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By Geralyn Magan During a recent visit to Israel, Robyn Stone gave advice on how Israel could expand its home care sector, and asked questions about the country’s efforts to attract and support foreign-born home care workers. Teaching and learning were both on the itinerary when Robyn Stone visited Israel…...

By Geralyn Magan The decision to create the Center for Workforce Solutions stems from conversations with LeadingAge members across the country who are facing enormous workforce challenges. The new LeadingAge Center for Workforce Solutions is officially open for business. The center focuses on disseminating workforce-related resources for the aging services…...

By Natasha S. Bryant A new report from the LeadingAge LTSS Center @UMass Boston provides insight into workforce-related challenges facing LeadingAge members as they strive to provide high-quality services and supports to older adults. A new report from LeadingAge highlights major findings from a 2017 survey designed to gather baseline…...

By Steven W. Syre A new report featuring research from the LeadingAge LTSS Center @UMass Boston assesses the impact on states if key proposals contained in the House version of the American Health Care Act are passed by the U.S. Senate. As many as 713,000 workers in the home- and…...

By Geralyn Magan An 18-month demonstration program implemented by Hebrew SeniorLife will test whether an onsite wellness team could help residents of affordable senior housing remain healthier and more independent. When July 1 dawned in Boston, MA, 400 residents of 6 affordable senior housing communities began an 18-month experiment to…...

By Geralyn Magan The new LeadingAge Center for Workforce Solutions will serve as a platform to engage in ongoing, collaborative problem-solving around workforce issues. Having trouble recruiting and retaining qualified workers? Susan Hildebrandt has 2 important messages for you: First, you’re not alone. And second, help is on the way.…...

The new LeadingAge LTSS Center @UMass Boston is the first in the country to combine the expertise of applied and academic researchers with the unique perspectives of providers and consumers of long-term services and supports (LTSS). LeadingAge is joining with the Gerontology Institute at the University of Massachusetts Boston to…...

By Geralyn Magan Have questions about the new LeadingAge LTSS Center @UMass Boston? Here are some answers from Katie Sloan, LeadingAge president and CEO; Len Fishman, director of the Gerontology Institute at the University of Massachusetts Boston; and LTSS Center Co-directors Robyn Stone and Marc Cohen. WHY DID LEADINGAGE AND…...

By Geralyn Magan Findings from a LeadingAge study suggest that a Medicaid pay-for-performance program in Kansas has succeeded in changing the profile of nursing homes adopting person-centered care. Nursing homes adopting person-centered care are typically larger, nonprofit care settings that are affiliated with a life plan community, have a higher…...

By Geralyn Magan Three programs share their strategies for using housing as a platform for delivering services and supports to older adults. The potential health benefit of housing plus services models was on the agenda late last year when the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine convened a public…...