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Looking for new and notable information to help you dig deeper into an issue? Start with these featured reports and web sites, and then browse through our full selection by topic.

Reports: Featured

2024 Home and Community Preferences Survey: A National Survey of Adults Age 18-Plus
AARP, January 2025, 45 pp.
This survey focuses on the needs and wants of older adults with regard to housing, transportation, outdoor spaces, and social engagement and isolation. more info >

America's Health Rankings: Senior Report 2024
United Health Foundation, July 2024, 35 pp.
This report provides a comprehensive analysis of senior population health on a national and state-by-state basis across 62 measures of senior health. This year's report includes finds that America’s older adults make progress in measures of social connectedness and access to clinical care but struggle with socioeconomic barriers. more info >

Working While Caregiving: It’s Complicated
S&P Global, AARP, May 2024, 21 pp.
This study explores the workplace experiences of caregivers and how they use employer-provided benefits and policies to remain successful at work while providing care at home. It examines challenges of balancing work and caregiving and policies that can ease the burdens in the workplace. more info >

2024 Alzheimer's Disease Facts and Figures
Alzheimer's Association, February 2024, 149 pp.
An annual report on U.S. data related to Alzheimer's disease and other dementias. This report includes a summary of current knowledge about Alzheimer's disease, information on prevalence, mortality and lifetime risk of Alzheimer's disease and other dementias, and the experiences of primary care physicians related to Alzheimer's and dementia. more info >

More Than a Feeling: How Social Connection Protects Health in Later Life
Population Reference Bureau, February 2024, 4 pp.
This brief explores recent research on social connection and health supported by the National Institute on Aging. The findings show how social ties bolster health—from slowing aging and boosting cancer-fighting hormones to preventing depression and protecting memory. This evidence can inform interventions to support longer and healthier lives for older Americans. more info >

Fact Sheet: Aging in the United States
Population Reference Bureau, January 2024, 3 pp.
This report examines recent trends and disparities among adults ages 65 and older, and how baby boomers will reshape America’s older population. more info >

How Do Americans View Social Security?
AARP, November 2023, 6 pp.
Using General Social Survey data from 1984 through 2021, this report investigates Americans' perceptions of Social Security. Consistent with other research, it demonstrates that Social Security has been and continues to be viewed favorably, enjoying widespread popularity across socioeconomic and political groups. more info >

Aging-Ready Homes in the United States—Perception Versus Reality of Aging-Accessibility Needs: 2019
U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Commerce, October 2023, 23 pp.
To examine whether U.S. homes are prepared for an aging population, this report uses data from the American Housing Survey (AHS) to show the number of housing units with select aging-accessible features. It also looks at older adults’ beliefs and expectations about aging in place. more info >

Innovation and Opportunity, 2023: A State Scorecard on Long-term Services and Supports for Older Adults, People with Physical Disabilities, and Family Caregivers
AARP, September 2023, 184 pp.
Measures state-level performance of long-term services and supports from the viewpoint of user services and their families. more info >

More Older Adults, More Complex Needs: 2023 Chartbook
National Association of Area Agencies of Aging, May 2023, 44 pp.
This report summarizes findings from the 2023 National Survey of Area Agencies on Aging, which presents trends and information on AAA staffing, services, new and innovative programs, and more. The accompanying 28 state reports highlight state-level data. more info >

Family Caregiver Considerations for the Future of Hospital at Home Programs
AARP Public Policy Institute, August 2022, 13 pp.
The Hospital at Home (HaH) model shifts care into the home setting and delivers acute hospital-level care to eligible patients where they live instead of in a hospital. This brief presents four detailed Family Caregiver Considerations that HaH models can incorporate into policy and program design to best support patients and family caregivers. more info >

Caregiving in a Diverse America: Beginning to Understand the Systemic Challenges Facing Family Caregivers
National Alliance for Caregiving, October 2021, 44 pp.
Based on data from the report "Caregiving in the U.S. 2020," this report expands upon the diverse experiences of family caregivers and provides important policy recommendations to help aid family caregivers in their important tasks. more info >

Creating Walkable and Bikeable Communities
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, December 2016, 280 pp.
This document provides guidance for increasing walking, cycling, universal access, and sustainable urban design with a focus on the need for integrated planning. more info >