ANN ARBOR – Irish Fulbright Student Awardee Dr. Claire Potter will be traveling to the Institute for Social Research (ISR) to further her studies in 2023. A second year PhD student in the Centre of Public Health at the Queen’s University Belfast, Dr. Potter’s research involves studying life-course impact of stress and negative psychological experiences… Continue reading Fulbright Student joins ISR to Study Aging at HRS
News Tag: Health and Retirement Study
NIH Grant in Kenya to Enhance Understanding of Aging in Africa
ANN ARBOR – With support from Center for Global Health Equity, an international team of researchers has received a $338k grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to address major gaps in population-level data on aging in Kenya, one of Africa’s most populous nations. The NIH grant supports pilot work to lay groundwork for… Continue reading NIH Grant in Kenya to Enhance Understanding of Aging in Africa
As dementia’s toll on the U.S. rises, new study shows major gaps in who gets care that could help them remain at home
ANN ARBOR – A new study provides stark statistics about a reality that 6 million Americans with dementia and their families live every day: one where people with dementia receive hundreds of hours a month in unpaid care from spouses, adult children and other relatives, and where some rely on paid help including nursing home… Continue reading As dementia’s toll on the U.S. rises, new study shows major gaps in who gets care that could help them remain at home
More seniors may have undiagnosed dementia than previously thought
ANN ARBOR—Only 1 in 10 older adults in a large national survey who were found to have cognitive impairment consistent with dementia reported a formal medical diagnosis of the condition. Using data from the Health and Retirement Study to develop a nationally representative sample of roughly 6 million Americans age 65 or older, researchers at… Continue reading More seniors may have undiagnosed dementia than previously thought
Trouble sleeping? Cognitive impairment more likely later in life
ANN ARBOR – If you’re having trouble falling asleep, problems remembering or concentrating are likely to occur more than a decade later, according to new University of Michigan research. Trouble sleeping was the only symptom that predicted poor cognitive performance 14 years later when compared with other symptoms of insomnia, the study showed. There is… Continue reading Trouble sleeping? Cognitive impairment more likely later in life
Depression worsens over time for older caregivers of newly diagnosed dementia patients
ANN ARBOR—Caring for a partner or spouse with a new diagnosis of Alzheimer’s or related dementia is associated with a 30% increase in depressive symptoms, compared to older adults who don’t have a spouse with dementia—and these symptoms are sustained over time, a new University of Michigan study found. This sustained depression over time is… Continue reading Depression worsens over time for older caregivers of newly diagnosed dementia patients
Special Issue of Work, Aging, and Retirement devoted to Health and Retirement Study
In December, Gwenith G. Fisher (Colorado State University) and Lindsay H. Ryan (SRC) published 'Overview of the Health and Retirement Study (HRS) and Introduction to the Special Issue' in the Oxford journal Work, Aging and Retirement. This introduction article describes the HRS and highlights relevant research that utilizes this rich and complex dataset. It describes… Continue reading Special Issue of Work, Aging, and Retirement devoted to Health and Retirement Study