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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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New Publication Provides Snapshot of Culture Change Research

By Natasha S. Bryant Researchers compared data from an “experimental” nursing home that had adopted person-centered care comprehensively with data from 2 control homes, which had adopted person-centered care partially. Here’s their findings. Comprehensive adoption of person-centered care and the household model can enhance interactions between nursing home residents and…...

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Summit Maps Family Caregiving Research Priorities

By Geralyn Magan Research about family caregiving will help LeadingAge members reach out more effectively to support families of their residents and clients, predicts Robyn Stone, senior vice president of research at LeadingAge. National and international researchers, including LeadingAge Senior Vice President of Research Robyn Stone, gathered recently at the…...

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