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Editor’s note: This article originally appeared on The Conversation website. The elderly and those recovering from surgeries are among the most vulnerable to becoming seriously ill as a result of COVID-19. An army of 3.5 million home care aides are responsible for… Continue Reading →
There was a reason why Marco couldn’t find the pension he had earned many years ago. It didn’t exist any longer. Many clients call the Pension Action Center because they can’t figure out who is responsible for paying them benefits… Continue Reading →
The Boston Senior Civic Academy was created in 2018 by city officials, with the assistance of the Gerontology Institute’s Center for Social and Demographic Research on Aging. Its curriculum is designed to help older adults better understand how local government… Continue Reading →
UMass Boston Gerontology associate professor Kathrin Boerner has spent much of her career researching a wide range of end-of-life issues. She was recently interviewed by MyRoche, a publication of the global health care company Roche Holding AG, about her work…. Continue Reading →
Gerontology Institute Director Len Fishman offered a simple suggestion to state legislators wrestling with the critical shortage of low-paid direct-care health workers: Make the jobs more attractive. Fishman told the Legislature’s Joint Committee on Elder Services that two things –… Continue Reading →
They started out as four UMass Boston gerontology students taking a standard graduate course, Families in Later Life. Before long, the classmates developed into a research team. Assistant professor Jeff Stokes was teaching the course in the spring semester of… Continue Reading →
Can you wear out a phone? The Pension Action Center at UMass Boston’s Gerontology Institute is always busy fielding calls from people seeking help to track down their pensions or investigate benefits they believe they are owed. But the pace… Continue Reading →
This article originally appeared in The Conversation, an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. The U.S. population is aging at such a rate that within a few years, older Americans will outnumber the country’s children… Continue Reading →
Researchers tracking the economic security of America’s older adults have found that half who live alone and nearly a quarter of those living in two-person households where both are age 65 or older are unable to afford basic necessities without… Continue Reading →
The new 2019 Elder Index is an important, free resource available to anyone online. It provides information about elder cost of living across the United States. Here are the answers to some questions you may have. Q: What’s new about… Continue Reading →
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