The LeadingAge LTSS Center @UMass Boston Resource Library holds a variety of reports and briefs, case studies, journal articles, guides, and tools related to our research on affordable housing, aging and health, family caregiving, financing, home-based care, nursing homes, and workforce issues.
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July 2025
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June 2025
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June 2025
This study reports on the perceived benefits of participating in The Right Care, Right Place, Right Time (R3) program, which sought to improve access to supportive services among individuals residing in subsidized housing.
Journal Article
February 2025
Researchers found that Medicaid payment rates for the average or median nursing home covered about 82 cents for every dollar of reported cost nursing homes incurred caring for Medicaid residents.
Journal Article
October 2024
Today’s 65-year-old can expect to live another 20 years, according to the Social Security Administration. Researchers found that 80% of older adults are either financially struggling now or at risk for economic insecurity in retirement.
Report
August 2024
Low-income older adults who lose Medicaid coverage when they transition to Medicare experience rising out-of-pocket medical expenses, declining net worth, and worsening health.
Report
June 2024
This article examines two developments in home and community-based service (HCBS) options during the COVID-19 pandemic: a one-year increase in the federal Medicaid matching rate for HCBS and administrative flexibilities permitting states to temporarily expand and modify their existing Medicaid HCBS programs.
Journal Article
April 2024
The U.S. is at a point where doing nothing to fix our long-term services and supports (LTSS) system exceeds the cost of building a new program. Due to a lack of federal movement, states are increasingly looking at what they can do to create new LTSS financing programs.
Report
April 2024
Shortcomings in the long-term services and supports (LTSS) system for older adults and persons with disabilities in Massachusetts, and around the country, have led to widespread discontent with the system. This study aimed to bring the voices of older adults and caregivers to policy discussions about LTSS reform.
Report
February 2024
The 2022 National Strategy to Support Family Caregivers contains over 300 actions federal and state agencies, communities, and organizations can take to support family caregivers.
Report
January 2024