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February 1, 2012 | Journal Article
Veterans who visited VA facilities with longer primary care wait times had significantly lower primary care utilization compared with veterans who visited VA facilities with shorter primary care wait times.
July 1, 2011 | Journal Article
Researchers offer a more complete, yet easily modified model for estimating American life expectancy by age and sex, incorporating for the first time the decline in tobacco use, increase in obesity and well-known trends and patterns of mortality.
March 15, 2011 | Program Results Report
At its 16th annual conference, the Council on Health Care Economics and Policy focused on how to meet the growing need of aging Americans for health care services and released key recommendations.
January 1, 2011 | Journal Article
Compared with traditional skilled nursing homes, the Green House model allows for more time to be spent caring for and engaging residents.
July 1, 2010 | Journal Article
This article looked at whether the use of biologically-based therapies, body-based therapies, or other alternative therapies were associated with a variety of quality-of-life outcomes among respondents age 55 and older.
January 7, 2010 | Journal Article
The culture-change movement is a broad-based effort to transform nursing homes from impersonal health care institutions into true person-centered homes offering long-term care services. The movement encompasses almost three decades of consumer advocacy coupled with legal, legislative, and policy work aimed at improving both the quality of care and the quality of life in nursing homes.
January 1, 2009 | Journal Article
This article presents analysis of basic disabilities among older adults. The study considered data from the American Community Survey (ACS) 2000-2005. The findings indicate that basic disabilities increased from 2000-20005, reversing a trend that began in the 80s.
April 1, 2002 | Program Results Report
In 2001, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, N.C., held a two-day conference that explored the potential for cooperation between religious communities and health care systems in meeting the health care needs of the nation's rapidly increasing elderly population.
July 15, 2008 | Program Results Report
The Alliance for Aging Research conceptualized, organized and laid the groundwork for a blue ribbon commission holding hearings throughout the United States to increase awareness about the growing challenges posed by an aging U.S. population.
February 13, 2013 | Journal Article
This study reveals that carriers of the APOE-e4 risk allele (a major genetic risk factor for cognitive decline, Alzheimer’s disease, and early mortality), may benefit from HT.