“Effect of a Community Health Worker–Delivered Personal Sound Amplification Device on Self-Perceived Communication Function in Older Adults With Hearing Loss: A Randomized Clinical Trial,” by Carrie L. Nieman, Joshua Betz, Emmanuel E. Garcia Morales, PhD2; Jonathan J. Suen, Jami Trumbo, Nicole Marrone, Hae-Ra Han, Sarah L. Szanton, and Frank R. Lin (Vol. 328, No. 23, December 20, 2022, p. 2324-2333).
December 23, 2022
CAAR – Journal of the American Medical Association Article Abstract – December 23, 2022
CAAR – US National Center for Health Statistics Data Brief – December 23, 2022
“Mortality in the United States, 2021,” by Jiaquan Xu, Sherry L. Murphy, Kenneth D. Kochanek, and Elizabeth Arias (Data Brief No. 456, December 2022, .pdf and HTML format, 7p.).
December 22, 2022
CAAR – US Social Security Administration, Research, Statistics, and Policy Analysis Periodicals – December 22, 2022
A. International Update, December 2022 (December 2022, .pdf and HTML format, 3p.).
www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/progdesc/intl_update/2022-12/index.html
B. SSI Monthly Statistics, November 2022 (December 2022, .pdf and Excel format, 20p.).
www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/statcomps/ssi_monthly/2022-11/index.html
CAAR – US Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Inspector General Report, Data Brief – December 22, 2022
A. “Mandated Analysis of Home Health Service Utilization From January 2016 Through March 2022,” (A-05-20-00031, December 2022, .pdf format, 20p.).
oig.hhs.gov/oas/reports/region5/52000031.asp
B. “Medicare Part B Spending on Lab Tests Increased in 2021, Driven By Higher Volume of COVID-19 Tests, Genetic Tests, and Chemistry Tests,” (OEI-09-22-00400, December 2022, .pdf format, 13p.).
CAAR – Public Library of Science (PLoS) Article – December 22, 2022
“Family caregivers’ perspectives on the acceptability of four interventions proposed for rural transitional care: A multi-method study,” by Mary T. Fox, Jeffrey I. Butler, Souraya Sidani, Manal M. Alzghoul, Mark Skinner, Travis Amell, and Mary Ferguson-Paré (PLoS ONE 17(12): e0279187. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0279187, XML, HTML, and .pdf format, 16p.).
journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0279187
December 21, 2022
CAAR – Proceedings of the National Academy of Science Article Abstract – December 21, 2022
“A smartphone intervention that enhances real-world memory and promotes differentiation of hippocampal activity in older adults,” by Chris B. Martin, Bryan Hong, Rachel N. Newsome, Katarina Savel, Melissa E. Meade, Andrew Xia, Christopher J. Honey, and Morgan D. Barense (Vol. 119, No. 51, December 20, 2022, e2214285119).
December 20, 2022
CAAR – US Government Accountability Office Report – December 20, 2022
“Medicare: CMS Needs to Address Risks Posed by Provider Enrollment Waivers and Flexibilities,” (GAO-23-105494, December 2022, .pdf format, 50p.).
CAAR – US Department of Labor Report – December 20, 2022
“Private Pension Plan Bulletin Historical Tables and Graphs 1975-2020,” (October 2022, .pdf format, 52p.).
Related Excel Tables:
CAAR – Kaiser Family Foundation Issue Brief – December 20, 2022
“Entering the Winter Season, How Many Nursing Facility Residents and Staff Were Up-To-Date With Their COVID-19 Vaccines?” by Priya Chidambaram and Alice Burns (December 2022, .pdf and HTML format, 4p.).
December 19, 2022
CAAR – UK Office for National Statistics Article – December 19, 2022
“Returning to the workplace – the motivations and barriers for people aged 50 years and over, Great Britain: August 2022,” (December 2022, .pdf and HTML format, 20p.).
CAAR – Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development Brief – December 19, 2022
“How inflation challenges pensions,” (December 2022, .pdf format, 12p.).
December 15, 2022
CAAR – US Government Accountability Office Report – December 15, 2022
“COVID-19 in Nursing Homes: Outbreak Duration Averaged 4 Weeks and Was Strongly Associated with Community Spread,” (GAO-23-104291, December 2022, .pdf format, 70p.).
CAAR – Journal of the American Medical Association Article Abstracts – December 15, 2022
A. “Effects of Mindfulness Training and Exercise on Cognitive Function in Older Adults: A Randomized Clinical Trial,” by Eric J. Lenze, Michelle Voegtle1; J. Philip Miller, Beau M. Ances, David A. Balota, Deanna Barch, Colin A. Depp, Breno Satler Diniz, Lisa T. Eyler, Erin R. Foster, Torie R. Gettinger, Denise Head, Tamara Hershey, Samuel Klein, Jeanne F. Nichols, Ginger E. Nicol, Tomoyuki Nishino, Bruce W. Patterson, Thomas L. Rodebaugh, Julie Schweiger, Joshua S. Shimony, David R. Sinacore, Abraham Z. Snyder, Susan Tate, Elizabeth W. Twamley, David Wing, Gregory F. Wu, Lei Yang, Michael D. Yingling, and Julie Loebach Wetherell (Vol. 328, No. 22, December 13, 2022, p. 2218-2229).
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/2799406
B. “Effect of Diet and Exercise on Knee Pain in Patients With Osteoarthritis and Overweight or Obesity: A Randomized Clinical Trial,” by Stephen P. Messier, Daniel P. Beavers, Kate Queen, Shannon L. Mihalko, Gary D. Miller, Elena Losina, Jeffrey N. Katz, Richard F. Loeser, Paul DeVita, David J. Hunter, Jovita J. Newman, Sara A. Quandt, Mary F. Lyles, Joanne M. Jordan, and Leigh F. Callahan (Vol. 328, No. 22, December 13, 2022, p. 2242-2251).
CAAR – International Longevity Centre [UK] Report – December 15, 2022
“Moving the margins: Improving adult pneumococcal vaccine uptake in marginalised groups,” (December 2022, .pdf format, 51p.).
ilcuk.org.uk/moving-the-margins-improving-adult-pneumococcal-vaccine-uptake-in-marginalised-groups/
December 14, 2022
CAAR – US National Center for Health Statistics Data Briefs – December 14, 2022
A. “Variation in Residential Care Community Resident Characteristics, by Size of Community: United States, 2020,” by Christine Caffrey, Amanuel Melekin, Zhaohui Lu, and Manisha Sengupta (NCHS Data Brief No. 454, December 2022, .pdf and HTML format, 7p.).
www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/databriefs/db454.htm
B. “Variation in Adult Day Services Center Participant Characteristics by Center Ownership: United States, 2020,” by Priyanka Singh, Zhaohui Lu, and Manisha Sengupta (NCHS Data Brief No. 453, December 2022, .pdf and HTML format, 7p.).
CAAR – UK Department of Work and Pensions Report – December 14, 2022
“Annual report on UK defined benefit and hybrid schemes 2022,” (December 2022, HTML format).
www.thepensionsregulator.gov.uk/en/document-library/research-and-analysis/db-pensions-landscape-2022
December 13, 2022
CAAR – Public Library of Science (PLoS) Articles – December 13, 2022
A. “What is the overlap between malnutrition, frailty and sarcopenia in the older population? Study protocol for cross-sectional study using UK Biobank,” by Nada AlMohaisen, Matthew Gittins, Chris Todd, and Sorrel Burden (PLoS ONE 17(12): e0278371. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0278371, XML, HTML, and .pdf format, 13p.).
journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0278371
B. “Alzheimer’s risk factor FERMT2 promotes the progression of colorectal carcinoma via Wnt/{beta}-catenin signaling pathway and contributes to the negative correlation between Alzheimer and cancer,” by Wenzhen Xia, Zhaoyu Gao, Xia Jiang, Lei Jiang, Yushi Qin, Di Zhang, Pei Tian, Wanchang Wang, Qi Zhang, Rui Zhang, Nan Zhang, and Shunjiang Xu (PLoS ONE 17(12): e0278774. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0278774, XML, HTML, and .pdf format, 24p.).
journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0278774
C. “Malnutrition among the aged population in Africa: A systematic review, meta-analysis, and meta-regression of studies over the past 20 years,” by Temesgen Muche Ewunie, Habtamu Endashaw Hareru, Tadesse Mamo Dejene, and Semagn Mekonen Abate (PLoS ONE 17(12): e0278904. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0278904, XML, HTML, and .pdf format, 13p.).
journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0278904
CAAR – Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development [OECD] Report – December 13, 2022
“OECD Pensions Outlook 2022,” (December 2022, .pdf and HTML format, 202p.). Note: Please use the link to read online.
December 12, 2022
CAAR – Nature Neuroscience Article – December 12, 2022
Note: Check with your organization’s library for availability. “Bassoon contributes to tau-seed propagation and neurotoxicity,” by Pablo Martinez, Henika Patel, Yanwen You, Nur Jury, Abigail Perkins, Audrey Lee-Gosselin, Xavier Taylor, Yingjian You, Gonzalo Viana Di Prisco, Xiaoqing Huang, Sayan Dutta, Aruna B. Wijeratne, Javier Redding-Ochoa, Syed Salman Shahid, Juan F. Codocedo, Sehong Min, Gary E. Landreth, Amber L. Mosley, Yu-Chien Wu, David L. McKinzie, Jean-Christophe Rochet, Jie Zhang, Brady K. Atwood, Juan Troncoso & Cristian A. Lasagna-Reeves (Vol. 25, No. 12, December 2022, p. 1597-1607).
December 8, 2022
CAAR – Center for Retirement Research at Boston College Issue Briefs – December 8, 2022
A. “Public Pension Investment Update: Have Alternatives Helped or Hurt?” by Jean-Pierre Aubry (IB No. 22-20, November 2022, .pdf and Excel format, 11p.).
crr.bc.edu/briefs/public-pension-investment-update-have-alternatives-helped-or-hurt/
B. “How Does Local Cost-of-Living Affect Retirement?” by Laura D. Quinby and Gal Wettstein (IB No. 22-21, December 2022, .pdf and Excel format, 6p.).
crr.bc.edu/briefs/how-does-local-cost-of-living-affect-retirement/
CAAR – Rand Corporation Report – December 8, 2022
“Spending Trajectories After Age 65: Variation by Initial Wealth,” by Michael D. Hurd and Susann Rohwedder (RR-A2355-1, 2022, .pdf format, 37p.).
www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RRA2355-1.html
CAAR – AARP Public Policy Institute Report – December 8, 2022
“CAPABLE: A Model of Empowering Older Adults to Remain Independent,” by Brendan Flinn and Susan Reinhard (December 2022, .pdf format, 6p.).
www.aarp.org/ppi/info-2022/capable-model-empowering-older-adults.html
December 7, 2022
CAAR – Proceedings of the National Academy of Science Article Abstracts – December 7, 2022
A. “Early diagnosis and treatment of Alzheimer’s disease by targeting toxic soluble A[beta] oligomers,” by Maram Habashi, Suresh Vutla, Kuldeep Tripathi, Sudipta Senapati, Pradeep S. Chauhan, Anat Haviv-Chesner, Michal Richman, Samia-Ait Mohand, Véronique Dumulon-Perreault, Ramakotaiah Mulamreddy, Eitan Okun, Jordan H. Chill, Brigitte Guérin, William D. Lubell, and Shai Rahimipour (Vol. 119, No. 49, December 6, 2022, e2210766119).
www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2210766119
B. “Protein mishandling and impaired lysosomal proteolysis generated through calcium dysregulation in Alzheimer’s disease,” by Sarah Mustaly-Kalimi, Wacey Gallegos, Robert A. Marr, Alice Gilman-Sachs, Daniel A. Peterson, Israel Sekler, and Grace E. Stutzmann (Vol. 119, No. 49, December 6, 2022, e2211999119).
www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2211999119
C. “Age-related brain atrophy is not a homogenous process: Different functional brain networks associate differentially with aging and blood factors,” by Nikola T. Markov, Cutter A. Lindbergh, Adam M. Staffaroni, Kevin Perez, Michael Stevens, Khiem Nguyen, Natalia F. Murad, Corrina Fonseca, Judith Campisi, Joel Kramer, and David Furman (Vol. 119, No. 49, December 6, 2022, e2207181119).
CAAR – Journal of the American Medical Association Article Abstract – December 7, 2022
“Association of Medicare Advantage vs Traditional Medicare With 30-Day Mortality Among Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction,” by Bruce E. Landon, Timothy S. Anderson, Vilsa E. Curto, Peter Cram, Christina Fu, Gabe Weinreb, Alan M. Zaslavsky, and John Z. Ayanian (Vol. 328, No. 21, December 6, 2022, p. 2126-2135).
December 6, 2022
December 5, 2022
CAAR – US Administration on Community Living Compendium – December 5, 2022
“2021 Profile of Older Americans,” (December 2021, .pdf and Excel format, 20p.).
acl.gov/aging-and-disability-in-america/data-and-research/profile-older-americans
CAAR – American Bar Association Periodical – December 5, 2022
Bifocal (Vol. 44, No. 2, November/December 2022, HTML format, p. 28-38).
www.americanbar.org/groups/law_aging/publications/bifocal/vol44/bifocal-vol44-issue2/
December 2, 2022
CAAR – US National Center for Health Statistics Data Briefs – December 2, 2022
A. “Drug Overdose Deaths in Adults Aged 65 and Over: United States, 2000–2020,” by Ellen A. Kramarow and Betzaida Tejada-Vera (Data Brief No. 455, November 2022, .pdf and HTML format, 7p.).
www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/databriefs/db455.htm
B. “Unintentional Fall Deaths Among Adults Aged 65 and Over: United States, 2020,” by Matthew F. Garnett, Julie D. Weeks, and Merianne Rose Spencer (Data Brief No. 449, November 2022, .pdf and HTML format, 7p.).
www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/databriefs/db449.htm
C. “Alcohol-induced Deaths in Adults Aged 65 and Over: United States, 2019 and 2020,” by Ellen A. Kramarow and Betzaida Tejada-Vera (Health E-Stat, November 2022, .pdf format, 4p.).
www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hestat/alcohol/alcohol-deaths-2020.pdf
CAAR – Employee Benefits Research Institute Issue Brief – December 2, 2022
“401(k) Plan Asset Allocation, Account Balances, and Loan Activity in 2020,” by Sarah Holden, Steven Bass, and Craig Copeland (No. 576, November 2022, .pdf format, 32p.).
www.ebri.org/content/401(k)-plan-asset-allocation-account-balances-and-loan-activity-in-2020
CAAR – Public Library of Science (PLoS) Article – December 2, 2022
“Overprescribing among older people near end of life in Ireland: Evidence of prevalence and determinants from The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA),” by Soraya Matthews, Frank Moriarty, Mark Ward, Anne Nolan, Charles Normand, Rose Anne Kenny, and Peter May (PLoS ONE 17(9): e0273948. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0273948, XML, HTML, and .pdf format, 15p.).
journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0273948
December 1, 2022
CAAR – US Social Security Administration, Research, Statistics, and Policy Analysis Periodical – December 1, 2022
International Update, November 2022 (November 2022, .pdf and HTML format, 3p.).
www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/progdesc/intl_update/2022-11/index.html
CAAR – Public Library of Science (PLoS) Articles – December 1, 2022
A. “Gut microbiome alterations in preclinical Alzheimer’s disease,” by Joon Hyung Jung, Gihyeon Kim, Min Soo Byun, Jun Ho Lee, Dahyun Yi, Hansoo Park, and Dong Young Lee, for the KBASE Research Group (PLoS ONE 17(11): e0278276. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0278276, XML, HTML, and .pdf format, 14p.).
journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0278276
B. “Depressive symptoms exacerbate disability in older adults: A prospective cohort analysis of participants in the MemAID trial,” by Stephanie S. Buss, Laura Aponte Becerra, Jorge Trevino, Catherine B. Fortier, Long H. Ngo, and Vera Novak (PLoS ONE 17(11): e0278319. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0278319, XML, HTML, and .pdf format, 17p.).
journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0278319
November 30, 2022
CAAR – Family Caregiver Alliance Newsletter – November 30, 2022
A. Caregiving Policy Digest (Vol. 22, No. 6, September 19, 2022).
B. Caregiving Policy Digest (Vol. 22, No. 7, November 16, 2022).
November 28, 2022
CAAR – Nature Medicine Article – November 28, 2022
“Amyloid and tau PET-positive cognitively unimpaired individuals are at high risk for future cognitive decline,” by Rik Ossenkoppele, Alexa Pichet Binette, Colin Groot, Ruben Smith, Olof Strandberg, Sebastian Palmqvist, Erik Stomrud, Pontus Tideman, Tomas Ohlsson, Jonas Jögi, Keith Johnson, Reisa Sperling, Vincent Dore, Colin L. Masters, Christopher Rowe, Denise Visser, Bart N. M. van Berckel, Wiesje M. van der Flier, Suzanne Baker, William J. Jagust, Heather J. Wiste, Ronald C. Petersen, Clifford R. Jack Jr & Oskar Hansson (Vol. 28, No. 11, November 2022, p. 2381-2387). Note: Nature is providing open access to the full-text of this article.
November 18, 2022
November 17, 2022
CAAR – US Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Inspector General Report – November 17, 2022
“Long-Term Trends of Psychotropic Drug Use in Nursing Homes,” (OEI-07-20-00500, November 2022, .pdf format, 31p.).
CAAR – Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Article Abstracts – November 17, 2022
A. “In utero exposure to the Great Depression is reflected in late-life epigenetic aging signatures,” by Lauren L. Schmitz and Valentina Duque (Vol. 119, No. 46, November 15, 2022, e2212205119).
www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2208530119
B. “Trends in inequalities in the prevalence of dementia in the United States,” by Péter Hudomiet, Michael D. Hurd, and Susann Rohwedder (Vol. 119, No. 46, November 15, 2022, e2212205119).
November 16, 2022
CAAR – Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Hearing Transcript – November 16, 2022
– An agenda and transcript of the November 3-4, 2022 meeting is available.
www.medpac.gov/meeting/november-3-4-2022/
Transcript (.pdf format, 378p.):
www.medpac.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/November-2022-MedPAC-meeting-transcripts-SEC.pdf
November 15, 2022
CAAR – US Government Accountability Office Report – November 15, 2022
“VA Nursing Home Care: Opportunities Exist to Enhance Oversight of State Veterans Homes,” (GAO-23-105167, November 2022, .pdf format, 61p.).
CAAR – AARP Public Policy Institute Report – November 15, 2022
“Medication Literacy Series: Prescription Drug Container Labels,” by James McSpadden (November 2022, .pdf format, 7p.).
www.aarp.org/ppi/info-2022/medication-literacy-prescription-drug-container-labels.html
November 14, 2022
November 11, 2022
CAAR – US National Institutes of Health Report – November 11, 2022
“Advancing Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias Research for All Populations,” (November 2022, .pdf format, 55p.).
www.nia.nih.gov/sites/default/files/2022-11/2022_nih_progress_report_ad-adrd_research_1.pdf
CAAR – Public Library of Science (PLoS) Article – November 11, 2022
“Association of social determinants of health with frailty, cognitive impairment, and self-rated health among older adults,” by Vanessa Tan, Cynthia Chen, and Reshma Aziz Merchant (PLoS ONE 17(11): e0277290. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0277290, XML, HTML, and .pdf format, 18p.).
journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0277290
November 10, 2022
CAAR – Kaiser Family Foundation Issue Brief – November 10, 2022
“Medicare Part D: A First Look at Medicare Drug Plans in 2023,” by Juliette Cubanski and Anthony Damico (November 2022, .pdf and HTML format, 13p.).
www.kff.org/medicare/issue-brief/medicare-part-d-a-first-look-at-medicare-drug-plans-in-2023/
November 9, 2022
CAAR – Public Library of Science (PLoS) Articles – November 9, 2022
A. “Co-occurrences of fall-related factors in adults aged 60 to 85 years in the United States National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey,” by Shirley Rietdyk, Satyajit Ambike, Steve Amireault, Jeffrey M. Haddad, Guang Lin, David Newton, and Elizabeth A. Richards (PLoS ONE 17(11): e0277406. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0277406, XML, HTML, and .pdf format, 17p.).
journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0277406
B. “Caring for Carers (C4C): Results from a feasibility randomised controlled trial of positive written disclosure for older adult carers of people with psychosis,” by Christina J. Jones, Cassie M. Hazell, Mark Hayward, Aparajita Pandey, Alexandra Papamichail, Stephen A. Bremner, Daryl B. O’Connor, Vanessa Pinfold, and Helen E. Smith (PLoS ONE 17(11): e0277196. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0277196, HTML, XML, and .pdf format, 19p.).
journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0277196
C. “Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on early career dementia researchers: A global online survey,” by Sara Laureen Bartels, C. Elizabeth Shaaban, Wagner S. Brum, Lindsay A. Welikovitch, Royhaan Folarin, and Adam Smith, on behalf of the ISTAART PIA to Elevate Early Career Researchers (PLoS ONE 17(11): e0277470. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0277470, XML, HTML, and .pdf format, 17p.).
journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0277470
CAAR – Rand Corporation Report – November 9, 2022
“A Scoping Review of Guidelines and Quality Measures to Screen for Social and Caregiver Support and Cognitive Impairment in Primary Care,” by Sydne J. Newberry, Aneesa Motala, Lisa V. Rubenstein, Paul G. Shekelle, and Jody Larkin (RR-A1846-1, 2022, .pdf format, 82p.).