Nov 18, 2021
Olivia Mitchell (Penn), Jennifer Glass (Texas), and Elizabeth Rose Mayeda (UCLA) discuss the long-term impact of the pandemic on U.S. women’s health and well-being in a Population Reference Bureau (PRB) blog, “U.S. Women, Work, and the COVID Pandemic: Myths and...
Nov 12, 2021
The Center for Aging and Policy Studies (CAPS), a collaborative effort of Cornell University, Syracuse University, and the University at Albany, invites applications for Pilot Project funds to support projects that will be completed during the period July 1, 2022-June...
Nov 8, 2021
Hyungmin Cha, Patricia A Thomas, Debra Umberson of the Center on Aging and Population Sciences (CAPS) connect Sibling Deaths, Racial/Ethnic Disadvantage, and Dementia in Later Life, in the Journals of Gerontology. Hyungmin Cha, M.A, Patricia A Thomas, PhD, Debra...
Nov 5, 2021
The proportion of adults ages 70 and older with dementia declined from 13% in 2011 to 10% in 2019. The share of older people with dementia is decreasing 1% to 2.5% per year, depending on the time frame and age group examined. But as the large baby boomer population...
Nov 5, 2021
Older adults with more education are less likely to develop dementia; they spend a larger portion of their lives cognitively healthy and fewer years with dementia. In 2019, 5% of older college graduates (ages 70 and older) were living with dementia, compared with 18%...
