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A research team at the McCormack Graduate School’s Gerontology Institute published its most recent edition of the Massachusetts Healthy Aging Data Report late in 2018. The report provided detailed information on the health status of older adults across the state…. Continue Reading →
The Gerontology Institute’s Pension Action Center is part of the McCormack Graduate School at UMass Boston. It provides free legal assistance to low- and moderate-income workers, retirees and their survivors in the six New England states and Illinois whose pension benefits have… Continue Reading →
It’s an established fact that older adults make up a large percentage of patrons at gambling casinos operating across the United States. But are older people more likely to be problem-gamblers? And what is the impact of casinos on nearby… Continue Reading →
Katherine Newman, the interim chancellor of the University of Massachusetts Boston, has devoted much of her career to documenting conditions facing poor and working-class Americans. Her new book, Downhill From Here, Retirement Insecurity in the Age of Inequality, examines the… Continue Reading →
By Caitlin Connelly Imagine an online LGBT senior center. What would that look like and how would it serve visitors? These are questions on Shiva Prasad’s mind. The third-year gerontology PhD student at UMass Boston recently presented preliminary research findings… Continue Reading →
By Taryn Hojlo UMass Boston’s gerontology faculty and students produced exciting new research findings and achieved remarkable public service achievements in 2018. The news media took notice. Associate professor Beth Dugan and her Gerontology Institute colleagues published the 2018 edition… Continue Reading →
It takes more than a few words to explain what the Trump administration means to older Americans. In fact, the Journal of Aging & Social Policy has dedicated an entire edition to address the issue. Its recently published special edition,… Continue Reading →
Older Americans in every part of the country depend on Social Security benefits to help make ends meet. But just how far do those payments go toward covering the basic cost of living? The answer varies a great deal on… Continue Reading →
By Taryn Hojlo Two gerontology students researching a multi-generational approach to community senior centers and property tax relief programs for older homeowners have been selected for the 2018 Capstone awards. Students Beth Duggan Rouleau and Norma Strack were selected by… Continue Reading →
By Meghan Hendricksen Many older Americans, some of them disabled, badly need the support of a Social Security system they contributed to for most of their working lives. Often, that system does not provide nearly enough. … Continue Reading →
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