The John A. Hartford Foundation State Aging Index

Grant Summary

This one-year project will extend the recently released international John A. Hartford Foundation Aging Society Index to the domestic state level and examine the impact of state programs and policies on the status and well-being of older adults. The project will begin by establishing measures in several relevant domains: social, economic, intergenerational, and health-related. Data analysis will include the calculation of state (or census region where appropriate) performance using the measures and an analysis of how state-based policies and programs are correlated with key state characteristics. The investigators, members of the Research Network on an Aging Society, will publish and present the findings, including to local, state, and federal policy makers.

Related Grant Resources

• Paper: Multidimensional Comparison of Countries’ Adaptation to Societal Aging
• Health Affairs Paper: Challenges For Middle-Income Elders In An Aging Society
• The Milbank Quarterly Article: A U.S. State Index of Successful Aging – Differences Between States and Over Time