This paper provides empirical evidence on the short-run impact of government subsidies of
long-term care. We apply a regression discontinuity design using administrative data from …

The elderly are the most predicted users for smart home technology in the United Arab
Emirates and the population over 65 is expected to increase to 24.3% by 2030. Despite the …

This paper documents the increasing trend of adult children co-residing with elderly parents
in urban China and links it with the rising housing price, which provides an incentive for …

Objective: The first aim of this study was to explore expected demands of the oldest old and
their determinants for different types of elderly care services. The second aim was to …

Cities are responsible for three-quarters of the world s energy consumption. If we are to
reduce our demands on the planet s resources how can we make our urban areas more …

Background Communication is a cornerstone in nursing and aims at both information
exchange and relationship building. To date, little is known about the naturally occurring …

This chapter discusses the developments, opportunities and challenges for the elderly in
light of major recent or forecast trends in family structures and living arrangements …

This article presents estimates of the impact of home safety and accessibility features on the
prevention of serious, non-fatal falls for elderly widowed individuals. As these features are …

Between 1980 and 2015, older households in the US more than tripled the use of home
mortgage debt. Rather than using owned homes as a source of imputed rent, older …

This paper explores the residential mobility of older adults, with a focus on the influence of
distance to children on those decisions. Using the geocoded Health and Retirement Study …