Aging
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Improving Older Age
Our research fosters policies to enhance the physical and financial wellbeing of older people as the aging population grows.
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Key USC Researchers’ Dementia Cost Model Aims to Help Patients, Families
Knowing the actual costs of dementia could help families plan their budgets and support needs, inform treatment and caregiving options, and shape health care policy.
Experts: Julie Zissimopoulos, Dana Goldman, Bryan Tysinger, Hanke Heun-Johnson, Duncan Ermini Leaf, Johanna Thunell, Geoffrey Joyce, Sze-chuan Suen, Eileen Crimmins, Mireille Jacobson
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Increased longevity brings obvious benefits as well as considerable challenges — from Alzheimer’s and other age-related diseases to increased injuries, disabilities and poverty risks. Policymakers around the world rely on Schaeffer research and modeling tools for finding ways to help keep people as healthy as possible throughout their lives.
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Journal Article
The Effect of US COVID-19 Excess Mortality on Social Security Outlays
Featured Experts: Hanke Heun-Johnson, Darius Lakdawalla, Bryan Tysinger
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Marketplace
Heun-Johnson quoted on how excess COVID-19 deaths affected Social Security finances
Featured Experts: Hanke Heun-Johnson
USC Today
Proposed Medicare coverage of at-home long-term care would have profound impact, Zissimopoulos says
Featured Experts: Julie Zissimopoulos
The New York Times
Chapel explaining the widening gap in health and economic wellbeing between the lower and upper middle class nearing retirement age
Featured Experts: Jack M. Chapel
MedPage Today
Without Early Detection, Fighting Dementia Is an Uphill Battle
Featured Experts: Julie Zissimopoulos
STAT
Palliative Care Works, So Why Is It Rarely Used? Follow the Money
Featured Experts: Mireille Jacobson
Featured White Paper
Cancer-Related Technologies Have Changed a Lot. So Should Cancer Screening.
New technology can detect multiple types of cancer with one blood draw and could lead to improved cancer outcomes. Policymakers should prioritize efforts to determine eligibility criteria to ensure access when these tests are available.
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Related NIH-Funded Centers
Our NIH-funded centers are advancing knowledge of the health, economic and social impacts of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias.
Featured Op-Ed
Without Early Detection, Fighting Dementia Is an Uphill Battle
Longstanding neglect of detection of cognitive impairment has resulted in a hidden epidemic. We need to better identify the patients who can benefit from new innovations in a timely and equitable manner.
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