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  March 15, 2017 Subject: Profile of Older Americans: 2016   The annual summary of the latest statistics on the older population, A Profile of Older Americans: 2016, is now available. This profile covers 15 topical areas including population, income and poverty, living arrangements, education, health, and caregiving.  A description of the highlights of this document… Continue reading Policy Implications for the next decade

Health equity study compares segregation, low birth weight in Chicago, Toronto Date: January 12, 2017 Source: DePaul University Summary: Low birth weight is strongly associated with racial and ethnic segregation in Chicago neighborhoods, new research shows. In Toronto, however, communities with high proportions of racial and ethnic minorities did not have greater rates of low… Continue reading Health equity study : Depaul University

Perspective The 21st Century Cures Act — A View from the NIH Kathy L. Hudson, Ph.D., and Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D. N Engl J Med 2017; 376:111-113January 12, 2017DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp1615745 Comments open through January 18, 2017 Share: ArticleReferencesComments Metrics The Cures Act, formally known as H.R. 34 or the 21st Century Cures Act,1 passed… Continue reading Perspective

[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] Leading Age-National Conference recently held in Indianapolis Indiana Oct 31-2, 2016 was focused on addressing all facets of transcending the continuum of growing older. This organization that represents the not for profit sector and had over 3,000 attendees. Addressing value based services and how this… Continue reading Leading Age-National Conference

[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] December 2-3 Chicago 44 million family caregivers have a voice and through various organizations, such as Caregiving.com they are able to be empowered to access resources and emotional support. But there are larger systemic issues that we as a society need to address. The healthcare system is complex and… Continue reading National Caregiving Conference

[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] With the upcoming bellwether  election in November, we have not heard many issues that relate to the Aging population segment as well as long term care issues. We would like to share some top of mind issues with our readership that we believe should require… Continue reading Issues Affecting Older Adults Must Be Addressed in November

[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] As the name of the conference implies the focus is on an array of payment methodologies, the Government scene, as well as addressing the Post Acute Network and how to integrate the current silos. The Affordability Care Act, known as Obama Care precipitated many interventions to… Continue reading Post Acute LINK Conference Update – June 2016