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By Steven Syre The Intercompany Long Term Care Insurance Conference Association recently presented Marc Cohen with its first Special Recognition Award. Marc Cohen, co-director of the LeadingAge LTSS Center @UMass Boston, has been honored for a career of contributions to the field of long-term care finance by the Intercompany Long…...

By Geralyn Magan “Intergenerational Programming in Senior Housing: From Promise to Practice” describes findings from the first phase of a 2-part study that the LeadingAge LTSS Center @UMass Boston and Generations United are conducting with support from the Retirement Research Foundation. A new report from the LeadingAge LTSS Center @UMass…...

By Geralyn Magan The LeadingAge LTSS Center @UMass Boston and Generations United are working together to foster a broader culture of intergenerational interaction and exchange that, overtime, becomes normalized in the housing setting. A new grant from the Retirement Research Foundation (RRF) is helping the LeadingAge LTSS Center @UMass Boston…...

By Steven Syre A new report proposes a “policy roadmap” for financing long-term services and supports. The report was co-authored by Marc Cohen, co-director of the LeadingAge LTSS Center @UMass Boston. What would a better way to finance long-term services and supports (LTSS) for older Americans really look like? Even…...

By Steven Syre Resident satisfaction and quality are not the same things in nursing homes, according to new research from a fellow with the LeadingAge LTSS Center @UMass Boston. Consumers have come to expect easy access to user satisfaction data before making their buying decisions. When buying items online, for…...

How will immigration policy affect the LTSS workforce? Robyn Stone, senior vice president of research at LeadingAge, and Mary DiGangi, human resources director at the Menorah Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing Care, shared their thoughts with The New York Times. Mary DiGangi, human resources director at the Menorah Center for…...

By Steven Syre Marc Cohen, co-director of the LeadingAge LTSS Center @UMass Boston, will lead a group of 14 experts focusing on LTSS financing. Marc Cohen, co-director of the LeadingAge LTSS Center @UMass Boston, has been named co-chair of a study panel to help states design state-based social insurance programs…...

By Geralyn Magan A new research study led by the SEIU 775 Benefits Group will shed light on the “authentic experience” of home care workers by visiting, listening to, and observing one worker at a time. LeadingAge and the University of Wisconsin-Madison are partners in the study. There are only…...

By Geralyn Magan Eaton Senior Communities has embraced wellness coaching as a “fundamental part of what we do,” says Chief Operating Officer Diana Delgado. The coaching model helped 2 team members at the Lakewood, CO, community earn the 2017 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Award for Health Equity. Residents at Eaton…...

By Geralyn Magan Launched in July 2011, SASH is designed to connect older adults living in or near affordable senior housing sites with community-based health care and support services. Growth in annual Medicare expenditures was slower for older adults who participated in Support and Services at Home (SASH) panels that…...