Caregiving Policy Digest (Vol. 21, No. 7, October 13, 2021).
myemail.constantcontact.com/The-latest-in-family-caregiving-news-and-policy-developments.html
October 26, 2021
CAAR – Family Caregiver Alliance Newsletter – October 26, 2021
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October 25, 2021
CAAR – US Department of Labor Report – October 25, 2021
“Private Pension Plan Bulletin Historical Tables and Graphs 1975-2019,” (September 2021, .pdf format, 51p.).
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October 22, 2021
CAAR – Lancet Neurology Article – October 22, 2021
Note: Check with your organization’s library for availability. “Safety and efficacy of losartan for the reduction of brain atrophy in clinically diagnosed Alzheimer’s disease (the RADAR trial): a double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled, phase 2 trial,” by Patrick Gavin Kehoe, Nicholas Turner, Beth Howden, Lina Jarutyte, Shona Louise Clegg, Ian Brian Malone, Josephine Barnes, Casper Nielsen, Carole Hélène Sudre, Aileen Wilson, Ngoc Jade Thai, Peter Sinclair Blair, Elizabeth Coulthard, Janet Athene Lane, Peter Passmore, Jodi Taylor, Henk-Jan Mutsaerts, David Lee Thomas, Nick Charles Fox, Ian Wilkinson, and Yoav Ben-Shlomoon behalf of the RADAR investigators (Vol. 20, No. 11, November 2021, .pdf and HTML format, p. 895-906).
www.thelancet.com/journals/laneur/article/PIIS1474-4422(21)00263-5/fulltext
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October 21, 2021
CAAR – AARP Public Policy Institute Report – October 21, 2021
“An Opportunity to Improve Nursing Facility Immunization Programs,” by Susan Reinhard and James McSpadden (October 2021, .pdf format, 12p.).
www.aarp.org/ppi/info-2021/an-opportunity-to-improve-nursing-facility-immunization-programs.html
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CAAR – Public Library of Science (PLoS) Article – October 21, 2021
“Mortality in association with antipsychotic medication use and clinical outcomes among geriatric psychiatry outpatients with COVID-19,” by Bienvenida Austria, Rehana Haque, Sukriti Mittal, Jamie Scott, Aninditha Vengassery, Daniel Maltz, Wentian Li, Blaine Greenwald, and Yun Freudenberg-Hua (PLoS ONE 16(10): e0258916. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0258916, XML, HTML, and .pdf format, 10p.).
journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0258916
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CAAR – Australian Institute of Health and Welfare Report – October 21, 2021
“Predicting early dementia using Medicare claims: a feasibility study using the National Integrated Health Services Information Analysis Asset,” (October 2021, .pdf and HTML format, 32p.).
www.aihw.gov.au/reports/dementia/predicting-early-dementia-using-medicare-claims/contents/summary
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October 20, 2021
CAAR – US Department of Health and Human Services Report – October 20, 2021
“Most Medicare beneficiaries received telehealth services only from providers with whom they had an established relationship,” (OEI-02-20-00521, October 2021, .pdf format, 6p.).
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CAAR – Public Library of Science (PLoS) Article – October 20, 2021
“The impact of combined age-related vision loss and dementia on the participation of older adults: A scoping review,” by Colleen McGrath, Inaara Karsan, Ann Marie Corrado, Taylor Ashley Lyons, and Melanie Blue (PLoS ONE 16(10): e0258854. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0258854, XML, HTML, and .pdf format, p.).
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October 19, 2021
CAAR – Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Article Abstract – October 19, 2021
“Forestalling age-impaired angiogenesis and blood flow by targeting NOX: Interplay of NOX1, IL-6, and SASP in propagating cell senescence,” by Yao Li, Damir Kračun, Christopher M. Dustin, Mohamed El Massry, Shuai Yuan, Christian J. Goossen, Evan R. DeVallance, Sanghamitra Sahoo, Cynthia St. Hilaire, Aditi U. Gurkar, Toren Finkel, Adam C. Straub, Eugenia Cifuentes-Pagano, and Patrick J. Pagano (Vol. 118, No. 42, October 19, 2021, e2015666118).
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CAAR – Commonwealth Fund Issue Brief – October 19, 2021
“Medicare Advantage vs. Traditional Medicare: How Do Beneficiaries’ Characteristics and Experiences Differ?” by Gretchen Jacobson, Aimee Cicchiello, Janet P. Sutton, and Arnav Shah (October 2021, .pdf, HTML, and PowerPoint format, 17p.).
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October 18, 2021
CAAR – Federal Trade Commission Report – October 18, 2021
“Protecting Older Consumers 2020-2021: A Report of the Federal Trade Commission,” (October 2021, .pdf format, 51p.).
www.ftc.gov/reports/protecting-older-consumers-2020-2021-report-federal-trade-commission
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CAAR – UK Office for National Statistics Articles – October 18, 2021
A. “Care homes and estimating the self-funding population, England: 2019 to 2020,” (October 2021, .pdf and HTML format, 19p.).
B. “Excess mortality and mortality displacement in England and Wales: 2020 to mid-2021,” (October 2021, .pdf and HTML format, 17p.).
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October 15, 2021
October 14, 2021
CAAR – Kaiser Family Foundation Issue Brief – October 14, 2021
“Seven in Ten Medicare Beneficiaries Did Not Compare Plans During Past Open Enrollment Period,” by Wyatt Koma, Meredith Freed, Juliette Cubanski, and Tricia Neuman (October 2021, .pdf and HTML format, 8p.).
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October 13, 2021
CAAR – Public Library of Science (PLoS) Articles – October 13, 2021
A. “Effect of hearing aids on body balance function in non-reverberant condition: A posturographic study,” by Chihiro Ninomiya, Harukazu Hiraumi, Kiyoshi Yonemoto, and Hiroaki Sato (PLoS ONE 16(10): e0258590. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0258590, XML, HTML, and .pdf format, 10p.).
journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0258590
B. “Longitudinal associations between hearing aid usage and cognition in community-dwelling Japanese older adults with moderate hearing loss,” by Saiko Sugiura, Yukiko Nishita, Yasue Uchida, Mariko Shimono, Hirokazu Suzuki, Masaaki Teranishi, Tsutomu Nakashima, Chikako Tange, Rei Otsuka, Fujiko Ando, and Hiroshi Shimokata (PLoS ONE 16(10): e0258520. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0258520, XML, HTML, and .pdf format, 13p.).
journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0258520
C. “The effects of a physical and cognitive training intervention vs. physical training alone on older adults’ physical activity: A randomized controlled trial with extended follow-up during COVID-19,” by Tiina Savikangas, Timo Törmäkangas, Anna Tirkkonen, Markku Alen, Roger A. Fielding, Miia Kivipelto, Timo Rantalainen, Anna Stigsdotter Neely, and Sarianna Sipilä (PLoS ONE 16(10): e0258559. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0258559, XML, HTML, and .pdf format, 20p.).
journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0258559
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CAAR – Journal of the American Medical Association Article Abstract – October 13, 2021
“Effect of Fractional Carbon Dioxide Laser vs Sham Treatment on Symptom Severity in Women With Postmenopausal Vaginal Symptoms: A Randomized Clinical Trial,” by Fiona G. Li, Sarah Maheux-Lacroix, Rebecca Deans, Erin Nesbitt-Hawes, Aaron Budden, Kimberly Nguyen, Claire Y. Lim, Sophia Song, Lalla McCormack, Stephen D. Lyons, Eva Segelov, and Jason A. Abbott (Vol. 326, No. 14, October 12, 2021, p. 1381-1389).
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October 12, 2021
CAAR – Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Article Abstract – October 12, 2021
“Identification of fluoxetine as a direct NLRP3 inhibitor to treat atrophic macular degeneration,” by Meenakshi Ambati, Ivana Apicella, Shao-bin Wang, Siddharth Narendran, Hannah Leung, Felipe Pereira, Yosuke Nagasaka, Peirong Huang, Akhil Varshney, Kirstie L. Baker, Kenneth M. Marion, Mehrdad Shadmehr, Cliff I. Stains, Brian C. Werner, Srinivas R. Sadda, Ethan W. Taylor, S. Scott Sutton, Joseph Magagnoli, and Bradley D. Gelfand (Vol. 118, No. 41, October 12, 2021, e2102975118).
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CAAR – Department of Social Protection [Ireland]/An Roinn Coimiree Soisialai Report – October 12, 2021
“Report of the Commission on Pensions,” (October 2021, .pdf and HTML format, 243p.).
www.gov.ie/en/publication/6cb6d-report-of-the-commission-on-pensions/
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October 7, 2021
CAAR – US National Center for Health Statistics Report – October 7, 2021
“Death Rates by Marital Status for Leading Causes of Death: United States, 2010–2019,” by Sally C. Curtin, Betzaida Tejada-Vera, and Robert N. Anderson (National Vital Statistics Reports, Vol. 70, No. 10, October 2021, .pdf format, 16p.).
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October 6, 2021
CAAR – US Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General Report – October 6, 2021
“Medicare Overpaid $636 Million for Neurostimulator Implantation Surgeries,” (A-01-18-00500, October 2021, .pdf format, 25p.).
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CAAR – Public Library of Science (PLoS) Article – October 6, 2021
“The epidemiology of atopic dermatitis in older adults: A population-based study in the United Kingdom,” by Leslie N. Chan, Alexa Magyari, Morgan Ye, Noor A. Al-Alusi, Sinead M. Langan, David Margolis, Charles E. McCulloch, and Katrina Abuabara (PLoS ONE 16(10): e0258219. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0258219, HTML, XML, and .pdf format, 14p.).
journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0258219
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October 5, 2021
CAAR – US Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation Report – October 5, 2021
“Associations Between County-level Vaccination Rates and COVID-19 Outcomes Among Medicare Beneficiaries,” by Lok Wong Samson, Wafa Tarazi, E. John Orav, Steven Sheingold, Nancy De Lew, and Benjamin D. Sommers (October 2021, .pdf format, 29p.).
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CAAR – Proceedings of the National Academy of Science Article Abstracts – October 5, 2021
A. “Inequality in mortality between Black and White Americans by age, place, and cause and in comparison to Europe, 1990 to 2018,” by Hannes Schwandt, Janet Currie, Marlies Bär, James Banks, Paola Bertoli, Aline Bütikofer, Sarah Cattan, Beatrice Zong-Ying Chao, Claudia Costa, Libertad González, Veronica Grembi, Kristiina Huttunen, René Karadakic, Lucy Kraftman, Sonya Krutikova, Stefano Lombardi, Peter Redler, Carlos Riumallo-Herl, Ana Rodríguez-González, Kjell G. Salvanes, Paula Santana, Josselin Thuilliez, Eddy van Doorslaer, Tom Van Ourti, Joachim K. Winter, Bram Wouterse, and Amelie Wuppermann (Vol. 118, No. 40, October 5, 2021, e2104684118).
www.pnas.org/content/118/40/e2104684118.abstract?etoc
B. “Metabolism modulates network synchrony in the aging brain,” by Corey Weistuch, Lilianne R. Mujica-Parodi, Rostam M. Razban, Botond Antal, Helena van Nieuwenhuizen, Anar Amgalan, and Ken A. Dill (Vol. 118, No. 40, October 5, 2021, e2025727118).
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CAAR – Urban Institute Report – October 5, 2021
“Preparing for Retirement Reforms: Potential Consequences for Saving, Work, and Retirement Plans,” by Karen E. Smith, C. Eugene Steuerle, and Damir Cosic (October 2021, .pdf format, 51p.).
www.urban.org/research/publication/preparing-retirement-reforms
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October 4, 2021
CAAR – Kaiser Family Foundation Issue Brief – October 4, 2021
“Nursing Homes Experienced Steeper Increase In COVID-19 Cases and Deaths in August 2021 Than the Rest of the Country,” by Priya Chidambaram and Rachel Garfield (October 2021, .pdf and HTML format, 5p.).
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October 1, 2021
CAAR – US Government Accountability Office Report – October 1, 2021
“Medicare: Provider Performance and Experiences Under the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System,” (GAO-22-104667, October 2021, .pdf format, 61p.).
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CAAR – New England Journal of Medicine Article – October 1, 2021
Note: Check with your organization’s library for availability. “Trial of Intensive Blood-Pressure Control in Older Patients with Hypertension,” by Weili Zhang, Shuyuan Zhang, Yue Deng, Shouling Wu, Jie Ren,Gang Sun,Jinfeng Yang, Yinong Jiang, Xinjuan Xu, Tzung-Dau Wang, Youren Chen, Yufeng Li, Lianchen Yao, Dianfang Li, Lixin Wang, Xiaomei Shen, Xinhua Yin, Wei Liu, Xiaoyang Zhou, Bingpo Zhu, Zihong Guo, Hualing Liu, Xiaoping Chen, Yingqing Feng, Gang Tian, Xiuyin Gao, Kazuomi Kario, and Jun Cai, for the STEP Study Group (Vol. 385, No. 14, September 30, 2021, p. 1268-1279).
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September 30, 2021
CAAR – US Social Security Administration, Research, Statistics, and Policy Analysis Periodical – September 30, 2021
International Update, September 2021 (September 2021, .pdf and HTML format, 3p.).
www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/progdesc/intl_update/2021-09/index.html
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CAAR – AARP Public Policy Institute Report – September 30, 2021
“Trends in Retail Prices of Specialty Prescription Drugs Widely Used by Older Americans, 2006 to 2020,” by Leigh Purvis and Dr. Stephen Schondelmeyer (September 2021, .pdf format, 30p.).
www.aarp.org/ppi/info-2019/trends-in-retail-prices-of-drugs.html
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CAAR – Center for Retirement Research at Boston College Issue – September 30, 2021
“What Resources Do Retirees Have for Long-Term Services & Supports?” by Anek Belbase, Anqi Chen, and Alicia H. Munnell (IB No. 21-16, September 2021, .pdf and Excel format, 11p.).
crr.bc.edu/briefs/what-resources-do-retirees-have-for-long-term-services-supports/
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September 29, 2021
CAAR – Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Article Abstract – September 29, 2021
“Amyloid-{beta} peptide dimers undergo a random coil to {beta}-sheet transition in the aqueous phase but not at the neuronal membrane,” by Hebah Fatafta, Mohammed Khaled, Michael C. Owen, Abdallah Sayyed-Ahmad, and Birgit Strodel (Vol. 118, No. 39, September 28, 2021, e2106210118).
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September 28, 2021
CAAR – Urban Institute Report – September 28, 2021
“Strengthening Long-Term Services and Supports: The Difference Federal Investment Can Make,” by Judith Feder, Laura Skopec, and Melissa M. Favreault (September 2021, .pdf format, 30p.).
www.urban.org/research/publication/strengthening-long-term-services-and-supports
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September 27, 2021
CAAR – US Government Accountability Office Report – September 27, 2021
“Medicare Physician Services: Payment Rates, Utilization, and Expenditures of Selected Services in Alaska, Hawaii, and the U.S. Territories,” (GAO-21-607R, September 2021, .pdf format, 29p.).
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CAAR – UK Office for National Statistics Statistical Bulletins – September 27, 2021
A. “Estimates of the very old, including centenarians, UK: 2002 to 2020,” (September 2021, .pdf and HTML format, 9p.).
B. “National life tables – life expectancy in the UK: 2018 to 2020,” (September 2021, HTML and .pdf format, 11p.).
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CAAR – Public Library of Science (PLoS) Article – September 27, 2021
“Assessed and perceived oral health of older people who visit the dental practice, an exploratory cross-sectional study,” by Pieternella C. Bots-VantSpijker, Claar D. van der Maarel-Wierink, Jos M. G. A. Schols, and Josef J. M. Bruers (PLoS ONE 16(9): e0257561. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0257561, XML, HTML, and .pdf format, p.).
journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0257561
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September 24, 2021
CAAR – US Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General Report – September 24, 2021
“Some Medicare Advantage Companies Leveraged Chart Reviews and Health Risk Assessments To Disproportionately Drive Payments,” (OEI-03-17-00474, September 2021, .pdf format, 28p.).
oig.hhs.gov/oei/reports/OEI-03-17-00474.asp
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CAAR – AARP Public Policy Institute Report – September 24, 2021
“Financial Pain Points for Older Consumers: A Look at the CFPB Complaint Database,” by Joe Valenti (September 2021, .pdf format, 9p.).
www.aarp.org/ppi/info-2021/financial-pain-points-for-older-consumers.html
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CAAR – International Longevity Centre [UK] Report – September 24, 2021
“Reducing the risk: Improving vaccine uptake across at-risk groups in the UK,” by Patrick Swain (September 2021, .pdf format, 52p.).
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September 23, 2021
CAAR – Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation Reports – September 23, 2021
A. “FY 2020 Projections Report,” (September 2021, .pdf format, 56p.).
www.pbgc.gov/sites/default/files/documents/092021-fy2020-projrep.pdf
B. “2020 The Multiemployer Program Quinquennial Report,” (September 2021, .pdf format, 15p.).
www.pbgc.gov/sites/default/files/documents/092021-mep-5-year-report.pdf
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CAAR – Brookings Institution Report – September 23, 2021
“Small retirement accounts: Issues and options,” by David C. John, J. Mark Iwry, Christopher Pulliam, and William G. Gale (September 2021, .pdf and HTML format, 23p.).
www.brookings.edu/research/small-retirement-accounts-issues-and-options/
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September 22, 2021
CAAR – US National Center for Health Statistics Data Brief – September 22, 2021
“Trends in Death Rates in Urban and Rural Areas: United States, 1999–2019,” by Sally C. Curtin and Merianne Rose Spencer (NCHS Data Brief No. 417, September 2021, .pdf and HTML format, 7p.).
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CAAR – Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Article Abstract – September 22, 2021
“Frustrated peptide chains at the fibril tip control the kinetics of growth of amyloid-{beta} fibrils,” by Yuechuan Xu, Kaitlin Knapp, Kyle N. Le, Nicholas P. Schafer, Mohammad S. Safari, Aram Davtyan, Peter G. Wolynes, and Peter G. Vekilov (Vol. 118, No. 38, September 21, 2021, e2110995118).
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CAAR – Kaiser Family Foundation Issue Brief – September 22, 2021
“Dental, Hearing, and Vision Costs and Coverage Among Medicare Beneficiaries in Traditional Medicare and Medicare Advantage,” by Meredith Freed, Juliette Cubanski, Nolan Sroczynski, Nancy Ochieng, and Tricia Neuman (September 2021, .pdf and HTML format, 17p.).
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CAAR – American Bar Association Periodical – September 22, 2021
Bifocal (Vol. 43, No. 1, September/October 2021, HTML and .pdf format, 39p.).
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September 21, 2021
CAAR – United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs Report – September 21, 2021
“Ageing populations: We are living longer lives, but are we healthier?” by Jean-Marie Robine (Technical Paper No. 2, September 2021, .pdf format, 24p.).
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September 20, 2021
CAAR – Australian Institute of Health and Welfare Report – September 20, 2021
“Dementia in Australia: Summary Report,” (September 2021, HTML and .pdf format, 24p.).
www.aihw.gov.au/reports/dementia/dementia-in-aus/contents/about
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CAAR – Public Library of Science (PLoS) Articles – September 20, 2021
A. “General population perspectives of dementia risk reduction and the implications for intervention: A systematic review and thematic synthesis of qualitative evidence,” by Eleanor Curran, Terence W. H. Chong, Kali Godbee, Charles Abraham, Nicola T. Lautenschlager, and Victoria J. Palmer (PLoS ONE 16(9): e0257540. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0257540, XML, HTML, and .pdf format, 30p.).
journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0257540
B. “A low-threshold intervention to increase physical activity and reduce physical inactivity in a group of healthy elderly people in Germany: Results of the randomized controlled MOVING study,” by Fabian Kleinke, Sabina Ulbricht, Marcus Dörr, Peter Penndorf, Wolfgang Hoffmann, and Neeltje van den Berg (PLoS ONE 16(9): e0257326. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0257326, HTML, XML, and .pdf format, 16p.).
journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0257326
C. “Analysis of social interactions and risk factors relevant to the spread of infectious diseases at hospitals and nursing homes,” by Frederik Boe Hüttel, Anne-Mette Iversen, Marco Bo Hansen, Bjarne Kjær Ersbøll, Svend Ellermann-Eriksen, and Niels Lundtorp Olsen ( PLoS ONE 16(9): e0257684. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0257684, HTML, XML, and .pdf format, 14p.).
journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0257684
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September 17, 2021
CAAR – Commonwealth Fund Report – September 17, 2021
“The Impact of COVID-19 on Older Adults,” by Reginald D. Williams II, Arnav Shah, Michelle M. Doty, Katharine Fields, and Molly FitzGerald (September 2021, HTML, .pdf, and Powerpoint format, 15p.).
www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/surveys/2021/sep/impact-covid-19-older-adults
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CAAR – Urban Institute Reports – September 17, 2021
A. “Assessment of the Literature on Integrated Care Models for People Dually Enrolled in Medicare and Medicaid: Approaches Used and Priorities for Future Research,” by Laura Barrie, Smith, Timothy A. Waidmann, and Kyle J. Caswell (September 2021, .pdf format, 19p.).
B. “Medicaid Spending on Managed-Care Capitation and Fee-for-Service Claims among Dual Medicare-Medicaid Enrollees: T-MSIS Analytic Files Data Quality,” by Kyle J. Caswell, Timothy A. Waidmann, and Keqin Wei (September 2021, .pdf format, 32p.).
C. “Is a Dental Benefit Needed in Medicare? Patterns of Dental Care Spending and Use,” by Adele Shartzer, Anuj Gangopadhyaya, John Holahan. Bowen Garrett, and Nikhil Rao (September 2021, .pdf format, 17p.).
www.urban.org/research/publication/dental-benefit-needed-medicare
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