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By Geralyn Magan The LeadingAge LTSS Center @UMass Boston (formerly the LeadingAge Center for Applied Research) will evaluate the Housing and Health Pilot when the 2-year project ends. LeadingAge Massachusetts and the Long-Term Quality Alliance (LTQA) are designing a pilot project that will bring housing providers and health plans together…...

By Geralyn Magan A new report from RTI International contains data showing how assisted living settings and life plan communities would be affected if the federal minimum wage were increased to $10, $12 or $15. The report is a joint project of RTI and the Center for Excellence in Assisted…...

By Geralyn Magan National Church Residences is implementing a 5-year living wage initiative that aspires to increase the organization’s minimum wage to $14.50 over the next 5 years. “Are the wages we pay consistent with who we say we are?” That was the pointed question Danielle Willis asked Mark Ricketts…...

By Geralyn Magan The winner of the 2017 McHugh Award is Bahaa Barsoum, RN, director of nursing at A.G. Rhodes Health & Rehab, a LeadingAge member in Atlanta, GA. Barsoum directs more than 120 nursing staff members who provide health care and nursing services to residents at A.G. Rhodes of…...

By Steven Syre An important first step in supporting dementia-friendly communities is to assess and promote existing support services, while simultaneously raising awareness about gaps in services, according to a new research report. A new report from the Tufts Health Plan Foundation features recommendations for building age- and dementia-friendly communities…...

By Geralyn Magan The LeadingAge LTSS Center @UMass Boston (formerly the LeadingAge Center for Applied Research) and other research organizations in the U.S. and Japan are developing case studies describing innovative programs that explore promising approaches to financing housing for older adults, identifying connections between health and housing, and creating…...

By Geralyn Magan LeadingAge learned a great deal during 2016 when it used 5 different surveys to collect information about its members. A new report summarizes major findings from the surveys. LeadingAge members are generally well-established organizations that operate in more than one service setting, employ their own W-2 staff…...

By Geralyn Magan LeadingAge learned a great deal during 2016 when it used 5 different surveys to collect information about its members. A new report summarizes major findings from the surveys. LeadingAge members are generally well-established organizations that operate in more than one service setting, employ their own W-2 staff…...

Findings from a recent study by the LeadingAge LTSS Center @UMass Boston (formerly the LeadingAge Center for Applied Research) were published this summer in the Journal of the American Medical Directors Association (JAMDA). Older adults express higher levels of satisfaction with quality of care and quality of life when their…...

By Geralyn Magan Workforce challenges in the field of aging services will get far worse over the next 20 years unless policy makers, providers, and other stakeholders work together aggressively on solutions, writes Robyn Stone in Public Policy and Aging Report. Most providers of long-term services and supports (LTSS) struggle…...