TY - ICOMM T1 - Aging baby boomers raise the risk of a long-term-care crisis in the U.S. Y1 - 2021 A1 - Osterland, Andrew KW - undefined AB - When the oldest baby boomers begin turning 80 in 2025, there will be a growing wave of people who need more support and services, and the burden will be heaviest for their children. “Advances in technology and public health have allowed people to live longer in a condition of frailty, and we haven’t developed a long-term care system to keep up with that,” said Howard Gleckman, a senior fellow focused on health care at the Urban Institute. The Center for Retirement Research at Boston College estimates that about 55% of Americans will have low to moderate LTC needs and 25% will have “the type of severe needs that most people dread.” JF - Advisor Insight PB - CNBC UR - https://www.cnbc.com/2021/11/08/aging-baby-boomers-raise-the-risk-of-a-long-term-care-crisis-in-the-us.html?utm_source=Aging+baby+boomers+raise+the+risk+of+a+long-term-care+crisis+in+the+U.S. ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Dimensions of religious involvement represent positive pathways in cognitive aging. JF - Research on Aging Y1 - 2019 A1 - A Zarina Kraal A1 - Sharifian, Neika A1 - Afsara B. Zaheed A1 - Sol, Ketlyne A1 - Laura B Zahodne KW - undefined AB - Older Black and Hispanic adults report more religious involvement, and religious involvement has been linked to better cognition. This study examined which aspects of religious involvement are associated with better longitudinal episodic memory and whether religious involvement offsets racial and ethnic inequalities in episodic memory. Using Health and Retirement Study data ( = 16,069), latent growth curves estimated independent indirect pathways between race and ethnicity and 6-year memory trajectories through religious attendance, private prayer, and religious belief, controlling for nonreligious social participation, depressive symptoms, chronic health diseases, age, education, and wealth. Negative direct effects of Black race and Hispanic ethnicity on memory were partially offset by positive indirect pathways through more private prayer and religious attendance. While results were significant for memory intercept and not subsequent memory change, religious attendance and private prayer were independently associated with better cognitive health among diverse older adults. Findings may inform culturally relevant intervention development to promote successful aging and reduce older adults' cognitive morbidity. U1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31303123?dopt=Abstract ER -