The LeadingAge LTSS Center at UMass Boston: What You Need to Know

The leaders of the new LTSS Center explain why its creation will benefit research in aging while making the work of LeadingAge members more visible. In May 2017, LeadingAge joined with the Gerontology Institute at the University of Massachusetts Boston to create a new research center called the LeadingAge LTSS…...

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Understanding the Economic Status of Older Americans

A conversation with Marc Cohen, co-director of the LeadingAge LTSS Center @UMass Boston, about a study the LTSS Center is conducting for the National Council on Aging (NCOA). The LeadingAge LTSS Center @UMass Boston is studying the economic and demographic profiles of American older adults, at the behest of the…...

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LTSS Center Welcomes 2 New Researchers

Verena R. Cimarolli, Ph.D., and Alexandra Hennessa have joined the LeadingAge LTSS Center @UMass Boston’s Washington, DC-based research team....

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Journal Article Details SASH Evaluation Findings

A Cityscape article details how RTI International and the LTSS Center measured the impact of Vermont’s Support and Services at Home (SASH) program....

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Assessing Aging Policy and Politics in the Trump Era

What does the Trump Administration and the Republican Congress mean for older Americans? The Journal of Aging and Social Policy offers some answers....

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New Reports Explore Global Expansion of Foreign-Born LTSS Workforce

Immigrant/migrant workers bring benefits to the LTSS organizations that employ them and care recipients they serve, according to new research from the LTSS Center....

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How to Share Campus Space for the Good of Young and Old

By Geralyn Magan A new report from Generations United suggests that providers of affordable housing are working hard to bring housing-based intergenerational programming to scale nationwide. “Intergenerational shared site” may not be a term most Americans understand well, but it represents a “concept whose time is now,” according to a…...

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How Consumer Engagement Helped Direct a New Health Care Program

A new case study examines how Massachusetts engaged consumers in the design and oversight of a new health care program serving people with disabilities....

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Evaluating a Contemplative Care Approach for Nursing Homes

By Geralyn Magan Evaluating a Contemplative Care intervention and Resiliency Training that the New York Zen Center for Contemplative Care is implementing at Isabella Geriatric Center. The LeadingAge LTSS Center @UMass Boston has been engaged by the New York Zen Center for Contemplative Care (NYZCCC) to evaluate the impact of…...

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How Income Affects Perceived Health of Older Americans

By Steven Syre LTSS Center researchers found that older people with incomes below 250% of the federal poverty level were 3 times more likely to characterize their health as “fair” or “poor” than similarly aged people who were at least 400% above the poverty level. A new analysis by the…...

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