Changes in Monetary Income for People Aged Seventy and Over in Taiwan

2012 ◽  
Vol 40 (2) ◽  
pp. 177-188
Author(s):  
Hsiang Ping Wang ◽  
Mei Lin Lee ◽  
Chia Ching Lin
Keyword(s):  
Health Promotion ◽  
Social Security ◽  
Financial Support ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Retirement Pension ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Monetary Income

We analyzed the changes in, and sources of, income for the elderly from 1989 to 1999 using data from The Survey of the Health and Living Status of the Elderly in Taiwan (Bureau of Health Promotion, 2009). Monthly monetary income was higher in 1999 than 1989, and was higher for males than females. Approximately half of the females stated that money from private income was their main source of income and their income from employment, savings, and investments was lower than that of males. The number of elderly whose main source of income was a government allowance, in the form of social security, increased in the 10-year period with twice as many females being dependent on this source of income as males. The results suggest that there is a connection between low monetary income and so-called affection income as the main source for the elderly. Those receiving financial support from sources including private income and other relatives, had much lower monetary income than those who relied on employment, retirement pension, or savings.

A Comparison of the Reagan and Thatcher Administrations' Efforts to Reform Social Security in the United States and the United Kingdom

1995 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 335-350 ◽  
Author(s):  
A S Clark
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
United Kingdom ◽  
Social Security ◽  
Reagan Administration ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
The United States ◽  
Retirement Pension ◽  
Reform Agenda ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Pension Program

A comparison is made between the records of the Reagan and Thatcher administrations in their efforts to reform, respectively, the social security program in the United States and the retirement pension program in the United Kingdom. It is found that the Reagan administration was much less successful in attaining its reform agenda than was the Thatcher government. The discrepancies in the records of the two administrations were traced to four central factors: (1) the reform strategy of the two governments; (2) the strength of the elderly lobby in the two countries; (3) the legacy of past policy; (4) institutional structure.

The Development of Community Networks Affecting Health Promotion of the Elderly and Incorporating Local Wisdom at Ban Ton Tan Community, Saraburi, Thailand

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Payao Phongsakchat ◽  
Pudsadee Korjedee ◽  
Jiraporn Cheanchum ◽  
Prapas Tana ◽  
Siritorn Yingrengreung
Keyword(s):  
Health Promotion ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Community Networks

Family Practice Physicians’ Perceptions and Practices Regarding Health Promotion for the Elderly

1988 ◽  
Vol 4 (5) ◽  
pp. 274-281 ◽  
Author(s):  
James H. Price ◽  
Sharon M. Desmond ◽  
David P. Losh ◽  
Ronald A. Krol
Keyword(s):  
Health Promotion ◽  
Family Practice ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Family Practice Physicians

scholarly journals Dementia Adjudication Triggers Associated With Increased Mortality for Older Australians: Evidence From ASPREE

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 161-161
Author(s):  
Jane Banaszak-Holl ◽  
Xiaoping Lin ◽  
Jing Xie ◽  
Stephanie Ward ◽  
Henry Brodaty ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Proportional Hazards ◽  
Proportional Hazards Model ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Cox Proportional Hazards ◽  
Service Planning ◽  
Cox Proportional Hazards Model ◽  
Cognitive Test ◽  
Risk Of Death ◽  
Hazards Model ◽  
Using Data

Abstract Research Aims: This study seeks to understand whether those with dementia experience higher risk of death, using data from the ASPREE (ASPirin in Reducing Events in the Elderly) clinical trial study. Methods: ASPREE was a primary intervention trial of low-dose aspirin among healthy older people. The Australian cohort included 16,703 dementia-free participants aged 70 years and over at enrolment. Participants were triggered for dementia adjudication if cognitive test results were poorer than expected, self-reporting dementia diagnosis or memory problems, or dementia medications were detected. Incidental dementia was adjudicated by an international adjudication committee using the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders (DSM-IV) criteria and results of a neuropsychological battery and functional measures with medical record substantiation. Statistical analyses used a cox proportional hazards model. Results: As previously reported, 1052 participants (5.5%) died during a median of 4.7 years of follow-up and 964 participants had a dementia trigger, of whom, 575 (60%) were adjucated as having dementia. Preliminary analyses has shown that the mortality rate was higher among participants with a dementia trigger, regardless of dementia adjudication outcome, than those without (15% vs 5%, Χ2 = 205, p <.001). Conclusion: This study will provide important analyses of differences in the hazard ratio for mortality and causes of death among people with and without cognitive impairment and has important implications on service planning.

scholarly journals Political and Economic Forces Sustaining Social Security

2004 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Casey B Mulligan ◽  
Xavier Sala-i-Martin
Keyword(s):  
Social Security ◽  
Market Failure ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Partial Solution ◽  
Companion Paper ◽  
Majority Voting ◽  
Pressure Group ◽  
Intergenerational Redistribution ◽  
Economic Forces ◽  
Political Theories

Abstract What economic forces create and sustain old-age Social Security as a public program? We relate political, efficiency, and narrative theories of Social Security to empirical results reported in our companion paper in this volume. Political theories, including rational majority voting and pressure group theories, feature a redistributive struggle among groups. "Efficiency theories," which model SS as a full or partial solution to market failure, include optimal redistribution, retirement insurance, and alleviating labor market congestion. Finally we analyze three "narrative" theories. Overall, retirement, and not alleviating poverty, seems important at the margin, which means that plans to reduce intergenerational redistribution may not be politically sustainable merely because they provide "adequate" incomes for the elderly. Politics seem important, because cross-cohort redistribution is so prevalent, even when the old are consuming as much or more than do the young. SS reform would therefore be assisted by political reforms equalizing political power across generations.

Health Promotion for the Elderly Persons in Hong Kong

1999 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 37-51 ◽  
Author(s):  
Iris Chi ◽  
Edward M. F. Leung
Keyword(s):  
Health Promotion ◽  
Hong Kong ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Elderly Persons

Firearms and Suicide in Australia

1990 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 500-509 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher H. Cantor ◽  
Terry Lewin
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
Suicide Rate ◽  
Regional Analysis ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Cultural Attitudes ◽  
Young Males ◽  
Suicide Rates ◽  
Firearm Suicide ◽  
Proportional Increase ◽  
Using Data

Australia has a moderate overall suicide rate but an extremely high male firearm suicide rate. Using data covering the years 1961–1985, a series of multiple regression based analyses were performed. During this period, overall suicide rates fell but firearm suicides remained constant with a resulting increase in the proportion of suicides by firearms. There has been an increase in suicides in the young offset by a decline in the elderly. Young males showed the greatest proportional increase in the use of firearms. A limited regional analysis supported the hypothesis that lack of legislative restrictions on long guns in Queensland with a greater household prevalence of such weapons and different cultural attitudes were associated with higher overall and firearm suicide rates. Such findings are consistent with reports from North America, although trends in Australia are more modest. Reducing the availability and cultural acceptance of firearms is likely to decrease suicide rates, especially in males.

"One Musician at a Time"

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (2-3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dale Chapman
Keyword(s):  
Social Security ◽  
Financial Support ◽  
Important Work ◽  
Medical Expenses ◽  
Housing Costs

Dale Chapman discusses the important work that the Jazz Foundation of America is doing during the pandemic, assisting jazz musicians with housing costs, medical expenses, and emergency financial support, and argues for the pandemic as an opportune moment to organize on behalf of policies that ensure the universal reach of economic and social security.

scholarly journals Impact of residence altitude on readmission in patients with heart failure

Open Heart ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. e000865
Author(s):  
Makoto Saito ◽  
Manami Yamaoka ◽  
Mayuri Ohzawa ◽  
Emi Tominaga ◽  
Kayo Takahashi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heart Failure ◽  
Winter Season ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Left Ventricular ◽  
Left Ventricular Ejection ◽  
Administrative District ◽  
Ventricular Ejection Fraction ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Lower Temperature ◽  
A Minor

ObjectiveMountain districts normally have tougher geographic conditions than plain districts, which might worsen heart failure (HF) conditions in patients. Also, those places frequently are associated with social problems of ageing, underpopulation and fewer medical services, which might cause delay in detection of disease progression and require more admissions. We investigated the association of residence altitude with readmission in patients with HF.MethodsWe followed 452 patients with HF to determine all-cause readmissions over a median of 1.1 years. The altitude of patient residences, population, proportion of the elderly and number of hospitals or clinics in a minor administrative district (Cho-Aza district) located at the residences were examined using data from the 2010 census and Google Maps.ResultsAll-cause readmissions were observed in 269 (60%) patients. The altitude of ≥200  m was significantly associated with readmissions (HR, 1.49; 95 % CI 1.12 to 1.96; p=0.006) after adjustment for physical and haemodynamic parameters, left ventricular ejection fraction, brain natriuretic peptide and components of the established score for predicting readmission for HF. Altitude was significantly associated with ageing, underpopulation, fewer hospitals or clinics and lower temperature (all p<0.01), with an increased tendency for readmission during the winter season; however, it was not associated with patient clinical parameters.ConclusionsHigh altitude residence may be an important predictor for readmission in patients with HF. This relationship may be confounded by unfavourable sociogeographic conditions at higher altitudes.

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