Dementia's financial and family impact
Study shows people with dementia face rapid rise in unpaid and paid home care and major erosion of net worth, plus increases in personal spending.
Aging
Should older adults with fewer years to live keep getting cancer screenings? New poll explores attitudes
New research from Brian Zikmund-Fisher
In January 2023, the University of Michigan National Poll on Healthy Aging asked a national sample of adults age 50–80 about their views on how cancer screening decisions should be made. Poll findings say the majority of people over 50 disagree with using life expectancy in guidelines for cancer screening tests.
Majority of older adults with cognitive impairment still drive
Researchers highlight the importance of caregivers having conversations with care recipients and health care professionals about driving
The majority of older adults with cognitive impairment are still driving, despite concerns raised by caregivers and others, a Michigan Medicine study in a South Texas community finds.
Early signs of Alzheimer's: Most older adults see the value of screening but haven't been tested
Eighty percent of older adults see the benefit of tests that can give an early warning that a person’s memory and thinking abilities have started to decline, a new poll of people age 65 to 80 finds. The findings are part of a new report from the National Poll on Healthy Aging.
Logging on for health: More older adults use patient portals, but access and attitudes vary widely
New findings from the University of Michigan National Poll on Healthy Aging
Far more older adults these days log on to secure websites or apps to connect with their health information or have a virtual health care appointment, compared with five years ago, a new poll shows.
Promoting healthy memory aging in older cancer survivors
Postdoctoral fellow Ashly Westrick receives grant from National Institute on Aging
Postdoctoral fellow Ashly Westrick discusses her epidemiological research on health inequalities in cancer outcomes. Westrick was recently awarded a grant from the National Institute on Aging to examine memory aging in older cancer survivors in the US and England.