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The LeadingAge LTSS Center @UMass Boston is exploring the training and policy infrastructure necessary to develop a new universal home care worker family of occupations that could address the increasing demand for home care workers....

Several states are exploring various types of public social insurance plans to assist families caring for people with a need for long-term services and supports (LTSS), and to support providers of such services. Marc Cohen, co-director of the LeadingAge LTSS Center @UMass Boston and an expert on long-term care financing,…...

Centenarians’ end-of-life sentiments and plans are often misunderstood by those closest to them, according to a new study from the LTSS Center....

Angela Jalloh, RN, received the 2018 McHugh Leadership Award, which recognizes aspiring nurse leaders in the field of long-term services and supports....

Verena R. Cimarolli, Ph.D., and Alexandra Hennessa have joined the LeadingAge LTSS Center @UMass Boston’s Washington, DC-based research team....

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....