Panelists at Harvard discussed how workers, employers, and policymakers are rethinking the ways older age populations in many developed and developing nations will spend their ‘retirement years.’ Lisa Berkman said the demographic shift caused by expanding...
Some data from the NIH-funded project to genotype DNA samples from about 20,000 participants in the Health and Retirement Study (2006-2012) are now available for analysis – with the remainder anticipated to be available by mid-2016. Included in this HRS sample...
Dementia is one of the most expensive and time-consuming health conditions to care for in the United States. This infographic illustrates data on family caregiving for people with dementia.
Vicki Freedman, Douglas Wolf, and Brenda Spillman analyzed data from two large studies of disability trends among Medicare enrollees over the past 30 years. Freedman says they found that “older men have been living longer and experiencing disability at later...
Using data from the Heath and Retirement Study, Brooke McFall, Amanda Sonnega, Robert Willis, and Peter Hudomiet analyzed how the prevalence of older workers in certain occupations has shifted over the past 14 years, and which job characteristics are associated with...
