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What’s the Cost of Providing Supportive Housing to Older Adults?

One UMass Boston PhD student tried to answer that question this summer....

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Learn about LTSS Center Research at LeadingAge Annual Meeting

The sessions will focus on the latest LTSS Center research in the areas of workforce, DEI, housing-based services, and LTSS financing....

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Affordable Housing and LTSS: Promising Practices from Three States

Connecticut, New Jersey, and Massachusetts are taking proactive steps to deliver home and community-based services to residents of subsidized housing....

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LTSS Center Will Evaluate a New Housing-Based Service Pilot in New Jersey

The housing-based service model features a service coordinator, wellness nurse, and community health worker....

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Can Home Care Services Reduce Care-Related Strain Among Long-Distance Caregivers?

Findings from a new study could inform the design of interventions to reduce caregiving-related stress and burden....

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Listening to the Voices of Older Adults and their Caregivers in Massachusetts

A new LTSS Center research project will identify strategies for creating a sustainable LTSS system....

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How the Pandemic Affected Food Insecurity Among Older Adults

Enhanced SNAP benefits must be made permanent, suggests two new issue briefs from the LTSS Center and NCOA....

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WISH Act Strives to Transform American Elder Care

A newly introduced federal bill would address how to finance LTSS for older adults....

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Leadership Change at UMass Boston Gerontology Institute

Jan Mutchler will succeed Len Fishman as head of UMass Boston’s Gerontology Institute, a partner in the LTSS Center....

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Research Brief: Exploring Home Care Aide Training in Seven States

A new LTSS Center research brief makes recommendations for implementing standardized, competency-based training programs for home care aides....

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