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Population Aging Preparedness: Research and
Strategy
Research
CommonHealth ACTION conducted a national study entitled, Growing
Older in America: How Prepared Are You? Four-hundred-and-four
adults from over 37 states participated in an on-line national survey
inquiring about their self-reported preparedness for growing older.
Preparedness factors included anticipated personal needs, reliance on
social security, care giving, and overall confidence in the state of
America’s preparedness for the increasing age of the public. The
majority of respondents were 41-64 years of age. Most anticipate relying
on family and friends for safety net, but this assumes caregivers stay
well. Additional findings and public policy implications will be presented
at the third national Aging by Design conference, Boston,
MA, October 2006.
Strategy
CommonHealth ACTION and its board of directors recognize that the increasing
population of older Americans necessitates thoughtful planning and action
on the part of governmental agencies, non-profits, academia, communities,
families, and individuals. We recently collected the following information
as means to assess current activities and needs in the aging arena.
This research effort:
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Identified major aging initiatives
funded by philanthropy and the federal government. |
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Explored information from the White House Conference
on Aging and Healthy People 2010. |
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Identified pending policy initiatives on the
federal level that have implications for activities within the field
of aging preparedness. |
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Identified innovations in aging to inform CHA’s
future work. |
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Identified top five corporate entities that support
work in aging, particularly those that have a community-based focus. |
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Searched for existing publications, available
online, that specifically mention aging preparedness. |
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Searched for “Tenants of healthy aging”.
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Examined existing definitions of “healthy
aging”. |
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Identified information specific to aging in place
initiatives and collective/shared wealth models that have achieved
some level of documented success. |
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