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Are Wealthy Older Adults Opportunistically Accessing the Medicaid Program?

LTSS Center researchers Marc Cohen and Jane Tavares answered this question in a recent edition of the Journal of Aging and Social Policy....

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HHS Seeks Feedback on Strategy to Support Family Caregivers

The strategy is based on extensive outreach conducted by a team at the LeadingAge LTSS Center @UMass Boston....

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Meet Marc Cohen: Researcher and LTSS Center Co-Director

The LTSS Center’s Co-Director arrived at the University of Massachusetts Boston six years ago after a successful career in private industry....

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Study Links Job Satisfaction and Nursing Home Turnover Intent

Researchers from the LeadingAge LTSS Center @UMass Boston and Weil Cornell Medicine asked direct care professionals about work stress, employer satisfaction, and turnover intent during the pandemic....

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Rhonda Breland-Gil Will Receive 2022 RWJF Award for Health Equity

The grants manager at Wesley Woods in Atlanta GA, secured $320,000 in funding to bring much-needed mental health services to older adults with low incomes....

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New Report Offers Proposals to Improve Care for Older Adults

LTSS Center Co-Directors Robyn Stone and Marc Cohen participated in the Convergence Dialogue on Reimagining Care for Older Adults. A new report contains recommendations that emerged from the dialogue....

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LTSS Center Fellow Caitlin Coyle Will Lead UMass Boston Center

Coyle, a fellow at the LeadingAge LTSS Center @UMass Boston, will direct the Center for Social and Demographic Research on Aging....

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Journal of Aging & Social Policy Sees Growing Impact in 2021

The journal’s impact factor rose five points from 2020 to 2021. Edward Alan Miller, a fellow at the LeadingAge LTSS Center @ UMass Boston, is editor-in-chief....

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Free Toolkit Helps Providers Address Ageism and Ableism

The web-based tool is designed to guide organizations and individuals in creating inclusive environments for senior living...

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Cohen Co-Chairs Committee of Nursing Home Quality Coalition

The co-director of the LTSS Center joins Harvard’s David Grabowski in co-chairing the Finance System committee of the Moving Forward Nursing Home Quality Coalition....

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