Aging Across the United States: Matching Needs to States' Differing Opportunities and Services

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INDEX AARP (American Association of Retired Persons), xvi, ,  accessible, high-quality long-term-care, vii, xii, , , – active fun and companionship, – activities of daily living (ADLs), ,  adult day care, , , , ,  affordability, xii, xiii, –, –,  affordability and safety, vii, –, , ,  aged/disabled waiver, xi, , , , ,  age-friendly states, xv Alabama accessible high-quality long-term care,  affordability, ,  contributions/communities,  health and high-quality medical care,  life expectancy/quality of life,  property crime, ,  recreational lifestyle,  voting,  Alaska contributions/communities,  percent elders,  Amenta, Carens, and Olasky,  American Community Survey,  American exceptionalism, – American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, xvi American’s Health: State Health Rankings,  Anderson, Lori, xvi Area Agency on Aging (AAA), , , , , ,  Arizona active retirees,  climate, , ,  cost-of-living, ,  healthy aging  poverty,  quality-of-life outcomes, ,  recreational opportunities,  supportive communities,  Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System, xvi Arkansas accessible high-quality long-term care,  affordability, ,  contributions/communities,  health and high-quality medical care,  income,  percent nonmetropolitan, ,  property crime,  recreational lifestyle,  asset transfers, ,  assisted living community support,  congregate residential care, , ,  investing in others,  long-term care, – baby boomers, , , ,  baby boom generation, , , ,  Baicker and Chandra, – Balsey, Tara, xvi Barrilleaux, Holbrook, and Langer, – Berry, Ringquist, Fording and Hanson, x, , ,  best practices, x, , –, , ,  Beyond . Survey,  Bowling Alone, ,  Brookings Institution,  Bureau of Justice Statistics, ,  California affordability, ,  climate,  cost of living, , , egalitarianism, ,  income, ,  in-migration,  life expectancy/quality of life,  median mortgage payment, ,  medical care quality, best practices, , , ,  percent elders,  population nonmetropolitan,  poverty,  cardiac care unit (CCU), ,  Caro, Frank, xv Carter, Ralph, xvi Centers for Disease Control, xvi, ,  Centers for Medicare and Medicaid, xvi, , , , , ,  Charities,  church(es), , , , , ,  circles of concern,  civic involvement, –, ,  Clair, Robert, xvi Coghlan, Cathy, xvi Colorado affordability,  egalitarian,  in-migration,  life expectancy/quality of life,  outdoor activities,  percent elders,  poverty,  state senior friendliness,  community attachment, – community spouse,  companionship, , – Comprehensive Social Capital Index, ,  Connecticut affordability and safety, – income inequality,  in-migration,  outdoor recreation,  percent population in nursing home,  coordination of care, x, –, ,  continuing care retirement community (CCRC), ,  cost of living, x, –, –, , ,  crime, x, xii, –, –, ,  cross-state comparisons, , , ,  cross-state differences, , –, , , ,  Dartmouth University,  Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care,  Day, Christine L., xv decedents not admitted to ICU/CCU, xi,  Deficit Reduction Act,  Delaware homicide,  Medicare decedents,  democratic legislative control, x, ,  demographics, , , , ,  de Tocqueville,  disability, , , , , , ,  disabled, , , , , , , . See also aged/disabled Disaster Center,  district electoral competition, x, , ,  Donovan, Nowell R., xvi Douglas, Mary, . See also Elazar-DouglasWildavsky ecological fallacy,  egalitarian culture, , ,  egalitarianism, – Eiken, Steve, xvi Elazar, Daniel J.,  Elazar-Douglas-Wildavsky, ix, , –,  Elder Economic Security Standard/Initiative, ,  elder law attorney,  end of life, – fear of crime, , , . See also crime federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP),  federal poverty level, ix, , –, , , ,  Flores, Gina, xvi Florida affordability and safety, ,  climate,  coordination of care,  gross state product (GSP),  healthy/not disabled,  Medicare decedents,  migration, in and out,  percent elders,  recreational lifestyle, – Forbes,  Franzwa, Gregg, xvi Freeze, Janet G., xvi Galvin, Richard, xvi Georgia egalitarian political culture,  income inequality,  life expectancy/quality of life,  meaningful life and community,  percent elders,  poverty,  Giles, Amanda, xvi Gini index of income inequality,  Gough, Elizabeth, xvi Gould Center for Geography Education and Outreach, xvi grandchildren, , , , , ,  grandparent(s), ,  Grindell, Wilbur and Dorothy, v gross state product (GSP), ,  Hawaii healthiness of population,  healthy age and high-quality medical care, –,   | INDEX physicians per , residents,  recreational lifestyle, –,  health and medical care quality, xii, , , , , ,  healthiness, x, xi, –,  healthy aging, , , –, ,  hierarchical culture/hierarchists, ,  Home and Community Based Services (HCBS), , ,  homicide, x, , ,  Idaho accessible high-quality long-term care,  affordability and safety, , ,  contributions/community,  coordination of care,  cost of living,  health and high-quality medical care,  homicide,  physicians per ,,  recreational lifestyle,  Illinois affordability, ,  high-quality medical care,  income inequality,  medical care quality,  percent elders,  percent population nonmetropolitan,  poverty,  income distribution, , , , ,  income inequality, –, , , , . See also Gini index of income inequality Indiana percent elders in nursing facilities,  poverty,  individual retirement accounts (IRAs),  individualistic culture/individualism, – in-migration, ix, –, , , – institutionalization,  interstate variation,  Inter-University Consortium for Social and Political Research (ICPSR),  Intrastate variation,  investing in others,  Iowa accessible high-quality long-term care,  accessible nursing facility care, – affordability and safety, ,  contributions/community,  crime,  health and high-quality medical care,  homicide, – life expectancy/quality of life,  migration,  percent elders in nursing facilities,  percent elders,  physicians per ,,  recreational lifestyle,  Ivy, Trey, xvi Jencks, Huff, and Cuerdon, – Johnson’s Great Society,  Kaiser Family Foundation, , ,  Kansas assisted living,  life expectancy/quality of life,  percent population in nursing facilities,  population not disabled,  Karch’s model,  Kentucky accessible high-quality long-term care,  affordability and safety, ,  contributions/community,  health and high-quality medical care,  life expectancy/quality of life...