A Cityscape article details how RTI International and the LTSS Center measured the impact of Vermont’s Support and Services at Home (SASH) program....

What does the Trump Administration and the Republican Congress mean for older Americans? The Journal of Aging and Social Policy offers some answers....

By Geralyn Magan A new report from Generations United suggests that providers of affordable housing are working hard to bring housing-based intergenerational programming to scale nationwide. “Intergenerational shared site” may not be a term most Americans understand well, but it represents a “concept whose time is now,” according to a…...

A new case study examines how Massachusetts engaged consumers in the design and oversight of a new health care program serving people with disabilities....

By Geralyn Magan Evaluating a Contemplative Care intervention and Resiliency Training that the New York Zen Center for Contemplative Care is implementing at Isabella Geriatric Center. The LeadingAge LTSS Center @UMass Boston has been engaged by the New York Zen Center for Contemplative Care (NYZCCC) to evaluate the impact of…...

By Steven Syre LTSS Center researchers found that older people with incomes below 250% of the federal poverty level were 3 times more likely to characterize their health as “fair” or “poor” than similarly aged people who were at least 400% above the poverty level. A new analysis by the…...

By Natasha S. Bryant Researchers compared data from an “experimental” nursing home that had adopted person-centered care comprehensively with data from 2 control homes, which had adopted person-centered care partially. Here’s their findings. Comprehensive adoption of person-centered care and the household model can enhance interactions between nursing home residents and…...

By Geralyn Magan Research about family caregiving will help LeadingAge members reach out more effectively to support families of their residents and clients, predicts Robyn Stone, senior vice president of research at LeadingAge. National and international researchers, including LeadingAge Senior Vice President of Research Robyn Stone, gathered recently at the…...

Addressing the potential mismatch between the growing needs of persons aging with disability and/or chronic health conditions, and the decreasing availability of paid home care workers to help meet those needs. The LeadingAge LTSS Center @UMass Boston is serving as a thought leader on a new study addressing ways to…...