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RAND Review: May-June 2018

This issue features research on preventing child abuse and neglect and improving outcomes for children in the U.S. child-welfare system; a look back on RAND's 70 years of innovation; and an exploration of the human side of artificial intelligence.

Apr 30, 2018
Report

Improving Older Adults' Disaster Resilience

Most organizations that promote aging in place do not place a high priority on promoting disaster preparedness. And the resilience activities of public health departments are not focused on older adults. Tailoring existing activities to the needs of older adults could improve their disaster preparedness and resilience.

Jan 23, 2018
Tool

Building Older Adults' Resilience by Bridging Public Health and Aging-in-Place Efforts: Toolkit

This toolkit contains information and activities that can bring together those involved in aging-in-place support and those involved in disaster resilience efforts to improve the resilience of older adults to natural and human-caused disasters.

Jan 23, 2018
Journal Article

Journal Article

Anemia Is Associated with Incidence of Dementia: A National Health Screening Study in Korea Involving 37,900 Persons

Anemia, especially when it is severe, is an independent risk factor for the incidence of dementia.

Jan 16, 2018
Commentary

An Uneven Future: An Ageing Population Needs Innovation, but Not at the Expense of Equal Care

Expected increases in life expectancy together with increasingly complex physical and mental illness will continue to exert huge pressures on health systems. How should the UK prepare for the challenges ahead?

Oct 5, 2017
Journal Article

Journal Article

Disease Incidence and Mortality Among Older Americans and Europeans

Overall, the origin of the higher prevalence of health conditions in the United States results from a higher incidence of diseases and prevalence earlier in the life course.

Oct 4, 2017
Journal Article

Journal Article

Age Differences in Death and Suicidal Ideation in Anxious Primary Care Patients

One in three older adults with anxiety reported feeling like they were better off dead, which underscores the importance of assessing for suicidality in this population during primary care visits.

Aug 31, 2017
News Release

News Release

Average American's Risk of Needing Nursing Home Care Is Higher Than Previously Estimated

The average American's lifetime risk of using a nursing home is substantially greater than previous research has suggested. Among persons age 57 to 61, 56 percent will stay in a nursing home at least one night during their lifetime.

Aug 28, 2017
Journal Article

Journal Article

Designing Cash Transfer Programs for an Older Population: The Mexican Case

Simulation of means testing benefit schemes showing beneficial effects on poverty and income inequality. Validated with data from a field experiment in Yucatan, Mexico, the simulations provide a good forecast of observed effects in the experiment.

Jun 28, 2017
Journal Article

Journal Article

Have Individual Medical Savings Accounts Accumulated Meaningful Balances After 10 Years of Enrolment? Empirical Evidence from China

China's medical savings accounts have not succeeded in promoting individual savings for medical care, especially among vulnerable groups such as women and the elderly.

May 11, 2017
Journal Article

The Hispanic Paradox: Race/Ethnicity and Nativity, Immigrant Enclave Residence and Cognitive Impairment Among Older US Adults

Foreign-born Mexican Americans are significantly less likely to experience cognitive impairment as they age than are their US-born socioeconomic peers.

May 5, 2017
Journal Article

Journal Article

Eliciting Survival Expectations of the Elderly in Low-Income Countries: Evidence From India

Elderly people in low-income countries are pessimistic about their survival probabilities compared with state-specific life tables, and socioeconomic status influences beliefs about survival expectations.

Apr 11, 2017
Journal Article

Journal Article

Screening Tool of Older Person's Prescriptions: Screening Tools to Alert Doctors to Right Treatment Medication Criteria Modified for U.S. Nursing Home Setting

Experts have identified new criteria for assessing the quality of prescribing in nursing homes.

Mar 15, 2017
Journal Article

Journal Article

Foundations of Activity of Daily Living Trajectories of Older Americans

Longitudinal data from the Health and Retirement Study support the concept that disability reflects a progression from disease to impairment to functional limitation and finally to disability.

Jan 27, 2017
Report

2016 RAND Summer Institute

Video session from the 23rd Annual RAND Summer Institute, held July 11-14, 2016, in Santa Monica, California, which addresses critical issues facing our aging population.

Jan 6, 2017
Journal Article

Journal Article

Push or Pull: Changes in the Relative Risk and Growth of Entrepreneurship Among Older Households

Entrepreneurship among older adults is on the rise, especially in households with greater access to income from interest, dividends, and capital gains.

Nov 30, 2016
Journal Article

Journal Article

Are Functional and Activity Limitations Becoming More Prevalent Among 55 to 69-Year-Olds in the United States?

Most, but not all, types of functional and activity limitations did not change significantly for Americans 55-69 between 1998 and 2012.

Nov 11, 2016
Commentary

The Neighborhood Park: An Underused Oasis

Most neighborhood parks are underutilized, especially in the mornings and on weekdays. But with a modest amount of redesign, investment, and marketing, parks could lead more people to engage in routine physical activity.

Nov 9, 2016
Journal Article

Journal Article

Can a More User-Friendly Medicare Plan Finder Improve Consumers' Selection of Medicare Plans?

Enhancements to the Medicare Plan Finder website not only improved user experience but also helped users make good decisions when choosing plans.

Nov 3, 2016
Journal Article

Journal Article

Cost-effectiveness of Combined Oral Bisphosphonate Therapy and Falls Prevention Exercise for Fracture Prevention in the USA

For white women aged 75-80, 1 year of exercise and 5 years of bisphosphonate therapy are effective at preventing osteoporitic fractures.

Oct 27, 2016

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