News & Events

Centenarians’ end-of-life sentiments and plans are often misunderstood by those closest to them, according to a new study from the LTSS Center....

Angela Jalloh, RN, received the 2018 McHugh Leadership Award, which recognizes aspiring nurse leaders in the field of long-term services and supports....

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

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

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

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…...

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

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…...

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…...