– WLS 13.08 dataset is now available. Please see Change Notice #44 (September 16, 2020).
www.ssc.wisc.edu/wlsresearch/data/updates/change_notice/chnt_044.pdf
September 25, 2020
CAAR – Wisconsin Longitudinal Study Data Release – September 25, 2020
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CAAR – US Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Inspector General Report – September 25, 2020
“States Continued To Fall Short in Meeting Required Timeframes for Investigating Nursing Home Complaints: 2016-2018,” (OEI-01-19-00421, September 2020, .pdf format, 32p.).
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CAAR – University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School, Pension Research Council Working Paper – September 25, 2020
“The Market for Reverse Mortgages among Older Americans,” by Christopher Mayer and Stephanie Moulton (WP2020-22, September 2020, .pdf format, 48p.). Note: A link to the abstract and the full-text of this paper is available at:
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CAAR – UK Office for National Statistics Statistical Bulletins – September 25, 2020
A. “Life expectancy for local areas of the UK: between 2001 to 2003 and 2017 to 2019,” (September 2020, .pdf and HTML format, 14p.).
B. “National life tables – life expectancy in the UK: 2017 to 2019,” (September 2020, .pdf and HTML format, 15p.).
C. “Estimates of the very old, including centenarians, UK: 2002 to 2019,” (September 2020, .pdf and HTML format, 12p.).
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CAAR – Tables of Contents – September 25, 2020
Journal of Aging Studies (Vol. 54, October 2020).
www.sciencedirect.com/journal/journal-of-aging-studies/vol/54/suppl/C
Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease (Vol. 77, No. 2, 2020).
content.iospress.com/journals/journal-of-alzheimers-disease/77/2
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September 24, 2020
CAAR – US Senate Special Committee on Aging Hearing Testimony – September 24,2020
“Women and Retirement: Unique Challenges and Opportunities to Pave a Brighter Future,” a hearing held September 24, 2020 (witness statements available in .pdf format, video of the full hearing available at the site, running time 1 hour 38 minutes). Note: Hearing begins at the 16:08 mark.
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CAAR – US Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General Report – September 24, 2020
“CMS’s Monitoring Activities for Ensuring That Medicare Accountable Care Organizations Report Complete and Accurate Data on Quality Measures Were Generally Effective, but There Were Weaknesses That Could Be Improved,” (A-09-18-03033, September 2020, .pdf format, 19p.).
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CAAR – Tables of Contents – September 24, 2020
Journal of the American Geriatric Association (Vol. 68, No. 9, September 2020).
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September 23, 2020
CAAR – Employee Benefits Research Institute Issue Brief – September 23, 2020
“EBRI IRA Database: IRA Balances, Contributions, Rollovers, Withdrawals, and Asset Allocation, 2017 Update,” by Craig Copeland (September 2020, .pdf format, 54p.). Note: EBRI requires free registration prior to providing content.
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CAAR – Public Library of Science (PLoS) Articles – September 23, 2020
A. “Test-retest reliability of spatial navigation in adults at-risk of Alzheimer’s disease,” by Gillian Coughlan, Vaisakh Puthusseryppady, Ellen Lowry, Rachel Gillings, Hugo Spiers, Anne-Marie Minihane, and Michael Hornberger (PLoS ONE 15(9): e0239077. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0239077, XML, HTML, and .pdf format, 13p.).
journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0239077
B. “Familial Alzheimer’s disease mutations at position 22 of the amyloid {beta}-peptide sequence differentially affect synaptic loss, tau phosphorylation and neuronal cell death in an ex vivo system,” by Christian Tackenberg, Luka Kulic, and Roger M. Nitsch (PLoS ONE 15(9): e0239584. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0239584, XML, HTML, and .pdf format, 14p.).
journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0239584
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September 22, 2020
CAAR – Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Article Abstract – September 22, 2020
“Medin aggregation causes cerebrovascular dysfunction in aging wild-type mice,” by Karoline Degenhardt, Jessica Wagner, Angelos Skodras, Michael Candlish, Anna Julia Koppelmann, Katleen Wild, Rusheka Maxwell, Carola Rotermund, Felix von Zweydorf, Christian Johannes Gloeckner, Hannah A. Davies, Jillian Madine, Domenico Del Turco, Regina Feederle, Tammaryn Lashley, Thomas Deller, Philipp Kahle, Jasmin K. Hefendehl, Mathias Jucker, and Jonas J. Neher (Vol. 117, No. 38, September 22, 2020, p. 23925-23931).
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CAAR – Center for Retirement Research at Boston College Issue Brief – September 22, 2020
“Could State and Local DI Programs Shed Light on Trends in SSDI?” by Anek Belbase, Laura D. Quinby, and James Giles (SLP No. 72, September 2020, .pdf and Excel format, 8p.).
crr.bc.edu/briefs/could-state-and-local-di-programs-shed-light-on-trends-in-ssdi/
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CAAR – Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) [University of Bonn, Germany] Working Paper – September 22, 2020
“Are Older People Aware of Their Cognitive Decline? Misperception and Financial Decision Making,” by Fabrizio Mazzonna and Franco Peracchi (Discussion Paper No. 13725, September 2020, .pdf format, 45p.). Note: A link to the abstract and the full-text of this paper is available at:
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CAAR – Tables of Contents – September 22, 2020
Educational Gerontology (Vol. 46, No. 11, 2020).
www.tandfonline.com/toc/uedg20/46/11?nav=tocList
Gerontologist (Vol. 60, No. 7, October 2020).
academic.oup.com/gerontologist/issue/60/7
Journals of Gerontology (A): Biological Sciences (Vol. 75A, No. 9, September 2020).
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September 21, 2020
CAAR – US Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation Report – September 21, 2020
“Fiscal Year 2019 PBGC Projection Report,” (September 2020, .pdf format, 46p.).
www.pbgc.gov/sites/default/files/fy-2019-projections-report.pdf
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CAAR – Public Library of Science (PLoS) Article – September 21, 2020
“Evaluation of choroidal thickness in prodromal Alzheimer’s disease defined by amyloid PET,” by Alicia López-de-Eguileta, Carmen Lage, Sara López-García, Ana Pozueta, María García-Martínez, Martha Kazimierczak, María Bravo, María de Arcocha-Torres, Ignacio Banzo, Julio Jimenez-Bonilla, Andrea Cerveró, Alexander Goikoetxea, Eloy Rodríguez-Rodríguez, Pascual Sánchez-Juan,and Alfonso Casado (PLoS ONE 15(9): e0239484. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0239484, XML, HTML, and .pdf format, 15p.).
journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0239484
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CAAR – Demographic Research Article – September 21, 2020
“Population aging caused by a rise in the sex ratio at birth,” by Zhen Zhang and Qiang Li (Vol. 43, Article 32, September 2020, .pdf format, p. 969-992).
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September 17, 2020
CAAR – Public Library of Science (PLoS) Article – September 17, 2020
“Incidence, predictors, and timing of post-operative stroke following elective total hip arthroplasty and total knee arthroplasty,” by Monique S. Haynes, Kareme D. Alder, Kirthi Bellamkonda, Lovemore Kuzomunhu, and Jonathan N. Grauer (PLoS ONE 15(9): e0239239. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0239239, HTML, XML, and .pdf format, 12p.).
journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0239239
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September 15, 2020
CAAR – Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development Working Paper – September 15, 2020
“Revisiting the effect of statutory pension ages on the participation rate,” by David Turner and Hermes Morgavi (OECD Working Paper No. 1616, September 2020, .pdf format, 29p.). Note: A link to the abstract and the full-text of this paper is available at:
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CAAR – Human Mortality Database Data Release – September 15, 2020
– Finland revised and updated through 2019 (September 13, 2020).
– Revised numbers for Births and Deaths and the data for Spain remain through 2018 (Sept. 13, 2020).
– Revised numbers for Births and Deaths and the data for Japan remain through 2018 (Sept. 13, 2020).
www.mortality.org/Public/WhatsNew.php
Data access:
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Gerontechnology (Vol. 20, August 2020).
journal.gerontechnology.org/pastIssuesList.aspx?iid=124
Journal of Applied Gerontology (Vol. 39, No. 10, October 2020).
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September 14, 2020
CAAR – Public Library of Science (PLoS) Articles – September 14, 2020
A. “Differences between blacks and whites in well-being, beliefs, emotional states, behaviors and survival, 1978-2014,” by Zafar Zafari, Katherine M. Keyes, Boshen Jiao, Sharifa Z. Williams, and Peter Alexander Muennig (PLoS ONE 15(9): e0238919. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0238919, XML, HTML, and .pdf format, 14p.).
journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0238919
B. “The effect of age on visuomotor learning processes,” by Chad Michael Vachon, Shanaathanan Modchalingam, Bernard Marius ‘t Hart, and Denise Y. P. Henriques (PLoS ONE 15(9): e0239032. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0239032, XML, HTML, and .pdf format, 20p.).
journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0239032
C. “Foot rotation and the risk of falls in older women: A cross-sectional study,” by Mario Kasovic, Lovro Stefan, and Martin Zvonar (PLoS ONE 15(9): e0239065. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0239065, XML, HTML, and .pdf format, 7p.).
journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0239065
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CAAR – Australian Institute of Health and Welfare Report – September 14, 2020
“Palliative care services in Australia,” (September 2020, HTML format).
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CAAR – Family Caregiver Alliance Newsletter – September 14, 2020
Caregiving Policy Digest (Vol. 20, No. 6, September 14, 2020).
myemail.constantcontact.com/Caregiving-Policy-Digest—Vol–20–No–6.html
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CAAR – AGing, Independence, and Disability (AGID) Program Data Portal Data Release – September 14, 2020
Version 2.60: NEW National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR) (September 8, 2020).
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September 11, 2020
CAAR – US Census Bureau Report – September 11, 2020
“Africa Aging: 2020,” by Wan He, Isabella Aboderin, and Dzifa Adjaye-Gbewonyo (P95/20-1, September 2020, .pdf format, 125p.).
www.census.gov/content/dam/Census/library/publications/2020/demo/p95_20-1.pdf
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CAAR – Nature Article – September 11, 2020
Note: Check with your organization’s library for availability. “Age-induced accumulation of methylmalonic acid promotes tumour progression,” by Ana P. Gomes, Didem Ilter, Vivien Low, Jennifer E. Endress, Juan Fernández-García, Adam Rosenzweig, Tanya Schild, Dorien Broekaert, Adnan Ahmed, Melanie Planque, Ilaria Elia, Julie Han, Charles Kinzig, Edouard Mullarky, Anders P. Mutvei, John Asara, Rafael de Cabo, Lewis C. Cantley, Noah Dephoure, Sarah-Maria Fendt & John Blenis (Vol. 585, No. 7824, September 10, 2020, p. 283-287).
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September 10, 2020
CAAR – US Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Inspector General Report – September 10, 2020
“Billions in Estimated Medicare Advantage Payments From Diagnoses Reported Only on Health Risk Assessments Raise Concerns,” (OEI-03-17-00471, September 2020, .pdf format, 41p.).
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CAAR – Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Hearing Transcript – September 10, 2020
– An agenda and transcript of the September 3-4, 2020 meeting is available.
medpac.gov/-public-meetings-/meeting-details/september-2020-public-meeting
Transcript (.pdf format, 401p.):
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CAAR – US National Centers for Health Statistics Data Brief – September 10, 2020
“Antidepressant Use Among Adults: United States, 2015-2018,” by Debra J. Brody and Qiuping Gu (Data Brief No. 377, September 2020, .pdf and HTML format, 7p.).
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CAAR – Public Library of Science (PLoS) Article – September 10, 2020
“Trends in population blood pressure and prevalence, awareness, treatment and control of hypertension among older persons: The 2006 & 2015 National Health and Morbidity Survey in Malaysia,” by Bee Kiau Ho, Mohd Azahadi Omar, Rajini Sooryanarayana, Sazlina Shariff Ghazali, Sheleaswani bte Inche Zainal Abidin, Ambigga Krishnapillai, Suthahar Ariaratnam, Noorlaili Mohd Tohit, Nur Liana bt Abdul Majid, and Muhammad Fadhli bin Mohd Yusof (PLoS ONE 15(9): e0238780. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0238780, XML, HTML, and .pdf format, 13p.).
journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0238780
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September 9, 2020
CAAR – Journal of the American Medical Association Article Abstract – September 9, 2020
“Association of Clinician Health System Affiliation With Outpatient Performance Ratings in the Medicare Merit-based Incentive Payment System,” by Kenton J. Johnston, Timothy L. Wiemken, Jason M. Hockenberry, Jose F. Figueroa, and Karen E. Joynt Maddox (Vol. 324, No. 10, September 8, 2020, p. 984-992).
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CAAR – Employee Benefits Research Institute Issue Brief – September 9, 2020
“Money Can’t Buy Me Love, but It Might Buy Me Medicare: An Analysis of the Impact of a Medicare Buy-In Policy on Employers,” by Jake Spiegel (September 2020, .pdf format, 24p.). Note: EBRI requires free registration prior to providing access.
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CAAR – AARP Public Policy Institute Report – September 9, 2020
“Financial Access Challenges for Older Adults,” by Joe Valenti (September 2020, .pdf format, 12p.).
www.aarp.org/ppi/info-2020/financial-access-challenges-for-older-adults.html
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CAAR – Table of Contents – September 9, 2020
Health Affairs (Vol. 39, No. 9, September 2020).
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September 8, 2020
CAAR – US Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Inspector General Report – September 8, 2020
“National Background Check Program for Long Term Care Providers: Assessment of State Programs Concluded in 2019,” (OEI-07-20-00180, September 2020, .pdf format, 33p.).
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CAAR – Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Article – September 8, 2020
Note: Check with your organization’s library for availability. “Age-related loss of neural stem cell O-GlcNAc promotes a glial fate switch through STAT3 activation,” by Charles W. White III, Xuelai Fan, Jason C. Maynard, Elizabeth G. Wheatley, Gregor Bieri, Julien Couthouis, Alma L. Burlingame, and Saul A. Villeda (Vol. 117, No. 36, September 8, 2020, p. 22214-22224).
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CAAR – Australian Institute of Health and Welfare Reports – September 8, 2020
A. “Interfaces between the aged care and health systems in Australia—movements between aged care and hospital 2016–17,” (September 2020, .pdf format, 15p.).
www.aihw.gov.au/reports/aged-care/movements-between-aged-care-and-hospital/contents/summary
B. “Interfaces between the aged care and health systems in Australia—GP use by people living in permanent residential aged care 2012–13 to 2016–17,” (September 2020, .pdf format, 11p.).
www.aihw.gov.au/reports/aged-care/gp-use-by-people-in-permanent-residential-care/contents/summary
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September 3, 2020
CAAR – Center for Retirement Research at Boston College Issue Brief – September 3, 2020
“What Jobs Do Employers Want Older Workers to Do?” by Alicia H. Munnell, Gal Wettstein, and Abigail N. Walters (IB No. 20-13, September 2020, .pdf and Excel format, 6p.).
crr.bc.edu/briefs/what-jobs-do-employers-want-older-workers-to-do-2/
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CAAR – Urban Institute Brief – September 3, 2020
“Calibrating a Microsimulation Model of Medicare Policy Reform to Match Administrative Benchmarks for Enrollment and Spending,” by Diane Arnos, Bowen Garrett, Anuj Gangopadhyaya, and Adele Shartzer (September 2020, .pdf format, 12p.).
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CAAR – Human Mortality Database Data Release – September 3, 2020
– USA revised and updated through 2018 (August 30, 2020).
– France (Total & Civilian) revised and updated through 2018 (August 30, 2020).
www.mortality.org/Public/WhatsNew.php
Data access:
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September 2, 2020
CAAR – US National Center for Health Statistics Report – September 2, 2020
“U.S. Decennial Life Tables for 2009–2011, Methodology of the United States Life Tables,” by Elizabeth Arias, Sally C. Curtin, and Betzaida Tejada-Vera (National Vital Statistics Reports, Vol. 69, No. 10, August 2020, .pdf format, 11p.).
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CAAR – Kaiser Family Foundation Issue Briefs – September 2, 2020
A. “Overlooked and Undercounted: The Growing Impact of COVID-19 on Assisted Living Facilities,” by Sarah True, Nancy Ochieng, Juliette Cubanski, Priya Chidambaram, and Tricia Neuman (August 2020, HTML format).
B. “Key Questions About the Impact of Coronavirus on Long-Term Care Facilities Over Time,” by Priya Chidambaram (August 2020, .pdf format).
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CAAR – Public Library of Science (PLoS) Article – September 2, 2020
“Autobiographical emotional induction in older people through popular songs: Effect of reminiscence bump and enculturation,” by Marco A. López-Cano, Beatriz Navarro, Marta Nieto, Fernando Andrés-Pretel, and José M. Latorre (PLoS ONE 15(9): e0238434. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0238434, XML, HTML, and .pdf format, 25p.).
journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0238434
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CAAR – Tables of Contents – September 2, 2020
Ageing and Society (Vol. 40, No. 10, October 2020).
www.cambridge.org/core/journals/ageing-and-society/issue/4A21D8AF7D7236CECCA5B42B1ADD41C7
Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease (Vol. 77, No. 1, 2020).
content.iospress.com/journals/journal-of-alzheimers-disease/77/1
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August 31, 2020
CAAR – National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper – August 31, 2020
Links to an abstract are available. For full text availability check your organization’s library. “What Can Economics Say About Alzheimer’s Disease?” by Amitabh Chandra, Courtney Coile, and Corina Mommaerts (w27760, August 2020, .pdf format, 51p.).
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CAAR – Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Data Release – August 31, 2020
The US Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality has released a new MEPS data file (August 2020, data in .zip or self decompressing [.exe] ASCII text and SAS Transport format, with documentation in HTML and .pdf format, and Stats, SAS and SPSS programming statements in ASCII format).
– MEPS HC-209: 2018 Full Year Consolidated Data File
meps.ahrq.gov/mepsweb/data_stats/download_data_files_detail.jsp?cboPufNumber=HC-209
– MEPS HC-208: 2018 Person Round Plan Public Use File
meps.ahrq.gov/mepsweb/data_stats/download_data_files_detail.jsp?cboPufNumber=HC-208
– MEPS HC-207: 2018 Medical Conditions File
meps.ahrq.gov/mepsweb/data_stats/download_data_files_detail.jsp?cboPufNumber=HC-207
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CAAR – Tables of Contents – August 31, 2020
American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry (Vol. 28, No. 9, September 2020).
www.ajgponline.org/issue/S1064-7481(20)X0009-1
European Journal of Aging (Vol. 17, No. 3, September 2020).
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