New Project Will Test Ways to Bolster Home Care Profession

Two Richmond home care agencies are testing a multi-pronged intervention to bolster the home care profession in their community. The LeadingAge LTSS Center is designing the project’s evaluation....

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UMB Center Helps Communities Serve Older Adults in MA

The Center for Social and Demographic Research on Aging is marking its 10-year anniversary....

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Meet Edward Alan Miller: LTSS Center Researcher

Miller is chair of the Gerontology Department at UMass Boston, a professor, and a researcher at the LeadingAge LTSS Center @UMass Boston....

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Evaluating a Rural Aging Initiative Led by Lutheran Services in America

LTSS Center researchers are evaluating the effectiveness and sustainability of Rural Aging Action Networks as part of a three-year national collaborative led by Lutheran Services in America to connect underserved and isolated older adults to services and supports in their homes and communities of choice....

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LTSS Center Presents Research at 2022 GSA Scientific Meeting

The LTSS Center shared research findings at the Gerontological Society of America’s prestigious annual gathering in November....

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Are Wealthy Older Adults Opportunistically Accessing the Medicaid Program?

LTSS Center researchers Marc Cohen and Jane Tavares answered this question in a recent edition of the Journal of Aging and Social Policy....

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HHS Seeks Feedback on Strategy to Support Family Caregivers

The strategy is based on extensive outreach conducted by a team at the LeadingAge LTSS Center @UMass Boston....

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Meet Marc Cohen: Researcher and LTSS Center Co-Director

The LTSS Center’s Co-Director arrived at the University of Massachusetts Boston six years ago after a successful career in private industry....

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Study Links Job Satisfaction and Nursing Home Turnover Intent

Researchers from the LeadingAge LTSS Center @UMass Boston and Weil Cornell Medicine asked direct care professionals about work stress, employer satisfaction, and turnover intent during the pandemic....

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Rhonda Breland-Gil Will Receive 2022 RWJF Award for Health Equity

The grants manager at Wesley Woods in Atlanta GA, secured $320,000 in funding to bring much-needed mental health services to older adults with low incomes....

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