2012 AcademyHealth Annual Meeting
June 24-26, 2012
The National Health and Aging Trends Study: A New Resource for Studying
Disability and Implications for Service Use in Older People
June 25, 2012
5:00-6:30
Chair:
Vincent Mor, Department of Veterans Affairs,
Providence and Brown University School Program in Public Health
Invited Session
This panel presents the first results of a brand new research resource, the National Health and Aging Trends Study (NHATS), designed to overcome past measurement problems and to better understand the determinants and consequences of functional impairment for the elderly. New substantive findings will be presented on disability rates, both late and earlier life onset, and on how informal helpers mediate elders' interactions with physicians and the health care system.
Panelists:
Judith Kasper, Johns Hopkins University
NHATS: An Overview and
Preliminary Findings
Vicki Freedman, University of Michigan
Characterizing Disability and Long-Term Care
with the NHATS: A First Look
Brenda Spillman, Urban Institute
Implications of Disability Onset Before
Late Life for Supportive Services
Jennifer Wolff, Johns Hopkins University
Older Adults Navigating the Health System,
A Shared Activity? Insights from NHATS