2013-05-28T23:37:46Z Copyright (c) 2013, The RAND Corporation RAND Corporation http://www.rand.org/about/people/m/martin_linda_g.html http://www.rand.org/commentary/2009/04/27/SD.html 2009-04-27T13:57:00Z 2009-04-27T13:57:00Z

China's population is aging quickly. To address the issue, there are basically two options: try to slow it down; develop policies and programs to deal with whatever negative consequences there might be, writes Linda G. Martin.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20070818.html 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

Using data from the 1997-2004 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS), the authors examine the role of chronic conditions in recent declines in prevalence of late-life disability.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20011212.html 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Summary of a panel discussion at the Conference on Epidemiology and Demography held at Georgetown University, in Washington D.C. on February 8-9, 2001

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20080310.html 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Substantial reductions in old-age disability between the early 1980s and early 2000s are likely due to advances in medical care as well as changes in socioeconomic factors. More research is needed on the influence of health behaviors and environment.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20090505.html 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Investigate whether the health and functioning of the Baby Boom generation are better or worse than those of previous cohorts in middle age.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20100017.html 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The proportion of people ages 50-64 who reported needing help with personal care activities increased significantly from 1997 to 2007. The proportions needing help with routine household chores indicating difficulty with physical functions were stable. These patterns contrast with reported declines in disability among the population age 65 and older. Particularly concerning among those ages 50-64 are significant increases of limitation in specific mobility-related activities, such as getting into and out of bed.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP201100241.html 2011-11-01T00:00:00Z 2011-11-01T00:00:00Z

This study assessing trends in late-life disability in the emerging economy of Taiwan showed that limitations in seeing, hearing, and instrumental activities of daily living declined.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP201100301.html 2011-01-01T12:00:00Z 2011-01-01T12:00:00Z

Recently, late-life disability rates have declined in several countries of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation, but no national-level trend analysis for England has been available.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/corporate_pubs/CP22-2010-08.html 2010-08-14T10:59:00Z 2010-08-14T10:59:00Z

Features discuss retirement patterns of baby boomers, marijuana legalization, drug enforcement in Europe, and No Child Left Behind; news items cover the Gulf coast, food allergies, the U.S. health reform law, police benefits, and Pakistani militants.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR655.html 2009-02-06T16:44:00Z 2009-02-06T16:44:00Z

Assesses the health care needs of the residents of Prince George's County, Maryland, and the capacity of the county's health care system to meet those needs.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/reprints/RP732.html 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Trends in functional limitations among older Americans and possible reasons for such trends are documented here for the period of 1984 to 1993.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/reprints/RP330.html 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

This document has been superseded.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/reprints/RP330-1.html 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The authors review research on the demography of aging in developing countries in several substantive areas, namely, basic demography, mortality and health, family demography, population distribution and migration, and economic activity and well-being.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/reprints/RP887.html 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Using the Survey of Income and Program Participation, the authors document the importance of education in accounting for declines in functional limitations among older Americans from 1984 to 1993.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB5021.html 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone knows that we are living longer, but the great unknown -- and the subject of some controversy -- has been whether older Americans are living in better health.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/drafts/DRU2066.html 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Second Supplement on Aging (SOA II) to the 1994 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) and the Supplement on Aging (SOA) to the 1984 NHIS were intended to be two comparable surveys of the elderly population 70 years of age and older.