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Population ageing [PDF]

, 2013
Jeroen Spijker and John MacInnes argue that current measures of population ageing are misleading and that the numbers of dependent older people in the UK and other countries have actually been falling in recent ...
Spijker, Jeroen, MacInnes, John
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Probabilistic population aging

PLOS ONE, 2017
We merge two methodologies, prospective measures of population aging and probabilistic population forecasts. We compare the speed of change and variability in forecasts of the old age dependency ratio and the prospective old age dependency ratio as well as the same comparison for the median age and the prospective median age.
Warren C. Sanderson, Sergei Scherbov, Patrick Gerland   +2 more
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Designing and developing a co-produced theoretical and evidence-based online support for family caregivers of people with dementia at the end of life

BMC Palliative Care, 2019
Background Caring for someone with dementia can be physically and emotionally difficult. Acting as a caregiver can make it difficult to access sources of support, particularly in the later stages of dementia.
Nathan Davies, Jenny Hopwood, Nina Walker, Jamie Ross, Steve Iliffe, Kate Walters, Greta Rait   +6 more
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Changing living arrangements and stress during Covid-19 lockdown: Evidence from four birth cohorts in the UK

SSM: Population Health, 2021
Background: The outbreak of Covid-19 in the UK has seen many families unexpectedly brought back together. The circumstances and stories of individual families have been picked up in the press focussing on the difficulties of people adjusting to their ...
Maria Evandrou, Jane Falkingham, Min Qin, Athina Vlachantoni   +3 more
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Implementation of an evidence-based intervention to improve the wellbeing of people with dementia and their carers: study protocol for ‘Care of People with dementia in their Environments (COPE)’ in the Australian context

BMC Geriatrics, 2018
Background There are effective non-pharmacological treatment programs that reduce functional disability and changed behaviours in people with dementia. However, these programs (such as the Care of People with dementia in their Environments (COPE) program)
Lindy Clemson, Kate Laver, Yun-Hee Jeon, Tracy A Comans, Justin Scanlan, Miia Rahja, Jennifer Culph, Lee-Fay Low, Sally Day, Monica Cations, Maria Crotty, Susan Kurrle, Catherine Piersol, Laura N. Gitlin   +13 more
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A Managed Volatility Investment Strategy for Pooled Annuity Products

Risks, 2022
Pooled annuity products, where the participants share systematic and idiosyncratic mortality risks as well as investment returns and risk, provide an attractive and effective alternative to traditional guaranteed life annuity products.
Shuanglan Li, Héloïse Labit Hardy, Michael Sherris, Andrés M. Villegas   +3 more
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Informal care relationships and residential aged care recommendations: evidence from administrative data

BMC Geriatrics, 2017
Background The Australian government recognises the importance of informal care to enable ageing in place. Yet, few multivariable studies have examined aspects of informal care that alter the probability of entry to residential care in Australia ...
Jeromey B. Temple, Marijan Jukic, Briony Dow   +2 more
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Modelling USA Age-Cohort Mortality: A Comparison of Multi-Factor Affine Mortality Models

Risks, 2022
Affine mortality models are well suited for theoretical and practical application in pricing and risk management of mortality risk. They produce consistent, closed-form stochastic survival curves allowing for the efficient valuation of mortality-linked ...
Zhiping Huang, Michael Sherris, Andrés M. Villegas, Jonathan Ziveyi   +3 more
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EGYPT - AGEING POPULATION

The Egyptian Journal of Geriatrics and Gerontology, 2014
Background: The term "frailty" has been used clinically as a global concept to describe a condition, common in the old, of impaired strength, endurance, and balance, vulnerability to trauma and other stressors, and high risk for morbidity, disability, and mortality.
Hala S. Sweed, Manar M. Maemon
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Perceived availability of future care and depressive symptoms among older adults in China: evidence from CHARLS

BMC Geriatrics, 2020
Background Major concerns have arisen about the challenges facing China in providing sufficient care to its older population in light of rapid population ageing, changing family structure, and considerable rates of internal migration. At the family level,
Merril Silverstein, Cathy Honge Gong, Hal Kendig   +2 more
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