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Topic- Aging burden
Stats: 84% of US voters support tax credit for family caregivers
Tax relief for unpaid family caregivers who work should be a top tax priority for the US Congress, according to a recent AARP Research survey reported by Jennifer Sauer. On average, unpaid family caregivers spend $7,200 a year out of their own pockets on their caregiving responsibilities while also juggling work responsibilities, according to AARP.
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WHO accelerates interventions to prevent older abuse
The scarcity of evidence-based interventions for preventing and responding to the abuse of older people (ages 60 and older, per the UN definition) is an important global issue, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Given the lack of quality research, in 2022, WHO initiated a priority-setting exercise and convened a 50-member group of experts and stakeholders from across the world to identify promising interventions. The selected interventions are now in an easily accessible database, and this study provides details on which interventions were included in this first phase of the initiative, why and how.
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New metric puts health above chronology in calculating aging burden
A new metric reveals health is more important than age for determining a country's dependency ratio. This is important on a global scale for making policy decisions and comparisons, and reinforces the more personalized concept of "health span," which is not dependent on chronological age.
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