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Cognitive Aging
For most Americans, staying \"mentally sharp\" as they age is a very high priority. Declines in memory and decision-making abilities may trigger fears of Alzheimer's disease or other neurodegenerative diseases. However, cognitive aging is a natural process that can have both positive and negative effects on cognitive function in older adults - effects that vary widely among individuals. At this point in time, when the older population is rapidly growing in the United States and across the globe, it is important to examine what is known about cognitive aging and to identify and promote actions that individuals, organizations, communities, and society can take to help older adults maintain and improve their cognitive health.
Cognitive Aging assesses the public health dimensions of cognitive aging with an emphasis on definitions and terminology, epidemiology and surveillance, prevention and intervention, education of health professionals, and public awareness and education. This report makes specific recommendations for individuals to reduce the risks of cognitive decline with aging. Aging is inevitable, but there are actions that can be taken by individuals, families, communities, and society that may help to prevent or ameliorate the impact of aging on the brain, understand more about its impact, and help older adults live more fully and independent lives. Cognitive aging is not just an individual or a family or a health care system challenge. It is an issue that affects the fabric of society and requires actions by many and varied stakeholders. Cognitive Aging offers clear steps that individuals, families, communities, health care providers and systems, financial organizations, community groups, public health agencies, and others can take to promote cognitive health and to help older adults live fuller and more independent lives. Ultimately, this report calls for a societal commitment to cognitive aging as a public health issue that requires prompt action across many sectors.
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One nation uninsured : why the U.S. has no national health insurance
One Nation, Uninsured offers a vividly written history of America's failed efforts to address the health care needs of its citizens. Covering the entire twentieth century, Jill Quadagno shows how each attempt to enact national health insurance was met with fierce attacks by powerful stakeholders, who mobilized their considerable resources to keep the financing of health care out of the government's hands.
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Health Insurance Politics in Japan
Japan is the fastest aging country, with the largest super-aged
society in the world and growing larger by the day, yet its
universal health care costs are relatively low. In Health
Insurance Politics in Japan , Takakazu Yamagishi draws back the
curtain for an international audience and investigates how Japan
has been able to control health care costs through health insurance
politics.
Covering the period from the Meiji Restoration to the Abe
Administration, Yamagishi uses a historical institutionalist
approach to examine the driving force behind the development of
health insurance policies in Japan. Yamagishi pays special
attention to the roles of government and medical professionals, the
main actors of the policymaking and medical worlds, in this
development. Health Insurance Politics in Japan pushes
Japan into the spotlight of the international conversation about
health care reform.
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