The Demography of Dementia and Dementia Caregiving

(Issue 40) Understanding the characteristics of those with dementia can help lawmakers design policies that better meet the needs of this rapidly growing population and their families.

(Issue 39) The United Nations projects that there will be 366 million older Chinese adults by 2050, which is substantially larger than the current total U.S. population (331 million.)

(Issue 38) Sleep may be as important to health in old age as diet and exercise. Numerous studies have shown that sleeping too much or too little is associated with mortality among older adults.

Today’s Research on Aging (Issue 37): Working longer can reduce public spending and enable some older workers to enter retirement with more financial security. But are older Americans healthy enough to work longer?

This Today's Research on Aging (Issue 36)  explores the evidence of a decline in dementia and the trends that may shape the future prevalence of this debilitating condition—focusing on recent work by researchers supported by the National Institute on Aging (NIA).

This Today's Research on Aging (Issue 35)  finds that the social, economic, demographic, and physical characteristics of communities may influence older residents’ health and well-being.

Today's Research on Aging (Issue 34) Most people know about the importance of eating a healthy diet, exercising, maintaining a healthy weight, and avoiding smoking to prevent disease and increase longevity. But researchers have identified many other factors that may affect life expectancy.

Today's Research on Aging (Issue 33) In the United States, the majority of care that allows older people to live in their own homes is provided by family members who do not receive pay for their services. As the older share of the population increases the care needs of older Americans will become…

Today's Research on Aging Issue Archive (2007-2015): Funding for this series and related articles and webcasts have 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…

Today's Research on Aging (Issue 32): Although young adults in their 20s and 30s bore the brunt of the Great Recession (2007 to 2009), many Americans ages 50 and older were also affected by rising unemployment, falling home values, and the decline in the stock market.

Today's Research on Aging (Issue 31): Tracking the well-being of older people can inform individual treatment strategies and health care policies, but current well-being measures may not incorporate all the factors that combine to shape an older person’s sense of well-being.

Today's Research on Aging (Issue 30): This issue examines new research on the elderly in Latin America their trends and implications.