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By Geralyn Magan When nursing homes implement culture change fully, the benefits include significant improvements in resident perceptions of quality of life, services, and care. Nursing homes must implement culture change fully before they can reap many of its benefits, according to early findings from an ongoing study by the…...

Collecting information from housing communities that are currently implementing intergenerational programs, and communities that are interested in implementing these programs in the future. LeadingAge and Generations United are using funds from The Retirement Research Foundation to explore the characteristics and benefits of intergenerational programming in senior housing properties. The 12-month…...

By Geralyn Magan Positive findings from the Massachusetts Housing Plus Services study would put housing providers in a much better position to convince health entities, payers, and policy makers to invest in their housing plus services initiatives. The LeadingAge Center for Housing Plus Services is working with several partners in…...

Exploring the important role that older people can play in helping their communities prepare for and remain resilient after natural disasters. Two global agencies are each supporting research projects to explore the important role that older people can play in helping their communities prepare for and remain resilient after natural…...

A look at how Massachusetts used its Personal and Home Care Aide State Training (PHCAST) Demonstration Program grant. What’s the best way to recruit, train and retain personal and home care aides (PHCA)? Meet workers where they are, says Registered Nurse Leanne Winchester from the Massachusetts Executive Office of Elder…...

The Personal and Home Care Aide State Training (PHCAST) program supported the development, evaluation, and demonstration of a competency-based and uniform curriculum to train qualified personal and home care aides. Walter R. McDonald and Associates Inc. and the LeadingAge Center for Applied Research received with a grant from Health Resources and Services…...

By Alisha Sanders During the second year of their evaluation of the Support and Services at Home (SASH) program, researchers found that growth in annual Medicare expenditures was lowered by an estimated $1,536 per beneficiary among SASH participants in early panels, relative to members of a comparison group. The Support…...

By Geralyn Magan Ibasho, a not-for-profit organization, uses respect for local culture and social values to frame housing design and care for elders around the world. Most Americans still associate Nepal with the heartbreaking images of death and destruction that dominated television news programs after a devastating earthquake hit the…...

Job satisfaction has implications for recruitment, retention, and quality of care. A new analysis of 2 national data sets could help providers of home and community-based services better understand what contributes to job satisfaction among home health aides and what makes these workers want to leave the job. The results…...

Research findings from the LeadingAge Center for Housing Plus Services are “bright spots” in the federal government’s efforts to improve care and curb health care spending for Americans who are dually eligible for both Medicare and Medicaid, says The Wall Street Journal. A recent article in The Wall Street Journal…...