Welcome to the Resource Library of the LeadingAge LTSS Center @UMass Boston.
Our virtual shelves hold a variety of reports and briefs, case studies, journal articles, Congressional testimony, guides, and tools relating to our research in the areas of workforce, housing, nursing homes, financing, aging and health, and consumer engagement.
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Housing and Community Partner Views on the Benefits of Housing with Services: The Right Care, Right Place, Right Time Program
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
Journal Article
February 2025
Assessing Medicaid Payment Rates and Costs of Caring for the Medicaid Population Residing in Nursing Homes: Final Report
Andrew G. Alberth, Edward Alan Miller, […], Marc A. Cohen, et al.
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.
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
Too frequently, health and social care quality measures are designed with the perspectives of providers or payers, rather than the people receiving care. This project engaged a small group of dually eligible older adults of color to learn their priorities regarding the quality of home and community-based services.
Report
January 2024
At the Nexus of Public Policy and Aging: Doctoral Studies in Gerontology at the University of Massachusetts Boston
Established in 1989, the Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) program in Gerontology at the University of Massachusetts (UMass) Boston is one of the oldest in the world.
Journal Article
January 2024
This research conducted by NCOA and the LeadingAge LTSS Center @UMass Boston seeks to fill in gaps in knowledge about the transition from Medicaid to Medicare for low-income older adults.
Report
November 2023
This study investigated how receiving home care from different sources was associated with two facets of perceived control (mastery and perceived constraints) among adults with varying levels of physical disability.
Journal Article
September 2023
Promoting Sustainability in Housing with Services: Insights From the Right Care, Right Place, Right Time Program
Pamela Nadash, Edward Alan Miller, […], Molly Wylie, […] and Marc A. Cohen
Despite the widely acknowledged potential of housing with services for improving the lives of low-income older adults, ensuring their financial sustainability has been challenging. This study aimed to address this issue.
Despite the widely acknowledged potential of housing with services for improving the lives of low-income older adults, ensuring their financial sustainability has been challenging. This study aimed to address this issue.
Journal Article
August 2023
Established in 1989, the Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) program in Gerontology at the University of Massachusetts (UMass) Boston is one of the oldest in the world.
Journal Article
December 2022
The Effect of The Right Care, Right Place, Right Time (R3) Initiative on Medicare Health Service Use Among Older Affordable Housing Residents
Researchers studied the effect of an affordable housing-based supportive services intervention on Medicare health service use among residents.
Journal Article
October 2022
Report
January 2024