The LTSS Center Blog is the place where our researchers share their insights about the latest trends in the field of long-term services and supports, and offer updates about the research they’re conducting.
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Lessons Learned from a “Kitchen Cabinet” of LeadingAge Mentors
A UMass Boston graduate student shares career lessons she’s learned by interviewing leaders in the field of aging services for The Mentor’s Voice podcast.
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Why Is It So Hard to Get Vaccinated?
Our flawed vaccine rollout should get us thinking seriously about fixing our disjointed health care system.
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Journal Focuses on Substance Use and Abuse Among Older Adults
The LTSS Center’s Verena Cimarolli offers a helpful guide to the research shared in the latest issue of Generations.
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LTSS Center: What Sets Us Apart?
A new LTSS Center toolkit focuses on person-centered care. It also illustrates what sets the LTSS Center apart from other research organizations.
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IWISH Report Offers Lessons for Housing Providers
The interim report focuses on the first 18 months HUD’s Integrated Wellness in Supportive Housing Demonstration.
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LTSS: A Microcosm of Systemic Racism
We must reform our system of long-term services and supports to ensure equal access and equal opportunity for all.
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Promoting Quality of Life Among Rural Older Adults
Only by coordinating housing and service policymaking can we truly serve the needs of the nation’s rural older adults.
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Everyone Wins When Direct Care Workers Earn a Living Wage
Increasing pay for direct care workers would benefit workers, providers, care recipients, governments, and local economies.
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Workers at Risk: The Lessons of COVID-19
The coronavirus is showing us why we must support a workforce that older adults literally cannot live without.
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Have We Failed Public Health?
Our nation’s lack of investment in the public health system—and that system’s lack of investment in vulnerable older adults—played a significant role in exacerbating the COVID-19 health crisis.