Staffing-related deficiency citations in nursing homes.

abstract：:Maintaining cognitive function is a prerequisite of living independently, which is a highly valued component in older individuals' well-being. In this article we assess the role of early-life and later-life nutritional status, education, and literacy on the cognitive functioning of older adults living in poverty in Pe...

journal_title：Journal of aging & social policy

authors： Leist AK,Novella R,Olivera J

更新日期：2020-05-01 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：:Social security for older people in China today has been established institutionally. However, there are substantial problems such as coverage, affordability, fund management, and corruption. This paper aims to provide a general picture of China's social security system for older people and to argue that the inequalit...

journal_title：Journal of aging & social policy

authors： Wu L

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Japanese government policies for seniors have long assumed that informal care by their families exists for them. The rapid aging of Japan is eroding the basis for this assumption. It is now necessary to include barrier-free design concepts in the basic requirements for dwellings to be used by everyone, not just senior...

journal_title：Journal of aging & social policy

authors： Kose S

更新日期：1996-01-01 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：: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 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：: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：:A commentary of the article discussing the possible reimagining of long-term care (LTC) is provided. The reimagining article examines how to diminish the role of nursing homes in the LTC system. The text is provocative. It is also thought-provoking. In this commentary I provide a further opinion that we could do bette...

journal_title：Journal of aging & social policy

authors： Castle NG

更新日期：2010-10-01 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：:India is characterized by significant rural-based living, population heterogeneity, financial constraints, and reverse sex ratio. Traditions of joint families, life-long physical activity, vegetarianism, and social and spiritual enrichment, all known to promote healthy aging, are widely prevalent. With the increasing ...

journal_title：Journal of aging & social policy

authors： Kumar V

更新日期：2003-01-01 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：:Whereas many studies of welfare reform have focused on effects on children and families, little research has examined the implications of welfare reform for the elderly. This case study incorporates interviews with service providers for the aging, members of advocacy organizations, and two focus groups of older consum...

journal_title：Journal of aging & social policy

authors： Estes CL,Goldberg S,Wellin C,Linkins KW,Shostak S,Beard RL

更新日期：2006-01-01 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：: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：: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：: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：: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 examined the relationships between nursing home (NH) resident satisfaction and NH organizational characteristics, while controlling for the effect of resident characteristics within facilities. We used a stratified, random sample of NHs (N = 72) from two states and a prescreened and randomized sample of 1496 reside...

journal_title：Journal of aging & social policy

authors： Lucas JA,Levin CA,Lowe TJ,Robertson B,Akincigil A,Sambamoorthi U,Bilder S,Paek EK,Crystal S

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

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：:A rapidly expanding number of baby boomers provide care to aging parents. This study examines associations between caregiver status and outcomes related to awareness and anticipation of future long-term care (LTC) needs using 2007 Connecticut Long-Term Care Needs Assessment survey data. Baby boomers who were adult chi...

journal_title：Journal of aging & social policy

authors： Finkelstein ES,Reid MC,Kleppinger A,Pillemer K,Robison J

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Committed "to care for him who shall have borne the battle and for his widow and his orphans," the federal government through its veterans' programs has long been a pacesetter in meeting some of the income-security and health-care needs of older Americans. But the Department of Veterans Affairs is short of funds. Key ...

journal_title：Journal of aging & social policy

authors： Achenbaum WA

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To ascertain the need for and to inform development of guidelines for voting in long-term care settings, we conducted a telephone survey of Philadelphia nursing (n = 31) and assisted living (n = 20) settings following the 2003 election. Substantial variability existed in procedures used for registration and voting, in...

journal_title：Journal of aging & social policy

authors： Karlawish JH,Bonnie RJ,Appelbaum PS,Kane RA,Lyketsos CG,Karlan PS,James BD,Sabatino C,Lawrence T,Knopman D

更新日期：2008-01-01 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 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：: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 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：: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 examines how trial courts should address complex issues of an aging society. More older people, living longer, will enter courthouses with underlying problems that will impede effective access and court processes and will require judges to enhance linkages with community health, mental health, and social ...

journal_title：Journal of aging & social policy

authors： Rothman MB,Dunlop BD

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00