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Population trends and ageing policy in Malta [PDF]
, 2013 Malta is no exception to the unprecedented demographic changes that are being experienced by industrial countries. As a result of declining fertility and mortality levels, the Maltese islands have registered a decrease in fertility rates and a major ...
Formosa, Marvin
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Population Ageing and the Macroeconomy [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2019 We quantify the impact of demographic change on real interest rates, house prices, and household debt in an overlapping-generations model. Falling birth and death rates across advanced economies can explain much of the observed fall in real interest rates and the rise in house prices and household debt.
Lisack, Noémie +2 more
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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 +6 more
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BMC Health Services Research, 2020 Background Post stroke cognitive difficulties are common but generally prioritised below other impairments. In the UK, clinical guidelines recommend a holistic review at six-months post-stroke including an assessment of cognitive function.
Eugene Y. H. Tang +5 more
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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.
Sanderson, W., Scherbov, S., Gerland, P.
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Infection in an aging population [PDF]
Current Opinion in Microbiology, 2016 The global population is rapidly aging. Currently, 566 million people are ≥65 years old worldwide, with estimates of nearly 1.5 billion by 2050, particularly in developing countries. Infections constitute a third of mortality in people ≥65 years old.
Kline, Kimberly A., Bowdish, Dawn M. E.
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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 +13 more
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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 +3 more
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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 +2 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 +3 more
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