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Independence—It’s What Older People Want
2015 White House Conference On Aging: What Happened And What Was Missing
Health Affairs Web First: New Medicare Per Capita Spending Shows A Rise With Age, Then A Decline After 96
Health Affairs’ January Issue: Aging And Health
Adverse Events In Older Adults: The Need For Better Long-Term Care Financing And Delivery Innovation
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Independence—It’s What Older People Want
We already know what older people want. A study from the National Conference of State Legislatures and AARP , as well as other studies, confirm, time and again, that the vast majority of us want to live in our homes and communities as we age, and, if...
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2015 White House Conference On Aging: What Happened And What Was Missing
In July, the White House held its sixth Conference on Aging . The conference team took a modern approach to community engagement and reframed the dialogue on aging, by weaving older people—with and without daily needs—into the mainstream of daily American...
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Health Affairs Web First: New Medicare Per Capita Spending Shows A Rise With Age, Then A Decline After 96
New analysis of Medicare spending from 2000–11 found that in 2011 per capita spending increased with age, from $7,566 for beneficiaries age seventy to $16,145 at age ninety-six, and then declining for even older beneficiaries. The study authors Patricia...
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Health Affairs’ January Issue: Aging And Health
The January issue of Health Affairs includes a number of studies examining issues pertaining to aging and health or health care. Other subjects covered include: the effect of Medicare’s Hospital Compare quality reports on hospital prices; how the Affordable...
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Adverse Events In Older Adults: The Need For Better Long-Term Care Financing And Delivery Innovation
Evidence mounts that a major disconnect exists between the services most frail older adults need and what they get. The vast majority of frail older adults (around 75 percent) who face challenges in taking care of themselves live at home. According to...
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Family Caregiving And Palliative Care: Closing The Policy Gap
Editor's note: Carol O'Shaughnessy also coauthored this post. This post is part of a periodic Health Affairs Blog series on palliative care, health policy, and health reform. The series features essays adapted from and drawing on an upcoming volume...
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When Less Is More: Issues Of Overuse In Health Care
Editor’s Note: This post is part of an ongoing Health Affairs Blog series on palliative care, health policy, and health reform. The series features essays adapted from and drawing on an upcoming volume, Meeting the Needs of Older Adults with Serious Illness...
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Fri, Apr 04 2014 7:37 AM
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(Only) Evidence-Based After-Hospital Care: Where Should the Savings Go?
Medicare 2014 has achieved the main goal of Medicare 1965: Access to medical treatment for older Americans. That, and advances in medicine, public health, and technology, have led to long lives and better health. Nevertheless, the system designed for...
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Companies Must Approach Advanced Health Events As A Business Issue
Editor's note: In addition to J. Brent Pawlecki, this post is also coauthored by Dan Morhaim. For more on this topic, see the April issue of Health Affairs , which features a series of articles on Alzheimer's disease. In the corporate world, every...
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What’s Past Is Prologue: Making The Case For PET Beta-Amyloid Imaging Coverage
Editor's note: This post is published in conjunction with the April issue of Health Affairs , which features a series of articles on Alzheimer's disease. In September of 2013, CMS issued its final decision memo that concluded positron emission...
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Health Affairs Briefing Reminder: Long Reach Of Alzheimer’s Disease
Despite decades of effort, finding breakthrough treatments or a cure for Alzheimer's has eluded researchers. In the April 2014 issue of Health Affairs , The Long Reach Of Alzheimer's Disease , we explore the many subjects raised by the disease...
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Health Affairs Briefing: Long Reach Of Alzheimer’s Disease
Despite decades of effort, finding breakthrough treatments or a cure for Alzheimer's has eluded researchers. In the April 2014 issue of Health Affairs , The Long Reach Of Alzheimer's Disease , we explore the many subjects raised by the disease...
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Care Delivery And Coordination In The Accountable Care Environment
Editor’s Note : This post is the fourth in a periodic Health Affairs Blog series on palliative care, health policy, and health reform. The series features essays adapted from and drawing on an upcoming volume, Meeting the Needs of Older Adults with Serious...
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Wed, Feb 02 2014 7:18 AM
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Advanced Care Model Honors Dignity, Integrates Health System For Seriously Ill People And Loved Ones
Editor’s Note: This post is the second in a periodic Health Affairs Blog series on palliative care, health policy, and health reform. The series features essays adapted from and drawing on an upcoming volume, Meeting the Needs of Older Adults with Serious...
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Mon, Dec 12 2013 9:07 AM
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Integrating Palliative Care Into Nursing Homes: Challenges And Opportunities
Editor’s note: The following post, on palliative care in the long term setting, is authored by Mary Ersek and David Stevenson (photos and linked bios above) and by Justine Sefcik, MS, RN, a fourth year doctoral student at the University of Pennsylvania...
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