Enabling informed consumer choice in the long-term care insurance market.

abstract：:Older adults with serious mental illness disproportionately reside in nursing homes despite the U.S. Supreme Court Olmstead decision supporting the rights of persons with disabilities to benefit from integrated services in the community. This commentary addresses the neglected policy debate on implementing Olmstead fo...

journal_title：Journal of aging & social policy

authors： Bartels SJ

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the context of providing health and human services for older individuals, modern American culture often depends on formally asserting and battling over a clashing array of rights among respective combatants as a first resort at problem-solving. A substantial impediment exists in our cultural environment that discou...

journal_title：Journal of aging & social policy

authors： Kapp MB

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article examines the relationship between health and workforce participation beyond the age of 65 years in Australia. This study found that people with a chronic health condition were less likely to be employed than those without a health condition (OR, 0.59; 95% CI [0.38, 0.92]). Among those with a chronic healt...

journal_title：Journal of aging & social policy

authors： Schofield DJ,Callander EJ,Kelly SJ,Shrestha RN

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diabetes is a serious global public health challenge. The cost for health services for diabetes care has increased 41% over the past 5 years. Despite escalating health expenditure, the United States continues to have higher rates of diabetes than many other developed countries. There is a need for health care reform i...

journal_title：Journal of aging & social policy

authors： Faul AC,Yankeelov PA,McCord LR

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As the need for long-term care services within the United States has grown dramatically, Congress has consistently deflected the primary responsibility for such care to state governments, local organizations, and, ultimately, the family. This paper examines the impact of the Alzheimer's Disease Demonstration Grants to...

journal_title：Journal of aging & social policy

authors： Montgomery RJ,Karner TX,Kosloski K

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article describes an award program sponsored by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for excellence in smart growth and active aging. Having examined qualitative and quantitative data, we suggest that any community can foster changes to improve the health and well-being of its aging population. Diverse winner...

journal_title：Journal of aging & social policy

authors： Sykes KE,Robinson KN

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined forces leading Korean cities to join the WHO Global Network of Age-Friendly Cities and Communities (AFCC) and implement the WHO guidelines, from the perspectives of multiple streams theory and policy transfer theory. We conducted interviews with stakeholders from six member cities and identified re...

journal_title：Journal of aging & social policy

authors： Woo JM MS,Choi M FGSA

更新日期：2020-01-05 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper examines recent trends in health insurance cost and coverage for the near-elderly population (aged 55 to 64), with particular attention directed toward the implications of the 2007 recession. We examine coverage by demographic and socioeconomic characteristics from the Current Population Survey and the Medi...

journal_title：Journal of aging & social policy

authors： Gould E,Hertel-Fernandez A

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The basic pension plan for urban enterprise workers (PPUEW) is the primary form of public pension system in China and is managed by provincial governments. Although the federal government requires that employers contribute 20% and individuals 8%, provincial governments have the right to adjust the rate. As different r...

journal_title：Journal of aging & social policy

authors： Han J PhD,Meng Y PhD

更新日期：2019-12-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Informal (i.e., unpaid) long-term care for disabled older adults is often chronic, but it is only recently that research has considered the longitudinal implications of family caregiving. In particular, investigators have conceptualized caregiving as a "career," and within the caregiving career, a number of diverse tr...

journal_title：Journal of aging & social policy

authors： Gaugler JE,Teaster P

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The surprise election of President Donald J. Trump to the presidency of the United States marks a singular turning point in the American republic-not only because of his idiosyncratic approach to the office, but also because the Republican Party now holds the presidency and both houses of Congress, presenting a histor...

journal_title：Journal of aging & social policy

authors： Miller EA,Nadash P,Gusmano MK,Simpson E,Ronneberg CR

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A social health maintenance organization (SHMO) integrates acute and long-term care and provides an extended-care benefit for elderly who are at risk of institutionalization. This article reports findings from a case study of the termination of the Group Health SHMO in Minnesota. Interviews were conducted with social ...

journal_title：Journal of aging & social policy

authors： Fischer LR,Leutz W,Miller A,von Sternberg TL,Ripley JM

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We conducted a qualitative content analysis of barriers to nursing home admission for rural residents. Data came from semi-structured interviews with 23 rural hospital discharge planners across five states (Georgia, Idaho, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin). From those, we identified four themes around nonmedical...

journal_title：Journal of aging & social policy

authors： Henning-Smith C,Kozhimannil KB,Casey MM,Prasad S

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The official rhetoric of welfare states unconditionally pays tribute to older people's right to express dissatisfaction. In practice, users of older services in welfare states may be deprived of their "exit" options and face considerable constraints when it comes to raising their "voices." For example, when older peop...

journal_title：Journal of aging & social policy

authors： Persson T,Berg S

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A series of major reforms implemented through the mid 1980s sought to contain residential care and expand community care in Australia's long-term care system. While this goal has been maintained, a number of new policy initiatives followed the change of federal government in 1996. This article presents a systematic ac...

journal_title：Journal of aging & social policy

authors： Howe AL

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Jobs are changing in ways that will reduce benefits for retirees. This paper explores the variety of pressures that will tend to produce this result. One major factor is that employers have been responding to cost pressures and the need for flexibility by redesigning jobs. There has been a trend--which is likely to co...

journal_title：Journal of aging & social policy

authors： Friedman BL

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:On August 22, 1996, President Clinton signed the welfare reform law that ended eligibility for all immigrants to federal means tested entitlements. Poor elderly immigrants on Supplemental Security Income were specifically targeted. This article documents how the print media responded to these policy changes. The follo...

journal_title：Journal of aging & social policy

authors： Yoo GJ

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The developed world's population is aging, due to trends of increased life expectancies and decreased fertility rates. These trends are predicted to increase demand on long-term care services. At the same time, the long-term care workforce is in shortage in most of the developed world. Moreover, such shortages are exp...

journal_title：Journal of aging & social policy

authors： Hussein S,Manthorpe J

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The coordination of Medicare and Medicaid benefits and services for dually eligible enrollees has been a longstanding policy challenge. Several provisions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) attempt to address this lack of coordination, including the establishment of the Federal Coordinated Health Care Office. This paper...

journal_title：Journal of aging & social policy

authors： Grabowski DC

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article analyzes the electoral support of the Dutch pensioners' party 50Plus. Due to its open electoral system and aging population, the Netherlands is a key case to study pensioners' parties. Our study shows that this pensioners' party appeals to voters who are characterized by their age and their dependence on ...

journal_title：Journal of aging & social policy

authors： Otjes S,Krouwel A

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The 1983 amendments to the Social Security Act reduced early retirements benefits and increased the retirement age for future retirees. These changes will differentially affect various segments of the older population. The author examines implications of these changes for older blacks, and concludes that disability an...

journal_title：Journal of aging & social policy

authors： Luckey I

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article presents a framework identifying important home care benefit design decisions and reviews existing designs that have been adopted in practice. Four basic designs were identified, based on a review of 55 home care benefits drawn from public programs in the United States and foreign countries, and from priv...

journal_title：Journal of aging & social policy

authors： Freedman VA,Kemper P

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Voting is a fundamental right for all United States citizens, one that usually continues for elderly people as long as they are alive. As adults age, certain issues regarding voting warrant deeper consideration than in previous years, especially those presenting as a result of impaired sight, hearing difficulty, demen...

journal_title：Journal of aging & social policy

authors： McEldowney R,Teaster PB

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The recent influx of immigrants aged 65 and older in the United States triggers an increasing need to understand older immigrants' dental services use. This paper uses data (n = 9,617) from the 2004 and 2006 waves of the Health and Retirement Study to examine the dental services use of older Americans. In particular, ...

journal_title：Journal of aging & social policy

authors： Anderson CN,Kim H

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the COVID-19 pandemic, we face an exacerbation of ageism as well as a flourish of intergenerational solidarity. The use of chronological age is an unjustified threshold for the creation of public policies to control the spreading of the virus; doing so reinforces intrapersonal and interpersonal negative age ste...

journal_title：Journal of aging & social policy

authors： Previtali F,Allen LD,Varlamova M

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is evidence that staffing characteristics influence quality of care in nursing homes. Federal and state surveyors conduct inspections of homes to assess their compliance with regulatory standards, including requirements related to staffing. Deficiency citations are issued when these standards are not met. This a...

journal_title：Journal of aging & social policy

authors： McDonald SM,Wagner LM,Castle NG

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article discusses the generational equity debate in the United States--including its origins and the functions it serves. This debate has emerged in the context of concerns over the aging of the population, budgetary crises, growing health care costs, increased poverty among children, growing economic inequality,...

journal_title：Journal of aging & social policy

authors： Kingson ER,Williamson JB

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The availability of data from the Current Population Survey for each year makes it possible to monitor the migration behavior of the population on a year-to-year basis and facilitates efforts to detect changes in long-standing patterns of behavior. The data used in this article come from the published reports summariz...

journal_title：Journal of aging & social policy

authors： Serow WJ

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article describes the fragmented array of financial supports for family caregivers currently provided by the federal government, the states, and private employers-provisions that range from direct payments to tax allowances, dependent-care tax credits, and unpaid leave. It highlights the uneven pattern of support...

journal_title：Journal of aging & social policy

authors： Stone RI,Keigher SM

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article is based upon research in Florida of the older population and its projected need for services. It includes discussion of the method and findings of the study. The focus, however, is on the policy implications for state government that emerged from the research. The data has enabled Florida to examine the ...

journal_title：Journal of aging & social policy

authors： Munroe DJ,Rothman MB

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00