Aging
Our work in Aging
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Advance Care Planning for Medicare Beneficiaries Increased Substantially, but Prevalence Remained Low
Researchers examined fee-for-service Medicare claims and found a substantial increase in outpatient advance care planning claims between 2016 and 2019, although prevalence remained below 7.5 percent for all patient subgroups analyzed.
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Palliative Care Works, So Why Is It Rarely Used? Follow the Money
Schaeffer Center expert Mireille Jacobson co-authored an op-ed in STAT examining why hospitals and health systems are not investing in palliative care despite research showing this type of therapy substantially improves outcomes for patients with serious illness.
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Private Insurance and Mental Health Among Older Adults with Multiple Chronic Conditions: A Longitudinal Analysis by Race and Ethnicity
Older adults with multiple chronic conditions have a higher risk than those without multiple conditions of developing a mental health condition.
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Life Expectancy Declines for Americans without a Four-Year College Degree
Even before the pandemic, adults with a bachelor’s degree were living approximately three years longer than adults without one, according to a USC-Princeton study.
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Dividing Americans: How Education, More Than Race, is Driving Life Expectancy Disparities in Adulthood
New research by Nobel Laureate Sir Angus Deaton and Princeton Professor Anne Case shows men and women with a Bachelor’s degree are living longer and prospering more compared to those without a four-year degree.
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Religious Involvement and Cognitive Functioning at the Intersection of Race–Ethnicity and Gender Among Midlife and Older Adults
Objectives | To investigate the association between religious involvement and cognitive functioning at the intersections of race–ethnicity and gender among midlife and older adults, and to determine if psychosocial factors help explain this relationship. Method | The sample included 14,037 adults aged 50+ from the Health and Retirement Study (HRS). We utilized measures from the […]
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COVID-19 Social Distancing Measures and Loneliness Among Older Adults
Efforts should be made to help older adults maintain social connectedness with close others by virtual communication methods.
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Information Session for Schaeffer Center Pilot Funding
Join us on Tuesday, January 12 to learn more about upcoming pilot funding opportunities through Schaeffer Center for Roybal Center for Behavioral Interventions in Aging, CeASES-ADRD and USC Alzheimer’s Disease Resource Center for Minority Aging Health Economics Research.
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Health and Social Correlates of Dementia in Oldest‐Old Mexican‐Origin Populations
Substantial gaps in research remain across oldest‐old ethnic populations while the burden of dementia increases exponentially with age among Mexican and Mexican American older adults.
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Cognitive Assessment At Medicare’s Annual Wellness Visit In Fee-For-Service And Medicare Advantage Plans
The study provides new insights – the self-reports of survey respondents – into cognitive assessments at annual wellness visits, an area that has been somewhat hidden from view.
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