Today's Research on Aging
"Today's Research on Aging" is an e-newsletter series intended to increase awareness of research results and their application to major public and private decisionmaking. Although policy debates may be closely followed by many members of society, not all people are aware of the research underlying policy prescriptions as well as the choices of public and private decisionmakers. By discussing recent research and the links to major government, business, social, and private issues, we hope to increase appreciation of the scientific findings relevant to aging and their effects on individuals and society.
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Today's Research on Aging: Recent Issues
Planning for Retirement and End-of-Life Care Issue 24, January 2012 (PDF: 516KB)
The Health and Well-Being of Grandparents Caring for Grandchildren Issue 23, December 2011 (PDF: 250KB)
Trends in Life Expectancy in the United States, Denmark, and the Netherlands: Rapid Increase, Stagnation, and Resumption Issue 22, August 2011 (PDF: 282KB)
Volunteering and Health For Aging Populations Issue 21, August 2011 (PDF: 287KB)
China's Rapidly Aging Population Issue 20, July 2010 (PDF: 288KB)
Aging and the Health Care Workforce Issue 19, June 2010 (PDF: 279KB)
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Related Articles and Webcasts
"More of Us on Track to Reach Age 100: Genes, Habits, Baboons Examined for Longevity Clues" (June 2011)
"Benefits of the Baltimore Experience Corps Volunteer Program," interview with Michelle Carlson, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, May 2011 (Webcast: 12 minutes)
"Cost-Effectiveness Research and Health Care Reform," interview with Alan Garber, Stanford University, May 2011 (Webcast: 10 minutes)
"Health Consequences of Social and Economic Policy," interview with Robert Schoeni, University of Michigan, May 2011 (Webcast: 7 minutes)
"Military Service and Health in Later Life," interview with Andrew London and Janet Wilmoth, Syracuse University, May 2011 (Webcast: 15 minutes)
"Subjective Well-Being and Policy," interview with Angus Deaton, Princeton University, May 2011 (Webcast: 12 minutes)
"Social Security Benefits Around the World, 1970 to 2000," December 2010 (Webcast: 20 minutes)
"Smoking-Related Deaths Keep U.S. Life Expectancy Below Other Wealthy Countries" (October 2010)
"100 Years and Beyond: Increasing Human Life Expectancy," interview with James Vaupel, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, October 2010 (Webcast: 10 minutes)
Family Care for an Aging Population, July 2010 (Webcast: 1hr, 29 minutes)
"Racial and Socioeconomic Disparities in Old-Age Disability in the U.S." (June 2010)
"How Has the Recession Affected Older Americans?" interview with Michael Hurd, director of the Center for the Study of Aging and a senior economist, RAND Corporation, March 2010 (MP3: 15 minutes)
"The Impact of the Recession on Older Americans" (March 2010)
"How Do Americans Fare in Financial Capability?" interview with Annamaria Lusardi, professor of economics, Dartmouth College and research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research, January 2010 (Webcast: 10 minutes)
"HIV/AIDS and Older Persons in the Developing World," interview with John Knodel, research professor emeritus at the Population Studies Center and professor emeritus of sociology at the University of Michigan, Nov. 2, 2009 (MP3: 14 minutes)
"Public Policy, Financial Decisions, and the Health of Older Adults" (October 2009)
"Aging, Family Structure, and Health" (October 2009)
"Health Effect of Marriage and Other Social Relationships," interview with Linda Waite, Lucy Flower Professor in Urban Sociology and director of the Center on Aging at the National Opinion Research Center at the University of Chicago, June 1, 2009 (Webcast: 21 minutes)
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Reviewers for Today's Research on Aging and Related Web Articles
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Funding for this newsletter series and related articles and webcasts has been provided by the National Institute on Aging, Division of Behavioral and Social Research (BSR), through a grant from the University of Michigan Center on the Demography of Aging. This center coordinates dissemination of findings from 14 NIA demography centers located in academic institutions throughout the United States.