The LTSS Center Blog is the place where our researchers share their insights about the latest trends in the field of long-term services and supports, and offer updates about the research they’re conducting.
Our blog is also a place where you can discuss issues that matter most to you. Post your comments about a blog, and let’s get the conversation started!
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Taking Steps Toward Financing Housing Plus Services
The LeadingAge LTSS Center @UMass Boston has developed a broad set of potential financing mechanisms for housing plus services options. A group of stakeholders recently spent 2 days vetting the options.
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What 7-Eleven Can Teach Us about Aging in Community
How did 7-Eleven become a valued source of healthy food and friendly visiting in Japan?
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Who are Your Most Promising Leaders? My Money’s on LPNs
Let’s rebrand the aging services sector, and broaden our view of leadership, so we can recruit, train, and retain the next generation of LTSS leaders.
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Lights! Camera! Action!
The new LTSS Center @UMass Boston is beginning to feel very real. And so are the many attributes that will make it a success.
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Making New Friends in the Real Estate World
Real estate professionals are looking for innovative ways to improve the lives of older people living in communities around the country. We can help them.
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Jerry Maguire and the Aging Services Workforce
If you don’t have a trained workforce to implement innovative care models, those models are unlikely to succeed.
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Can Children Help Solve Our Workforce Crisis?
How can we get elementary school children to proclaim proudly that they want to “help older people” when they grow up?
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Outraged and Confused about Elder Abuse
We can’t rest until every American understands that our elder abuse crisis is real, and that it can be solved.
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Looking for a Partner? Call the Health Department
Can we convince public health systems that every community in America is home to older adults who struggle with social and health challenges?
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Why Mouth Care is a Workforce Issue
Fewer than 20% of nursing home residents have “very good” or better oral hygiene. Training CNAs to work as oral care specialists could improve those numbers.