“Illinois, Massachusetts, Ohio, and Washington: Financial Alignment Demonstrations for Dual Eligible Beneficiaries Compared” (Policy Brief, March 2013, .pdf format, 8p.).
March 19, 2013
CAAR – Employee Benefit Research Institute Issue Brief – March 19, 2013
“EBRI’s 2013 Retirement Confidence Survey: Perceived Savings Needs Outpace Reality for Many,” by Ruth Helman, Nevin Adams, Craig Copeland, and Jack VanDerhei (EBRI Issue Brief No. 384, March 2013, .pdf format, 36p.).
www.ebri.org/publications/ib/index.cfm?fa=ibDisp&content_id=5175
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CAAR – Alzheimer’s Association Report – March 19, 2013
“2013 Alzheimer’s Disease Facts and Figures,” (March 2013, .pdf format, 68p.).
www.alz.org/alzheimers_disease_facts_and_figures.asp
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CAAR – Care Quality Commission [UK] Report – March 19, 2013
“Time to listen: Dignity and nutrition in NHS hospitals,” (March 2013, .pdf format, 33p.).
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CAAR – UK Joint Committee on the Draft Care and Support Bill Report – March 19, 2013
“Draft Care and Support Bill,” (March 2013, .pdf and HTML format, 127p.).
PDF:
www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/jt201213/jtselect/jtcare/143/143.pdf
HTML:
www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/jt201213/jtselect/jtcare/143/14302.htm
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CAAR – Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) [University of Bonn, Germany] Working Paper – March 19, 2013
“How Sensitive Are Individual Retirement Expectations to Raising the Retirement Age?” by Andries de Grip, Didier Fouarge, and Raymond Montizaan (Discussion Paper No. 7269, March 2013, .pdf format, 38p.). Note: Links to the abstract and full-text can be found at:
www.iza.org/en/webcontent/publications/papers/viewAbstract?dp_id=7269
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CAAR – Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Article Abstracts – March 19, 2013
A. “Genome-wide scan of healthy human connectome discovers SPON1 gene variant influencing dementia severity,” by Neda Jahanshad, Priya Rajagopalan, Xue Hua, Derrek P. Hibar, Talia M. Nir, Arthur W. Toga, Clifford R. Jack, Jr, Andrew J. Saykin, Robert C. Green, Michael W. Weiner, Sarah E. Medland, Grant W. Montgomery, Narelle K. Hansell, Katie L. McMahon, Greig I. de Zubicaray, Nicholas G. Martin, Margaret J. Wright, Paul M. Thompson, and the Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (Vol. 110, No. 12, March 19, 2013, .pdf and HTML format, p. 4768-4773). Note: PNAS is providing open access to the full-text of this article.
www.pnas.org/content/110/12/4768.abstract.html?etoc
B. “Exaggerated phase-amplitude coupling in the primary motor cortex in Parkinson disease,” by Coralie de Hemptinne, Elena S. Ryapolova-Webb, Ellen L. Air, Paul A. Garcia, Kai J. Miller, Jeffrey G. Ojemann, Jill L. Ostrem, Nicholas B. Galifianakis, and Philip A. Starr (Vol. 110, No. 12, March 19, 2013, p. 4780-4785).
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CAAR – Public Library of Science (PLoS) Articles – March 19, 2013
A. “Receiving Palliative Treatment Moderates the Effect of Age and Gender on Demoralization in Patients with Cancer,” by Sigrun Vehling, Karin Oechsle, Uwe Koch, and Anja Mehnert (PLoS ONE 8(3): e59417. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0059417, XML, HTML, and .pdf format, 8p.).
www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0059417
B. “Prevalence of Symptomatic Heart Failure with Reduced and with Normal Ejection Fraction in an Elderly General Population-The CARLA Study,” by Daniel Tiller, Martin Russ, Karin Halina Greiser, Sebastian Nuding, Henning Ebelt, Alexander Kluttig, Jan A. Kors, Joachim Thiery, Mathias Bruegel, Johannes Haerting, and Karl Werdan (PLoS ONE 8(3): e59225. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0059225, XML, HTML, and .pdf format, 9p.).
www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0059225
C. “Atrophy Rates in Asymptomatic Amyloidosis: Implications for Alzheimer Prevention Trials,” by K. Abigail Andrews, Marc Modat, Kate E. Macdonald, Tom Yeatman, M. Jorge Cardoso, Kelvin K. Leung, Josephine Barnes, Victor L. Villemagne, Christopher C. Rowe, Nick C. Fox, Sebastien Ourselin, and Jonathan M. Schott, the Australian Imaging Biomarkers , Lifestyle Flagship Study of Ageing (PLoS ONE 8(3): e58816. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0058816, XML, HTML, and .pdf format, 8p.).
www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0058816
D. “Age-Dependent Neuroplasticity Mechanisms in Alzheimer Tg2576 Mice Following Modulation of Brain Amyloid-{beta} Levels,” by Anna M. Lilja, Jennie Rojdner, Tamanna Mustafiz, Carina M. Thome, Elisa Storelli, Daniel Gonzalez, Christina Unger-Lithner, Nigel H. Greig, Agneta Nordberg, and Amelia Marutle (PLoS ONE 8(3): e58752. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0058752, XML, HTML, and .pdf format, 11p.).
www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0058752
E. “Mitral and Tufted Cells Are Potential Cellular Targets of Nitration in the Olfactory Bulb of Aged Mice,” by Myung Jae Yang, Sooyeon Sim, Ji Hyun Jeon, Eojin Jeong, Hyoung-Chin Kim, Yong-Jin Park, and In-Beom Kim (PLoS ONE 8(3): e59673. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0059673, XML, HTML, and .pdf format, 11p.).
www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0059673
F. “Incident Hip Fractures among Community Dwelling Persons with Alzheimer’s Disease in a Finnish Nationwide Register-Based Cohort,” by Anna-Maija Tolppanen, Piia Lavikainen, Hilkka Soininen, and Sirpa Hartikainen (PLoS ONE 8(3): e59124. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0059124, XML, HTML, and .pdf format, 6p.).
www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0059124
G. “Make Vitamin D While the Sun Shines, Take Supplements When It Doesn’t: A Longitudinal, Observational Study of Older Adults in Tasmania, Australia,” by Jane K. Pittaway, Kiran D. K. Ahuja, Jeffrey M. Beckett, Marie-Louise Bird, Iain K. Robertson, and Madeleine J. Ball (PLoS ONE 8(3): e59063. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0059063, XML, HTML, and .pdf format, 9p.).
www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0059063
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CAAR – US National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke Conference – March 19, 2013
“Alzheimer’s Disease-Related Dementias: Research Challenges and Opportunities,” to be held May 1-2, 2013 in Bethesda, Maryland. For more information see:
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CAAR – HelpAge International Report: – March 19, 2013
“The Situation of Older Persons in Myanmar: Results from the 2012 Survey of Older Persons,” by John Knodel (March 2013, .pdf format, 117p.). The report is linked to from a HelpAge blog article: “New report reveals insight into the situation of older people in Myanmar,” by Jessie George (Mar. 12, 2013)
More information about HelpAge:
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