December 2022
01Dec

These are the best countries to retire in

Our global population is getting older. By 2050, the OECD predicts that 30% of people worldwide will be aged 65 or over. While some countries are relatively prepared to handle this increase in the elderly demographic, others are already feeling the squeeze and struggling with the challenges that come with a rapidly aging population. Which countries are the best equipped to support their senior citizens? This graphic uses data from the 2022 Natixis Global Retirement Index to show the best countries...

December 1, 2022
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November 2022
07Nov

These are the World’s Top 10 Retirement Destinations for 2023

World-renowned author and overseas retirement expert Kathleen Peddicord selects top retirement destinations plus a bonus list of the top 5 ‘Jet Set Destinations’ the leading resource for people who want to live, retire, and invest overseas, announced today its annual index of the 10 best places in the world to retire in 2023. This year, a bonus list of five jet set, luxury destinations will also be featured. The full index will be available to purchase in January 2023 at...

November 7, 2022
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October 2022
28Oct

Family Caregiving in Diverse Communities – Addressing the needs of diverse family caregivers for older adults

By Diverse Elder Coalition & National Alliance for Caregiving WHO WE ARE This report is the product of a series of activities conducted by the Diverse Elders Coalition and its member organizations, and in partnership with the National Alliance for Caregiving, to better understand and highlight the lived experiences of diverse family caregivers for older adults. Founded in 2010, the Diverse Elders Coalition (DEC) advocates for policies and programs that improve aging in our communities as racially and ethnically diverse people;...

October 28, 2022
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28Oct

Long-term care equality index 2021

By SAGE Try as we might, we may never fully process and adequately convey what we, people working in long-term care communities and hospitals, have experienced during these past fifteen months. But just like the virus which we cannot see but has nonetheless turned our world upside down, even though we cannot see what has happened to us and others from within, we carry our experiences, and their effects on us, in our heart, mind, body, and spirit. In the...

October 28, 2022
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27Oct

The American healthcare system is broken, here’s what we can do to fix it

The United States is amid a major demographic shift that is testing the limits of an already strained healthcare system, with Americans living longer and requiring more extensive healthcare services than past generations. Improving access to primary care is a clear way to improve outcomes in our aging population, which is expected to reach nearly 84 million by 2050. Yet, despite this, primary care continues to be deeply undervalued — accounting for just 5% to 7% of total healthcare...

October 27, 2022
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August 2022
29Aug

Nigeria. PenCom to provide health insurance for micro pension contributors

The National Pension Commission (PenCom) says it is planning to provide incentives to contributors under the micro pension plan (MPP). The commission said incentives such as health insurance would increase participation in the scheme. Aisha Dahir-Umar, director-general of PenCom, said this at a recent workshop for journalists in Abuja. Dahir-Umar said the MPP was implemented to curb old-age poverty by assisting informal sector workers, including small-scale businesses, entertainers, professionals, petty traders, and others. Also you may interesting in Japan’s GPIF joins GRESB as infrastructure...

August 29, 2022
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11Aug

Inequality of Opportunity and Health Performance of Private Health Insurance — Empirical Evidence from China

By Rui Li, Minxue Jia & Su Yang Background: The role of private health insurance in protecting the population's health is an essential global concern. However, the for-profit nature of private health insurance has led to inequality of opportunity for coverage, which has implications for the health performance of insurance.Method: This article uses the 2018 China Urban Statistics Yearbook and cross-sectional data from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) of 2015 and 2018. Based on the Heckman two-step...

August 11, 2022
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11Aug

U.S. University launches degree that prepares students to address aging society’s growing health care needs

UTSA will launch a new bachelor of science degree program in Health, Aging & Society this fall. The new program, which will be offered through the College for Health, Community and Policy (HCAP), will be the first of its kind in the San Antonio area and is designed to address the growing need for health care support occupations and community- and social-service professionals. Students will learn critical skills to begin a career focused on managing and coordinating hospitals, nursing homes...

August 11, 2022
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July 2022
20Jul

Study shows people in the U.S. are not planning for future healthcare needs

If you haven’t spent time considering what your healthcare needs will be in the years or even decades from now, you’re not alone. Recent research suggests that many aging Americans aren’t aware of the full range of options available to them. As we age, our healthcare needs intensify, and experts say that the U.S. healthcare system will need to embrace home healthcare options to meet the demand of an aging population. The new national survey, titled “Aging in Place: Assessing Senior’s...

July 20, 2022
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June 2022
24Jun

The Aging Readiness & Competitiveness Report 2021. Enabling Innovation for Healthcare and Wellness

By AARP As the world enters the UN’s Decade of Healthy Ageing, amid global covid-19 vaccination efforts, the need to increase support for the wellbeing of older adults has never been so clear. Older people comprise a growing share of the global population. This trend will persist over the coming decades, and not just in high-income countries. By 2050 an estimated 80% of older adults will be living in low- and middle-income countries. Yet disparities for older adults are ubiquitous,...

June 24, 2022
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