A global perspective on social security programs for the aged.

abstract：:The empirical evidence regarding the implementation and impact of the federal Patient Self-Determination Act is examined in this article. The Act was designed to increase the use of advance medical directives in light of the U.S. Supreme Court's Cruzan decision. Research shows that the law has had little effect and th...

journal_title：Journal of aging & social policy

authors： Yates JL,Glick HR

更新日期：1997-01-01 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：: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：:This article examines the challenges experienced by very old individuals and their consequences for well-being and mental health. In order to capture unique issues experienced in very old age, 75 participants of the population-based Fordham Centenarian Study answered open-ended questions on everyday challenges. Theme-...

journal_title：Journal of aging & social policy

authors： Jopp DS,Boerner K,Cimarolli V,Hicks S,Mirpuri S,Paggi M,Cavanagh A,Kennedy E

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is facing pressures to rebalance its long-term care system. Using VA administrative data from 2004-2011, we describe changes in the VA's nursing homes (called Community Living Centers [CLCs]) following enactment of directives intended to shift CLCs' focus from prov...

journal_title：Journal of aging & social policy

authors： Thomas KS,Cote D,Makineni R,Intrator O,Kinosian B,Phibbs CS,Allen SM

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Provisions in the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) may increase private long-term care insurance sales without imposing substantially more stringent consumer-protection features. The ability of consumers to make informed choices when purchasing this complex product is examined in lig...

journal_title：Journal of aging & social policy

authors： Lutzky S,Alecxih LM

更新日期：1999-01-01 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：: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：:The COVID-19 economic crisis makes it vitally important that workers who earned defined benefit pensions receive them at retirement. Unfortunately, billions of dollars that could help cushion the financial shock are sitting unclaimed, because the people who they belong to cannot locate the company responsible for payi...

journal_title：Journal of aging & social policy

authors： Tabor AM

更新日期：2020-07-01 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：: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：:The paper reviews the history of the Social Security system in the United States in the twentieth century and discusses options for the twenty-first. Because of the steady aging of the U.S. population and the impending retirement of the large baby boom cohort, the Social Security program now is in long-term actuarial ...

journal_title：Journal of aging & social policy

authors： Gramlich EM

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Debates about who should care for the elderly often center on the relative responsibilities of the state and family. In federal societies such as Canada and the United States, however, multiple governments are involved. This article compares and contrasts federalism in these two nations and its effects on the division...

journal_title：Journal of aging & social policy

authors： Liebig PS

更新日期：1993-01-01 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：:Health insurance education plays an important role in helping consumers make informed decisions about their need for supplemental coverage. This article reviews findings on the knowledge of Medicare beneficiaries about their health insurance coverage. Then, current health insurance education programs are examined with...

journal_title：Journal of aging & social policy

authors： Strombeck R

更新日期：1991-01-01 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：:This article presents a review of legal provisions benefitting the elderly as anchored in the constitutions of countries around the globe. While it is of interest to examine the sheer range of such provisions, it is also possible to gauge from the comparison whether the presence of constitutional guarantees is connect...

journal_title：Journal of aging & social policy

authors： Siegenthaler JK,Silva A

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examines the scope and range of existing resources for family caregivers from the perspective of the Area Agencies on Aging (AAAs), which are charged with implementing Title III-E of the reauthorized Older Americans Act. California is used as a case example because of its substantial experience in providing...

journal_title：Journal of aging & social policy

authors： Whittier S,Scharlach AE,Dal Santo TS

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rural and small town places in developed economies are aging. While attention has been paid to the local transportation needs of rural seniors, fewer researchers have explored their regional transportation needs. This is important given policies that have reduced and regionalized many services and supports. This artic...

journal_title：Journal of aging & social policy

authors： Ryser L,Halseth G

更新日期：2012-01-01 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 provides an overview of the Swedish personal assistance program for persons with severe impairments, introduced in 1994. The personal assistance program makes it financially possible for people with severe disabilities to appoint a personal assistant, by themselves or through a provider, to create support...

journal_title：Journal of aging & social policy

authors： Clevnert U,Johansson L

更新日期：2007-01-01 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 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：: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：: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：: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：:Pairs of testers, one aged 57 and one aged 32, applied for 102 entry-level sales or management jobs in the Washington, DC, metropolitan area. Although their credentials described them as equally qualified, the older applicants received less favorable responses from employers 41.2% of the time. Three quarters of these ...

journal_title：Journal of aging & social policy

authors： Bendick M Jr,Brown LE,Wall K

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rural residents are more likely to be enrolled in traditional fee-for-service Part D Medicare prescription drug plans, and they face particular challenges in accessing pharmaceutical care. This study examines rural/urban differences in satisfaction with Medicare Part D coverage. Using data from the 2012 Medicare Curre...

journal_title：Journal of aging & social policy

authors： Henning-Smith C,O'Connor H,Casey M,Moscovice I

更新日期：2016-01-01 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：:Dramatic growth in Assisted Living (AL) has resulted in increasing research and policy interest. This analysis compares smaller and larger AL facilities in four states to determine whether extant measures of four key concepts, used to distinguish the AL sector, give advantage to larger facilities. Quantitative compari...

journal_title：Journal of aging & social policy

authors： Morgan LA,Eckert JK,Gruber-Baldini AL,Zimmerman S

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00