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1/9/2013 - Even Fewer Geriatricians in Training
by admin on January 10, 2013 5:41 pm
Geriatrics is one of the lower-paid medical specialties, in part because virtually all its patients are on Medicare, which pays doctors less than commercial insurers. Under the Affordable Care Act, Medicare has already begun paying 10 percent bonuses in physician reimbursement for evaluation and management, but it doesn’t seem to have attracted more future geriatricians.… Read more 1/9/2013 - Even Fewer Geriatricians in Training
1/8/2013 - California has fewer kids, more elderly
by admin on January 9, 2013 6:03 pm
The number of children in California is on the decline, the number of elderly is on the rise and fewer people are moving to the state, according to a new report that argues the state will have to rely on fewer people to prop up its economy in the future. Read the full article at… Read more 1/8/2013 - California has fewer kids, more elderly
1/8/2013 - Workshops Help Families Grappling With Alzheimer's Home Care
by admin on January 9, 2013 5:59 pm
There are more than 5 million people with Alzheimer’s in the U.S., and most are cared for at home. Now, one company has begun offering training to family caregivers to help them deal with the special challenges of caring for an Alzheimer’s patient. Read/Listen to the full story at National Public Radio.
1/8/2013 - Who Should Receive Organ Transplants?
by admin on January 8, 2013 7:01 pm
You can’t mistake the trend: A graying population and revised policies determining who gets priority for donated organs, have led to a rising proportion of older adults receiving transplants. Read the full article at The New York Times.
1/7/2013 - How Much Financial Inequality Is Due to Financial Illiteracy? (Freakonomics)
by borges on January 7, 2013 9:48 pm
Annamaria Lusardi, whose ground-breaking research on financial literacy has been featured on Freakonomics several times, has put out a new working paper (with co-authors Pierre-Carl Michaud and Olivia S. Mitchell) that could be read as laying much of the blame for the lack of household wealth at the foot of the members of said household.… Read more 1/7/2013 - How Much Financial Inequality Is Due to Financial Illiteracy? (Freakonomics)
1/6/2013 - Madoff Aside, Financial Fraud Defies Policing (New York Times)
by borges on January 7, 2013 9:41 pm
To Philip Horn, the Braemar Country Club was not just a golf course, it was an extension of his office. Most weeks, Mr. Horn, a financial adviser at Wells Fargo, chatted up potential clients between holes at the upscale club set against the backdrop of the Santa Monica Mountains. “I always thought, ‘This is a… Read more 1/6/2013 - Madoff Aside, Financial Fraud Defies Policing (New York Times)
1/1/2013 - Fiscal Cliff Deal Affects Wide Range of Benefit and Compensation Programs (Towers Watson)
by borges on January 7, 2013 9:33 pm
After weeks of highly partisan negotiations, Congress adopted the American Taxpayer Relief Act (H.R.8) on January 1, 2013, to address key elements of the fiscal cliff — the combination of tax increases and spending cuts that kicked in with the new year. While the legislation’s most significant provisions include higher tax rates for high-income taxpayers… Read more 1/1/2013 - Fiscal Cliff Deal Affects Wide Range of Benefit and Compensation Programs (Towers Watson)
1/7/2013 - Why Entitled Millennials And Their Enabling Boomer Parents Just Can't Quit Each Other
by admin on January 7, 2013 6:51 pm
A recent poll from Pew Research Center of Millennials and Boomers showed that a majority of each group felt a responsibility to care for family members of the other. If you need it spelled out, here are four reasons why the entitled Millennial/helicopter Boomer dynamic is unlikely to change anytime soon. Read the full article… Read more 1/7/2013 - Why Entitled Millennials And Their Enabling Boomer Parents Just Can't Quit Each Other
1/4/2013 - South Korea Prepares The Young For A Rapidly Aging Population
by admin on January 4, 2013 6:55 pm
By some estimates, nearly 40 percent of Koreans will be 65 years old or older by midcentury. In a sense, the country is suffering from its rapid development, which has been accompanied by soaring life expectancy and plummeting birth rates. Read/Listen to the full story at National Public Radio.
1/3/2013 - Why Am I Shrinking?
by admin on January 3, 2013 8:03 pm
Starting at about age 40, people tend to lose about four-tenths of an inch of height every decade, said Dr. David B. Reuben, chief of geriatrics at the David Geffen School of Medicine at U.C.L.A. Some of the height loss occurs as part of the normal aging process, and some because of disease. Our old… Read more 1/3/2013 - Why Am I Shrinking?
