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The Impact of Assisted Living Organizational Structure and Process Characteristics on Staff Absence During COVID-19 Journal of Aging & Social Policy (IF 7.084) Pub Date : 2024-04-17 Carlyn E. Vogel, Debra Dobbs, Lindsay Peterson, Hongdao Meng, Victor Molinari
Quality of care in assisted living communities (ALCs) is important to consumers. The coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and associated emergency policies have posed major challenges on...
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Leveraging Existing Datasets to Advance Family Caregiving Research: Opportunities to Measure What Matters Journal of Aging & Social Policy (IF 7.084) Pub Date : 2024-04-16 Rebecca M. Goodwin, Rebecca L. Utz, Catherine E. Elmore, Katherine A. Ornstein, Djin L. Tay, Lee Ellington, Ken R. Smith, Caroline E. Stephens
More than 17.7 million people in the U.S. care for older adults. Analyzing population datasets can increase our understanding of the needs of family caregivers of older adults. We reviewed 14 U.S. ...
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The State of Family Caregiving Policy Journal of Aging & Social Policy (IF 7.084) Pub Date : 2024-04-16 Pamela Nadash
As the population ages and supportive services are increasingly delivered in home- and community-based settings, greater demands are placed on family caregivers. This essay introducing the special ...
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Aging in Place and ‘The Little Things’: Prioritizing Mobile Health and Social Care in Rural Communities Journal of Aging & Social Policy (IF 7.084) Pub Date : 2024-04-02 Joshua C. Allen, Tracey S. Rickards, Christina L. H. Roberts, Eve S. Baird
Older adults are more frequently wanting to age in place. Governments are seeking cost-effective and efficient methods of supporting aging populations. Older adults who want to stay in their homes ...
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Age Differences in Unemployment Risk and Reemployment Outcomes in Late Working Life in Sweden Journal of Aging & Social Policy (IF 7.084) Pub Date : 2024-03-25 Gülin Öylü, Andreas Motel-Klingebiel, Susanne Kelfve
Participation of older workers in the labor market depends, among other things, on older workers employment chances. This study examines age differences regarding risk of unemployment and reemploym...
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Informal Caregiver Social Network Types and Mental Health: The Mediating Role of Psychological Resilience Journal of Aging & Social Policy (IF 7.084) Pub Date : 2024-02-29 Pildoo Sung, Jeremy Lim-Soh, Rahul Malhotra
Little is known about whether and why social networks protect mental health among informal caregivers. This study examined the association between informal caregiver social network types and depres...
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Planning for retirement during active service in Ghana: Insights from pensioners in the Greater Accra Region Journal of Aging & Social Policy (IF 7.084) Pub Date : 2024-02-25 Myles Ongoh, Stephen Afranie, Fedelia Ohemeng, Kwamina Abekah-Carter, Anthony H. Godi
Workers often participate in pre-retirement planning activities to gain awareness of the likely changes they may experience when they retire to enable them to prepare accordingly. Although pre-reti...
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Complements or Substitutes? Young Germans’ Experience and Expectations with Financing Sources for Long-Term Care Journal of Aging & Social Policy (IF 7.084) Pub Date : 2024-02-29 Thomas Klie, Christian E. Weller
Financing long-term care is a growing challenge in aging societies. To address this challenge, Germany created public long-term care insurance (DPV) more than 25 years ago. Germans still need to pr...
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Stakeholders’ Perspectives on an Area Agency on Aging Serving Urban Older Adults Journal of Aging & Social Policy (IF 7.084) Pub Date : 2024-02-26 Faith Hopp, Elizabeth Chapleski, Fay Keys
Area Agencies on Aging (AAAs), authorized by the 1965 Older Americans Act, seek to promote “age-friendly” communities by offering services that help older adults live independently. This study used...
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Ambiguities in Preventing Infections in Nursing Homes: Care Workers Experiences and Implications for Future Policies Journal of Aging & Social Policy (IF 7.084) Pub Date : 2024-02-23 Carolina Falcão Duarte, Jaap Daalhuizen, Nete Schwennesen
Preventing infections in nursing homes is highly challenging, given the ambiguous nature of nursing homes as care institutions and places to live. Yet, little is known about how care workers experi...
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Queering Age-Friendly NYC: A Critical Discourse Analysis Journal of Aging & Social Policy (IF 7.084) Pub Date : 2024-02-21 Austin G. Oswald
This study employed critical discourse analysis to investigate the representation of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) older adults in the context of New York City’s age-frien...
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Mortality Among the Dementia Population in Not-For-Profit Hospitals with Better Nursing Resources Journal of Aging & Social Policy (IF 7.084) Pub Date : 2024-01-31 Vaneh E. Hovsepian, Douglas M. Sloane, K. Jane Muir, Matthew D. McHugh
The dementia population has higher rates of mortality during hospital stays than those without dementia. The aim of this study is to examine the relationship between ownership status (i.e. for-prof...
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Consumer Complaints in Nursing Homes: Analyzing Substantiated Single-Allegation Complaints to Deficiency Citations Journal of Aging & Social Policy (IF 7.084) Pub Date : 2024-01-11 Kallol Kumar Bhattacharyya, Lindsay Peterson, Victor Molinari, John R. Bowblis
Complaints provide important information to consumers about nursing homes (NHs), but how substantiated complaints map onto deficiency citations is unknown. The purpose of this study is to understan...
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High Medicaid Nursing Homes: Contextual Factors Associated with the Availability of Specialized Resources Required to Care for Obese Residents Journal of Aging & Social Policy (IF 7.084) Pub Date : 2024-01-11 Gregory N. Orewa, Ganisher Davlyatov, Rohit Pradhan, Justin Lord, Robert Weech-Maldonado
Obesity is an increasingly important concern in the delivery of high-quality nursing home care. Obese nursing home residents require specialized equipment and resources. As high Medicaid nursing ho...
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Can Implementing Person-Centered Care Tools Reduce Complaints? Evidence from the Implementation of PELI in Ohio Nursing Homes Journal of Aging & Social Policy (IF 7.084) Pub Date : 2024-01-11 Miranda C. Kunkel, John R. Bowblis, Jane Straker, Kimberly Van Haitsma, Katherine M. Abbott
Nursing homes receive complaints when actual care provided to residents misaligns with desired care, suggesting that person-centered care (PCC) and honoring resident preferences in care delivery ma...
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From Research to Policy: Unveiling Dementia Prevention Efforts in Switzerland Journal of Aging & Social Policy (IF 7.084) Pub Date : 2024-01-05 Andreoletti Mattia, Alessandro Blasimme
Recent research has challenged the notion that dementia is an inevitable outcome of age-related cognitive decline, highlighting the possibility of preventing or delaying onset by addressing specifi...
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Developing an Operationalized Framework for Comparing Consumer-Directed Care for Older Adults: Evidence from Expert Survey and Cross-National Comparison Journal of Aging & Social Policy (IF 7.084) Pub Date : 2023-12-27 Jinbao Zhang, Yu-Chih Chen, Cheng Shi, Julia Shu-Huah Wang
Consumer-directed care (CDC) programs for older people aim to optimize health outcomes by offering clients control and flexibility regarding service arrangements. However, policy design features ma...
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Mismatch Between Older Persons’ Generative Concern and Internalized Generative Capacities: Leveraging on Generative Ambivalence to Enhance Intergenerational Cohesion Journal of Aging & Social Policy (IF 7.084) Pub Date : 2023-12-27 Ad Maulod, June M. L. Lee, Si Yinn Lu, Grand H. L. Cheng, Angelique Chan, Leng Leng Thang, Rahul Malhotra
Studies have shown how generativity, the concern for establishing and guiding the next generation and safeguarding its wellbeing, functions as an intergenerational conduit, bridging the development...
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Serious About Getting Old?: Variability of Individual Old Age Risk Management in Czechia Journal of Aging & Social Policy (IF 7.084) Pub Date : 2023-12-01 Pavol Frič, Michaela Šmídová, Martin Vávra, Petr Witz, Ludmiła Władyniak
The global trend of transferring responsibility for dignified aging from the state to individuals is conducive to a variability of alternative attitudes and strategies. Despite having important imp...
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Improving Policy and Practices of Hospice Live Discharge: A Historical Exploration of the Medicare Hospice Benefit Journal of Aging & Social Policy (IF 7.084) Pub Date : 2023-12-01 Cara L. Wallace, Stephanie P. Wladkowski
Hospice care in the US is heavily regulated to ensure access to the Medicare Hospice Benefit (MHB) for individuals with serious illness. Policy changes to the MHB, many of which intended to minimiz...
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Sexual Assault in Older-Age Adults: Criminal Justice Response in New Zealand Journal of Aging & Social Policy (IF 7.084) Pub Date : 2023-11-26 Tess Patterson, Linda Hobbs, Elliott Brown, Yoram Barak
There is growing recognition that older persons, both male and female, may experience sexual assault. One clearly identified gap in the body of scientific literature is examination of the criminal ...
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Social Participation of Older Adults in Rural and Urban Areas: A Cross-Sectional Survey in Turkey Journal of Aging & Social Policy (IF 7.084) Pub Date : 2023-11-26 Medine Yılmaz, Gülçin Uyanık, Gamze Ağartıoğlu Kundakçı, Media Subaşı Baybuğa, Birsen Altay, Dilek Cingil, Ayşe Berivan Bakan, Betül Aktaş, Cantürk Çapık, Saime Erol, Şenay Pehlivan, Gülfer Fidan
Social participation is important in terms of active aging and quality of life during old age. This cross-sectional study aimed to determine the social participation of older adults in rural and ur...
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Outcomes of the Pilot Project for Community Care Among Older Adults in South Korea Journal of Aging & Social Policy (IF 7.084) Pub Date : 2023-11-26 Jae Woo Choi, Ae Jung Yoo
The Korean government implemented the pilot project for community care for older adults in June 2019. This study investigated the outcomes of the pilot project among Korean older adults by linking ...
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The Economic Value of Caregiving in Chile Journal of Aging & Social Policy (IF 7.084) Pub Date : 2023-11-22 Pablo Villalobos Dintrans, Javiera Gazmuri, Carolina Velasco
Population aging will increase the demand for long-term care services. Many countries, including Chile, have not implemented comprehensive responses to address these demands, relying on informal ca...
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How Does the Statutory Retirement Age Affect Older workers’ Employment in Relation to Individual and Work‐Related Factors? Journal of Aging & Social Policy (IF 7.084) Pub Date : 2023-11-18 Wioletta Grzenda
Policies aimed at increasing employment among older people often focus on the statutory retirement age. Taking into account the characteristics of workers and work-related factors, we examine the i...
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The Concept of Active Longevity in Russia’s Policy on Aging Journal of Aging & Social Policy (IF 7.084) Pub Date : 2023-11-08 Liliya Martynova
Since the 1960s, the goal of active longevity has been mentioned repeatedly in Russian policy documents on aging and aging-related research. Analyzing current policy documents revealed divergences ...
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Migration Decisions in the Fourth Age: The Case of East Asian Retirees in Thailand Journal of Aging & Social Policy (IF 7.084) Pub Date : 2023-10-13 Kanokwan Tangchitnusorn, Patcharawalai Wongboonsin
Previous studies have not amply explored the next move of older adults currently spending their retirement abroad. This paper examined the future migration decisions of East Asian retirees in the l...
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Utilization of Long-Term Care Services and the Role of Institutional Trust in South Korea Journal of Aging & Social Policy (IF 7.084) Pub Date : 2023-10-11 Joelle H. Fong
With population aging, governments have become increasingly involved in the administration, funding, and regulation of formal long-term care (LTC) systems. We examine the association between instit...
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Trajectories of Disability and Long-Term Care Utilization After Acute Health Events Journal of Aging & Social Policy (IF 7.084) Pub Date : 2023-10-09 Judite Gonçalves, Luís Filipe, Courtney H. Van Houtven
Hip fractures, strokes, and heart attacks are common acute health events that can lead to long-term disability, care utilization, and unmet needs. However, such impacts, especially in the long term...
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Financial Consequences of COVID-19 in Germany: Living Standards of Older People During the First Year of the Pandemic Journal of Aging & Social Policy (IF 7.084) Pub Date : 2023-09-21 Laura Romeu Gordo, Julia Simonson, Alberto Lozano Alcántara
Despite major restrictions on economic activity due to the first lockdown starting in March 2020, public financial support helped to limit the financial consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic in Ger...
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Family Support, Perceived Physical Activeness and Chronic Non-Communicable Diseases as Determinants of Formal Healthcare Utilization Among Older Adults with Low Income and Health Insurance Subscription in Ghana Journal of Aging & Social Policy (IF 7.084) Pub Date : 2023-09-19 Williams Agyemang-Duah, Joseph Asumah Braimah, Dennis Asante, Joseph Oduro Appiah, Prince Peprah, Kofi Awuviry-Newton, Anthony Acquah Mensah, Justice Ofori-Amoah, Kwabena Opoku
Evidence suggests that enrollment in a health insurance scheme is associated with higher levels of formal healthcare utilization among older adults, especially those with low income in sub-Saharan ...
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Aging and the Law in Singapore and Japan: Adult Guardianship and Other Alternatives Journal of Aging & Social Policy (IF 7.084) Pub Date : 2023-09-13 Hang Wu Tang, Yukio Sakurai, Yue-En Chong
ABSTRACT Comparative adult guardianship law and other alternatives, especially in an Asian context, is an under-investigated area. This paper attempts to fill the gap in the literature by comparing the adult guardianship law and other alternatives from the perspectives of Singapore and Japan. The central argument of this paper is that in order for the law of adult guardianship to be widely adopted
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Population Aging in India: A Micro-Level Estimate Using Gridded Population Data Journal of Aging & Social Policy (IF 7.084) Pub Date : 2023-09-15 Nawaj Sarif, A. H. Sruthi Anil Kumar, Aditi Chakraborty, Nilesh Jagannath Yadav
As population aging continues to become a major demographic trend globally, it is essential to examine the demographic shifts at the micro-level to understand the changing scenario of older populat...
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The Potential of Social Policies in Preventing Dementia: An Ecological Study Using Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Journal of Aging & Social Policy (IF 7.084) Pub Date : 2023-08-25 Yuliya Bodryzlova, Fereshteh Mehrabi, Anthony Bosson, Christophe Maïano, Claire André, Emmanuelle Bélanger, Grégory Moullec
ABSTRACT Social policies determine the distribution of factors (e.g. education, cardiovascular health) protecting against the development of dementia in Alzheimer’s disease (AD). However, the association between social policies and the likelihood of AD without dementia (ADw/oD) has yet to be evaluated. We estimated this association in an ecological study using systematic review and meta-analysis. Four
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Inconsistent and Arbitrary Age-Based Policies During the First Wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic Journal of Aging & Social Policy (IF 7.084) Pub Date : 2023-08-17 Omer Aloni, Liat Ayalon
ABSTRACT The COVID-19 pandemic has forced countries to issue public measures to address threats to the safety of citizens and the healthcare system. The role of chronological age in the ways in which different countries coped with the pandemic is particularly intriguing. Based on pool of purposely selected twenty-one countries, this article compares a variety of urgent public health policies that have
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Reframing Aging: Foregrounding Familial and Occupational Roles of Older Adults is Linked to Decreased Ageism Over Two Centuries Journal of Aging & Social Policy (IF 7.084) Pub Date : 2023-08-03 Reuben Ng, Nicole Indran
ABSTRACT As older individuals play instrumental roles in supporting their families and contributing to their workplaces, it is essential to understand how society perceives them in relation to these social roles. This study compares age-based (e.g. senior citizen), familial role-based (e.g. grandmother) and occupational role-based framing (e.g. old(er) doctor) of older adults over 210 years in the
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Older adults’ experiences of restrictive measures during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic in Southern Switzerland: Evidence from the Corona Immunitas Ticino study Journal of Aging & Social Policy (IF 7.084) Pub Date : 2023-08-03 David Maciariello, Laurie Corna, Rebecca Amati, Emiliano Albanese, Stefano Cavalli
ABSTRACT From the outset of the pandemic, Swiss federal authorities implemented numerous public health measures to contain the spread of SARS-CoV-2. In southern Switzerland, Canton Ticino legislated additional measures, some of which specifically targeted people aged 65 and over. We assessed how older adults perceived and experienced the introduction of these age-specific measures using data from a
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Family Caregivers as Employers of Migrant Live-In Care Workers: Experiences and Policy Implications Journal of Aging & Social Policy (IF 7.084) Pub Date : 2023-08-01 Daniella Arieli, Inbal Halevi Hochwald
ABSTRACT As policymakers globally recognize aging in place as the preferred option for most adults, there is a growing need to supplement family or informal caregiving for frail older adults with formal homecare services, particularly for those who require 24/7 care due to significant physical and/or cognitive impairment. The core objective of this qualitative study was to explore family members’ experiences
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Self-Direction: A Revolution in Human Services Journal of Aging & Social Policy (IF 7.084) Pub Date : 2023-07-28 Howard Degenholtz
Published in Journal of Aging & Social Policy (Vol. 36, No. 3, 2024)
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Analysis of the First Round of Public Comments for the National Coverage Determination for Monoclonal Antibodies in the Treatment of Alzheimer’s Disease Journal of Aging & Social Policy (IF 7.084) Pub Date : 2023-07-24 Jenna Wahl, Emily A. Gadbois
ABSTRACT Following the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) controversial approval of aducanumab for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease, the Centers of Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) used its National Coverage Determination process to determine its coverage for Medicare beneficiaries. A public comment period was available for 30 days between July 12, 2021 and August 11, 2021. This study analyzed
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Transportation Planning for Older Americans: Challenges, Federal Policies, and Next Steps Journal of Aging & Social Policy (IF 7.084) Pub Date : 2023-07-24 Shengxiao (Alex) Li
ABSTRACT With the rapidly increasing number of older people, vehicle dependence in countries like the U.S. poses many challenges for transportation planning. Vehicle dependence among most Americans has substantial environmental, safety, and equity implications, and it excludes those with limited ability to drive from participating in many everyday social activities. Also, an age-based digital divide
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Chronic Disease, Functional Limitations, and Workforce Participation Among Medicaid Enrollees Over 50: The Potential Impact of Medicaid Work Requirements Post-COVID-19 Journal of Aging & Social Policy (IF 7.084) Pub Date : 2023-07-18 Rodlescia S. Sneed, Alexander Stubblefield, Graham Gardner, Tamara Jordan, Briana Mezuk
From 2018–2020, 19 states enacted Medicaid work requirements as a strategy for reducing program enrollment and overall cost. While these requirements were later rescinded, strategies to reduce Medi...
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Cross-Agency Collaboration to Address Rural Aging: The Role of County Government Journal of Aging & Social Policy (IF 7.084) Pub Date : 2023-07-12 Xue Zhang, Mildred E. Warner
Age-friendly community planning and design mainly focus on urban aging and may be less applicable in rural communities. We collaborated with the Tompkins County Age-Friendly Center for Excellence i...
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Gaps in the System: Supporting People Living with Dementia Journal of Aging & Social Policy (IF 7.084) Pub Date : 2023-07-02 Madeline King, Allie Peckham, Husayn Marani, Monika Roerig, Seles Yung, Kimberlyn McGrail, Yuchi Young, James Shaw, Greg Marchildon
ABSTRACT Persons living with dementia and their caregivers often face challenges in accessing support for their complex needs. This study aims to understand how program administrators, people living with dementia, unpaid caregivers, and decision-makers perceive specific dementia care programs and whether they are adequately meeting the needs of individuals living with dementia. Forty semi-structured
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Addressing Loneliness in Older People Through a Personalized Support and Community Response Program Journal of Aging & Social Policy (IF 7.084) Pub Date : 2023-06-29 David McDaid, A-La Park
ABSTRACT Loneliness is increasingly viewed from a public health perspective given its association with poor physical and mental health. This includes tackling loneliness as an element of policy to promote mental health and wellbeing recovery post Covid. Facilitating participation of older people in social activities is part of the cross-governmental strategy to address loneliness in England. Such interventions
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And What About Self-Ageism? “Inner Work” as a Fifth Strategy for the Eradication of Ageism Journal of Aging & Social Policy (IF 7.084) Pub Date : 2023-06-29 Sarit Okun, Liat Ayalon
ABSTRACT In response to the World Health Organization Report on ageism and the spread of ageism during the COVID-19 pandemic, varied actions to combat ageism have taken place, worldwide. To examined what older people think about combating ageism, 731 Israelis, ages 60–85, responded to an online survey. Thematic analysis of their responses identified that the two main reasons for combating ageism rely
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Effects of California’s Paid Family Leave Law on Caregiving by Older Adults Journal of Aging & Social Policy (IF 7.084) Pub Date : 2023-06-29 Joelle Abramowitz, Marcus Dillender
ABSTRACT In 2004, California became the first state to require that employers provide paid family leave (PFL) to their employees. This paper examines the effect of California’s PFL law on time spent caregiving to parents and to grandchildren by older adults aged 50–79. To identify the effect of the law, the paper uses the 1998–2016 waves of the Health and Retirement Study and a difference-in-differences
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A Community Initiative to Engage Employers to Support Caregiving Employees and Build an Advocacy Alliance Journal of Aging & Social Policy (IF 7.084) Pub Date : 2023-06-26 Kylie Meyer, Morgan Zachmeyer, Jane Paccione, Cynthia Cardenas, Carol Zernial, Christina Smith
ABSTRACT Family caregivers to persons living with a chronic or disabling condition often report disruption to their employment. Employment disruption can cause long-term financial difficulty and psychological distress for caregivers, high costs for employers, and exacerbates social inequities. In this commentary, we describe a community initiative to better support employees who are caregivers conducted
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Is There a Gender Gap in Support for Distributive Principles in Old Age Pension Schemes? Journal of Aging & Social Policy (IF 7.084) Pub Date : 2023-06-23 Anne Skevik Grødem, Ragni Hege Kitterød
ABSTRACT A number of studies have identified a gender gap in social attitudes, but few have studied the phenomenon in the context of old age pension schemes. Using data from a 2019 Norwegian survey, we examined patterns of support for three distribution principles in pensions (anti-poverty, merit, and equality). Compared to men, women are more supportive of the anti-poverty and equality principles
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The relationships between informal and formal social care for older people in England: A comparison before and after the Care Act 2014 Journal of Aging & Social Policy (IF 7.084) Pub Date : 2023-06-23 Jae Yeon Lyu, Bo Hu, Raphael Wittenberg, Derek King
ABSTRACT Social care is an integral part of the UK welfare system and plays an imperative role in promoting the well-being of older people. This study investigates the impacts of receiving informal social care on formal social care use among community-dwelling older people in England before and after the implementation of the Care Act 2014. Data came from the Health Survey for England for the years
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Are Age-Friendly Communities “Friendly” for All? Perspectives from LGBTQ2S+ Communities Journal of Aging & Social Policy (IF 7.084) Pub Date : 2023-06-22 Emma Lipinski, Arne Stinchcombe, Kimberley Wilson
ABSTRACT Age-friendly initiatives have grown in popularity in their efforts to promote active aging among older adults in Canada and other countries worldwide. However, these initiatives often overlook underrepresented populations, such as lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer, and two-spirit (LGBTQ2S+) older adults, who have unique social and historical contexts which impact their aging experiences
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The Short and Long-Term Correlates of Change in Loneliness Status: The Role of Epidemic Control Measures During the COVID-19 Pandemic Journal of Aging & Social Policy (IF 7.084) Pub Date : 2023-06-22 Howard Litwin, Bracha Erlich
ABSTRACT The COVID−19 pandemic and corresponding measures taken to control it seem to have had negative effects on the well-being of older people. The present study regressed short and long-term loneliness scores on the degree of stringency of epidemic control policies in Europe and in Israel, and on other pandemic-related variables, controlling for a range of possible confounders. The longitudinal
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“Going Back in the Closet”: Addressing Discrimination Against Sexual and Gender Minority Residents in Long-Term Services and Supports by Providing Culturally Responsive Care Journal of Aging & Social Policy (IF 7.084) Pub Date : 2023-06-22 B. R. Simon Rosser, Tetyana Shippee, Morgan M. Wright, Cailynn Aumock, Rajean Moone, Kristine M.C. Talley, Phil Duran, Carrie Henning-Smith, Sean Cahill, Jason D. Flatt, Jaime Slaughter-Acey, Samuel Greenwald, Teresa McCarthy, Michael W. Ross
ABSTRACT Sexual and gender minority (SGM) older adults face discrimination in long-term services and supports (LTSS). Yet, SGM older adults use LTSS disproportionately higher relative to their non-SGM counterparts. The discrimination is compounded by existing disparities, resulting in worse health outcomes and well-being for SGM older adults. Guided by socioecological model, we posit that training
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Publicly Reported Quality Performance for Dual-eligible Special Needs Plans, 2010–2019 Journal of Aging & Social Policy (IF 7.084) Pub Date : 2023-06-22 Laura M. Keohane, Srivarun Tummarakota
ABSTRACT As enrollment increases in Dual-eligible Special Needs Plans (D-SNPs) that exclusively enroll low-income Medicare beneficiaries with Medicaid coverage, better evidence is needed about quality of care in these managed care plans. Using 2010–2019 publicly reported Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS) measures, we found that median HEDIS performance scores were usually slightly
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Medical Aid in Dying: How Might U.S. Policy Prevent Suffering at the End of Life? Journal of Aging & Social Policy (IF 7.084) Pub Date : 2023-06-22 Nancy Kusmaul, Todd D. Becker, Allison Gibson, Cara L. Wallace
ABSTRACT Medical aid in dying refers to policies that allow terminally ill patients to seek assistance from their medical providers to obtain medications to hasten death. In this paper, we used a 7-point policy analysis model to examine the diversity of medical aid in dying policies that exist in jurisdictions (states and territories) in the U.S. and the implications of these policies for suffering
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Predictors of older adults’ attitudes toward various COVID-19 vaccine mandates Journal of Aging & Social Policy (IF 7.084) Pub Date : 2023-06-19 Filip Viskupič, David L. Wiltse
ABSTRACT Governments are considering adopting various COVID−19 vaccine mandates to protect the most vulnerable groups from infection. We conducted a panel survey of 240 adults aged 65 years or older in April 2021 and April 2022 on their attitudes toward COVID−19 vaccine mandates for all adults, adults 65 and older, and health care workers. Results of a series of logistic regression models show that
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Managing Age-Related Disability in Indonesia: An Issue That Extends Beyond the Concept of Active Aging Journal of Aging & Social Policy (IF 7.084) Pub Date : 2023-06-19 Mardiana Dwi Puspitasari, Mugia Bayu Rahardja, Rina Herartri, Indra Murty Surbakti
This study evaluates how various village services help older Indonesians perform daily activities and reduce age-related disability. Individual-level data from the 2020 National Socio-Economic Surv...
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Sociodemographic Factors and Adjustment of Daily Activities During the COVID-19 Pandemic – Findings from the SHARE Corona Survey Journal of Aging & Social Policy (IF 7.084) Pub Date : 2023-05-01 Jenny Olofsson, Filip Fors Connolly, Gunnar Malmberg, Maria Josefsson, Mikael Stattin
ABSTRACT In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, older people across Europe have adjusted their daily activities as personal risk avoidance and as an amendment to policy recommendations and restrictions. In this study, we use multilevel logistic regressions to examine to what extent sociodemographic factors are associated with activity reduction among the older population (50+) in Europe and
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Social Service Providers’ Perceptions of Older Adults’ Food Access During COVID-19 Journal of Aging & Social Policy (IF 7.084) Pub Date : 2023-05-01 Ashley L. Munger, Katherine E. Speirs, Stephanie K. Grutzmacher, Mark Edwards
ABSTRACT The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated risk factors for food insecurity among older adults, while also altering how government agencies and social service organizations could serve this population given their disproportionate vulnerability to the virus. The current study sought to understand social service providers’ perspectives about how low-income community-dwelling older adults’ access to food
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Factors Affecting Health Policies for Older People in Iran Journal of Aging & Social Policy (IF 7.084) Pub Date : 2023-05-01 Leila Doshmangir, Parinaz Doshmangir, Khorshid Mobasseri, Rahim Khodayari-Zarnaq, Ahmad Ahmadi Teymourlouy, Vladimir Sergeevich Gordeev
Globally, the number and proportion of people aged 60 years and older is growing fast. As people age, health needs become more complex, and the health system’s responsiveness to older people’s need...