Public Policy & Aging Report

Public Policy & Aging Report, published quarterly, explores policy issues generated by the aging of American society. Edited by Boston University policy expert Robert B. Hudson, each thematic issue is designed to stimulate debate, highlight emerging concerns, and propose alternative policy options. Recent issues have addressed: legal and policy issues associated with end-of-life care; technology and aging; income security among older populations of color; Medicare reform; and elder abuse and neglect.

The audience consists of decision-makers in the public and private sectors, advisors and staff to those decision-makers, program administrators, researchers, students, and the interested public. Articles in each issue are informed, to the point, and provocative. Authors are drawn from the leadership ranks of the policy, practice, and research communities. In the Report, these authors are afforded the opportunity to engage readers in a more timely and pressing manner than is afforded through most other publication formats.

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Annuities, Reverse Mortgages, and Long-term Care Insurance: Options for Elders (Volume 23, Number 1)

* Distributing, Tapping, and Preserving: Private Sector Financial Options for Elders
* A Piece of the Annuity Puzzle: The Influence of Plan Design on Annuitization Decisions
*  New Directions for Policy and Research on Reverse Mortgages
*  Long-Term Care Insurance: Benefits, Costs, Options
*  Matching Corporate Interests With Older Adults’ Needs: A Case Study

Authors: Robert B. Hudson, Nevin Adams, Sudipto Banerjee, Barbara R. Stucki, Eileen J. Tell, Nancy P. Morith, Linda K. George

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Vaccination, Prevention, and Older Adults (Volume 22, Number 4)

* Immunization in Older Adults
* Demonstrated and Promising Practices That Improve Older Adult Vaccination Rates
* Planning Prompts as a Means of Increasing Rates of Immunization and Preventive Screening
* The Continuing Challenge of Adult Immunizations: Impact of the Affordable Care Act
* Policy Research Needs for Universal Influenza Vaccination of Elders

Authors: Robert B. Hudson, H. Keipp Talbot, William Schaffner, Janet E. McElhaney, Rosa R. Baier, Hengchen Dai, Katherine L. Milkman, John Beshears, James J. Choi, David Laibson, Brigitte C. Madrian, Litjen (L.J.) Tan, Aurora Pop-Vicas, Stefan Gravenstein, Vincent Mor

Cross-National Perspectives on Age Discrimination (Volume 22, Number 3)

* Ageism Doesn't Work
* Is Age Discrimination Ever Acceptable?
* Age Discrimination, Work, and Retirement
* Age Discrimination Legislation in the United States and the United Kingdom
* Action Against Age Discrimination: U.S. and UK Comparisons

Authors: Robert B. Hudson, James Goodwin, Dominic Abrams, Hannah J. Swift, Tay K. McNamara, John B. Williamson, Bill Bytheway, Luke M. Franz, Joanna N. Lahey, John Macnicol

Immigration and Population Aging (Volume 22, Number 2)

* Immigration and an Aging America
* The Contribution of Immigration to Reducing Aging in America: Application of the Senior Ratio to Census   Projections
* A Demographic Profile of Older Immigrants in the United States
* Welfare Program Participation Among Older Immigrants
* Foreign-Born Workers in Long-Term Supportive Services

Authors: Robert B. Hudson, Steven A. Camarota, Dowell Myers, Janet M. Wilmoth, Kerstin Gerst, Jeffrey A. Burr, Walter Leutz

Bringing Justice to Elder Abuse and Neglect (Volume 22, Number 1)

* Elder Abuse: Existing National Policies and Programs to Defend the Rights and Safety of Older Adults
* Forward: Elderly Abuse Deserves Our Attention
* High-Cost Blind Spot
* History of the Elder Justice Act
* Evaluating and Enhancing Federal Responses to Abuse and Neglect in Long-Term Care Facilities
* Adult Protective Services Face Critical Challenges
* Elder Financial Abuse in the News
* Future Directions for Elder Abuse: Advancing Research, Education, and Training, and Continued Policy Efforts
* The Archstone Foundation Elder Abuse and Neglect Initiative

Authors: Robert B. Hudson, XinQi Dong, Melissa A. Simon, Peter King, Herb Kohl, Marie-Therese Connolly, Robert B. Blancato, Alison E. Hirschel, Georgia J. Anetzberger, Kathleen M. Quinn, Paula M. Mixson, Pamela B. Teaster, Karen A. Roberto, John N. Migliaccio, Sandra Timmermann, Robert B. Blancato, Archstone Foundation