Age, Gender & Gender Identities

This report summarizes feedback from issue experts to a proposal for financing long-term care services through the use of tax-advantaged Health and Retirement Savings Accounts. [14 PDF pages]

Despite the knowledge that homeless children face poor outcomes, research has largely focused on the parent(s) in a homeless family, perhaps because these children are still part of a family unit. The children themselves, however, have different and separate needs from their parent(s).

This report discusses disparities in care of baby boom patients with diabetes who become eligible for Medicare. It also examines disparities related to cardiovascular conditions because of their prevalence among older adults and their association with diabetes. Specifically, this report contains 1.) an overarching conceptual model for disparities in midlife adults (45 – 64) vs.

Prepared for:Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE)U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)

Presented to: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Presented by: National Opinion Research Center (NORC) at the University of Chicago

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Congressional Report on the Feasibility of Establishing a Uniform National Database on Elder Abuse March 2010 PDF Version: http://aspe.hhs.gov/daltcp/reports/2010/elderCR.pdf (62 PDF pages)

In recent years, the Federal government has made increasingly significant investments in early childhood care and education research.

State newborn screening (NBS) programs for heritable diseases and conditions provide vital health information that enables prevention and early detection of rare genetic conditions. Information management of the screening laboratory test orders and the reporting of laboratory is substantial challenge based on a variety of factors.