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International Trade
commentary
Bridging the Global Age Gap
Krishna B. Kumar @kbkumar_
Oct 8, 2015
U.S. News & World Report
The Trans-Pacific Partnership offers hope for balancing the world's rapidly aging with its jobless youth. As long-term care for the elderly becomes a pressing need in many developed countries, services such as monitoring and reminding people to take their medications could be provided remotely from countries with an abundance of younger workers.
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Alzheimer's Disease and Dementias
essay
Struggling with Dementia
Aug 10, 2015
The costs of dementia are staggering. A recent RAND analysis quantifies the scope of the problem in the United States and serves as a wake-up call to policymakers everywhere.
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Medicare
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Medicare at 50: How Reforming End-of-Life Care Could Benefit It for Years to Come
Erin Audrey Taylor
Jul 30, 2015
U.S. News & World Report
As Medicare turns 50, skyrocketing health care costs and the aging of baby boomers both threaten the program's long-term viability. One solution that could go a long way would be to change the way the program handles and pays for end-of-life care.
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The Elderly
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Aging in Asia: Can the 'Tigers' Continue to Roar?
Rafiq Dossani, Rachel M. Swanger
Jun 16, 2015
The RAND Blog
Changing demographics will force Japan and the “Asian Tigers” — Hong Kong, Korea, Singapore and Taiwan — to find ways to remain economically dynamic while increasingly looking after their elderly. How might public policy help accomplish this?
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Aging Parents
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He Lived Cautiously, and Then Died Suddenly
Jeffrey Wasserman
May 15, 2015
Los Angeles Times
After his father's unexpected death, RAND's Jeffrey Wasserman questions his instinct to always play it safe, and decides what risks in life are worth taking.
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Alzheimer's Disease and Dementias
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Demographics Add Urgency for Action on Dementia Long-Term Care
Esther M. Friedman
Jul 28, 2014
Modern Healthcare
Dementia takes a huge toll on those afflicted with it. But it also has major consequences for those who must care for them, most often family and friends.
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commentary
A Global Focus on Dementia
Regina A. Shih @ReginaShih
Dec 11, 2013
The RAND Blog
The Group of 8 industrial nations is convening a special session to seek an international approach to dementia research at a time the disease is being recognized as a 21st century global health crisis of historic proportions.
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Neurological Disorders
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The Cost of Dementia: Who Will Pay?
Michael D. Hurd
May 1, 2013
The Health Care Blog
It is time for the government in partnership with industry to return to the drawing board to craft a plan that will provide protection for the more than 9 million people who will need care for dementia by 2040, writes Michael D. Hurd.
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Alzheimer's Disease and Dementias
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Dementia's Growing Cost to Caregivers
Kathleen J. Mullen @KathleenJMullen
Apr 29, 2013
the RWJF's Human Capital Blog
At the rate that the U.S. population is aging, the total cost of dementia could reach half a trillion dollars a year by 2040. Those who care for impaired relatives and friends are acutely aware of the effects of dementia, and unfortunately they are all too familiar with its costs, writes Kathleen J. Mullen.
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Demographics
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Consequences of a Graying World
Jonathan Grant, Stijn Hoorens @StijnHoorens
Jun 29, 2007
Christian Science Monitor
Consequences of a Graying World, in Christian Science Monitor.
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