medicine Article – February 21, 2013
“Prevalence of Age-Related Macular Degeneration in Nakuru, Kenya: A Cross-Sectional Population-Based Study,” by Wanjiku Mathenge, Andrew Bastawrous, Tunde Peto, Irene Leung, Allen Foster, and Hannah Kuper (PLoS Med 10(2): e1001393. doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1001393, XML, HTML, and .pdf format, 11p.).
www.plosmedicine.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001393
CAAR – Springer Publishing Book – February 21, 2013
Annual Review of Gerontology and Geriatrics: Healthy Longevity, edited by Jean-Marie Robine, Carol Jagger, and Eileen Crimmins (Vol. 33, February 2013, ISBN-13: 9780826109941, 280p.).
CAAR – Journal Tables of Contents – February 21, 2013
Ageing and Society (Vol. 33, No. 3, April 2013).
journals.cambridge.org/action/displayIssue?decade=2010&jid=ASO&volumeId=33&issueId=03&iid=8840707
International Psychogeriatrics (Vol. 25, No. 4, April 2013).
journals.cambridge.org/action/displayIssue?decade=2010&jid=IPG&volumeId=25&issueId=04&iid=8840648
CAAR – US Deparment of Health and Human Services, Office of the Inspector General Report – February 21, 2013
“Part B Payments for Drugs Infused Through Durable Medical Equipment” (OEI-12-12-00310, February 2013, .pdf format, 18p.).
February 20, 2013
CAAR – UK Parliamentary Library Research Note – February 20, 2013
“Pensions: income drawdown,” by Djuna Thurley (SN00712, February 2013, .pdf format, 31p.).
CAAR – Encore Careers Purpose Prize – February 20, 2013
Encore.org is now accepting nominations for their 2013 Purpose Prize. For more information see:
More information about the Purpose Prize, click on “About” and “How it Works.” Application deadline is Apr. 4, 2013.
More information about Encore Careers:
February 19, 2013
CAAR – Employee Benefit Research Institute Issue Brief – February 19, 2013
“Income Composition, Income Trends, and Income Shortfalls of Older Households,” by Sudipto Banerjee (EBRI Issue Brief No. 383, February 2013, .pdf format, 20p.).
www.ebri.org/publications/ib/index.cfm?fa=ibDisp&content_id=5161
CAAR – Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Article Abstract – February 19, 2013
“Innate immunity receptor CD36 promotes cerebral amyloid angiopathy,” by Laibaik Park, Joan Zhou, Ping Zhou, Rose Pistick, Sleiman El Jamal, Linda Younkin, Joseph Pierce, Andrea Arreguin, Josef Anrather, Steven G. Younkin, George A. Carlson, Bruce S. McEwen, and Costantino Iadecola (Vol. 110, No. 8, February 19, 2013, p. 3089-3094).
CAAR – Public Library of Science (PLoS) Articles – February 19, 2013
A. “Pharmacological Characterization of Memoquin, a Multi-Target Compound for the Treatment of Alzheimer’s Disease,” by Valeria Capurro, Perrine Busquet, Joao Pedro Lopes, Rosalia Bertorelli, Glauco Tarozzo, Maria Laura Bolognesi, Daniele Piomelli, Angelo Reggiani, and Andrea Cavalli (PLoS ONE 8(2): e56870. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0056870, XML, HTML, and .pdf format, 8p.).
www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0056870
B. “Cerebral Neovascularization and Remodeling Patterns in Two Different Models of Type 2 Diabetes,” by Roshini Prakash, Maribeth Johnson, Susan C. Fagan, and Adviye Ergul (PLoS ONE 8(2): e56264. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0056264, XML, HTML, and .pdf format, 11p.).
www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0056264
CAAR – Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research Data/National Archive of Criminal Justice Data Data Release – February 19, 2013
ICPSR’s National Archive of Criminal Justice Data announced the release of the following new datasets that may be of interest to researchers of aging on Jan. 13, 2013. 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
- National Elder Mistreatment Study, 2008 [United States] (study number 28561).
CAAR – Journal Tables of Contents – February 19, 2013
American Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Dementias (Vol. 28, No. 1, February 2013).
aja.sagepub.com/content/28/1.toc
Experimental Aging Research (Vol. 39, No. 2, 2013).
February 18, 2013
CAAR – National Health and Aging Trends Study [NHATS] Data Release – February 18, 2013
“National Health and Aging Trends Study (NHATS) Round 1 Sensitive Data,” (February 2013, SAS and Stata format). NHATS is providing access to three sensitive data files: National Study of Caregiving (NSOC), NHATS Round 1 Sample Person (SP) Sensitive Demographic file, and NHATS Other Person (OP) Sensitive Demographic Round 1 file. Procedures for getting access to the sensitive data are vailable at:
CAAR – Michigan Retirement Research Center Newsletter – February 18, 2013
MRRC Newsletter (Vol. 13, No. 2, February 2013, HTML and .pdf format, 4p.).
www.mrrc.isr.umich.edu/publications/newsletters/newsletter_item.cfm?NewsletterID=1018