BackHome
Refresh: OffView Personal Schedule
Session Submission Summary
Share...

Direct link:

4365 - Social Policies to Mitigate Health Inequalities Among Older Adults Around the World

Tue, August 13, 12:30 to 2:10pm, Sheraton New York, Floor: Third Floor, New York Ballroom East

Session Submission Type: Paper Session 100min

Description

The extension in high-income countries of systems of income support and access to health care for large, if not all segments of the older adult population undoubtedly counts as one of major successes of aging policy over the past century. It is perhaps not surprising then to note that today’s older adults find themselves in much better health than their parents and grandparents did in their older age. Indeed, relative to the past, older populations in developed countries have improved functioning and are afflicted with less disability on average. However, these improvements have not been equally gained across older adults. Can social policies mitigate health inequalities among older adults? In this session, we invite papers that critically examine the explicit intent and implicit capacity of current social policies to mitigate these inequalities among older populations in the U.S. and abroad. Submissions focusing on bi and multi-national comparisons are encouraged.

Sub Unit

Session Organizers

Individual Presentations