Preventing Chronic Disease (CDC, January 2008).
This issue's focus is the health of older adults. http://www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2008/jan/toc.htm
Financing Medicare: An Issue Brief
by the Kaiser Family Foundation (1/11/2008),
a link to the full report: http://www.kff.org/medicare/7731.cfm
"Height, Health and Cognitive Function at Older Ages,"
by Anne Case and Christina Paxson ( Princeton University Research Program in Development Studies, January 2008, .pdf format, 11 p.).:
http://www.princeton.edu/~rpds/downloads/Case_Paxson_Height
_Health_and_Cognitive_Function.pdf
plus "Additional Materials for "Height, Health
and Cognitive Function at Older Ages," by the same authors:
http://www.princeton.edu/~rpds/downloads/Case_Paxson_Cog
_Function_Additional.pdf
Women's Health Insurance Coverage Fact Sheet,
Kaiser Family Foundation,
link to December, 2007 update:
http://www.kff.org/womenshealth/6000.cfm
Health Affairs online (January/February 2008):
selection of articles on "Health Spending in 2006:"
http://www.healthaffairs.org/
Comparing the U.S. and Canadian Health Care Systems,
by June E. O'Neill and Dave M. O'Neill (NBER Bulletin
on Aging and Health, Fall 2007):
http://www.nber.org/aginghealth/fall07/fall07.pdf
The Lifetime Costs and Benefits of Medical Technology,
by David M. Cutler (NBER Bulletin, Fall, 2007):
http://www.nber.org/bah/fall07/w13478.html
Impact of First Occupation on Health at Older Ages
(NBER, Dec., 2007, link to .pdf, 30 p.):
http://www.nber.org/papers/w13715
Summary Health Statistics for U.S. Adults: National
Health Interview Survey, 2006,"
by John R. Pleis and Margaret Lethbridge-Cejku
(Vital and Health Statistics, Series 10, No. 235,
December 2007, .pdf format, 153p.)
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/series/sr_10/sr10_235.pdf
The Aging of the Baby Boomers: Housing Seniors
in the Delaware Valley , by the Delaware Valley Regional
Planning Commission (January, 2007):
http://www.dvrpc.org/asp/pubs/reports/07003.pdf
Guarding the Guardians: Promising Practices
for Court Monitoring: AARP Research Report, by Naomi Karp
and Erica F. Wood (December 2007):
http://www.aarp.org/research/legal/guardianships/2007_21_guardians.html
Reverse Mortgages: "Niche Product or Mainstream Solution? Report
on the 2006 AARP National Survey of Reverse Mortgage Shoppers:"
AARP Research Report, by Donald L. Redfoot, Ken Scholen,
and S. Kathi Brown (December 2007):
http://www.aarp.org/research/credit-debt/mortgages/2007_22_revmortgage.html
NIH-AARP Diet and Health Study: Impact of Diet and Lifestyle Factors
on Cancer Incidence: AARP Research Report (December 2007):
http://www.aarp.org/research/health/prevention/nci_aarp.html
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Strategic Plan
- FY 2007-2012:
http://aspe.hhs.gov/hhsplan/2007/
Medicare Part D 2008 Data Spotlights, by the Kaiser
Family Foundation (12/10/07):
http://www.kff.org/medicare/med102507pkg.cfm
New Resources and Briefing Explore Nursing Home Reform
Twenty Years After Passage of Landmark Law,
from the Kaiser Family Foundation (12/7/07):
http://www.kff.org/obra87reforms.cfm
From Isolation to Integration: Recommendations to Improve Quality
in Long-Term Care, by the National Commission
for Quality Long-Term Care (December 2007, .pdf format, 94 p.):
http://www.qualitylongtermcarecommission.org/pdf/
Final_Report_NCQLTC_20071203.pdf
Online Learning for Seniors: Barriers and Opportunities,
by Mark Notess and Lesa Lorenzen-Huber (eLearn Magazine Resarch Paper, 2007):
http://elearnmag.org/subpage.cfm?section=research&article=7-1
Health, United States, 2007 with Chartbook on Trends
in the Health of Americans with Special Feature on Access to Care:
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/hus.htm
Older Population Age 65 Years and Over:
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/pubs/pubd/hus/older.htm