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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 →
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… Continue Reading →
Marc Cohen, co-director of the LeadingAge LTSS Center @UMass Boston, is the first recipient of a Special Recognition Award from the Intercompany Long Term Care Insurance Conference Association honoring him for a career of contributions to the field of long-term… Continue Reading →
It’s been a year for the record books. The Gerontology Institute Blog covered every major department and institute event of 2017. But few of those posts could match the impact of coverage of students and their accomplishments filed during commencement… Continue Reading →
By Len Fishman Low-income elder Americans face a housing crisis today. We don’t have nearly enough decent, affordable housing for them, and our country’s aging population is adding waves of new seniors to the waiting lists every day. States and… Continue Reading →
Marc Cohen, co-director of the LeadingAge LTSS Center @UMass Boston, has been named co-chair of a study panel organized by the National Academy of Social Insurance to help states design new programs to address challenges facing many of their citizens…. Continue Reading →
The LeadingAge LTSS Center @UMass Boston is conducting research to help the National Councils on Aging develop a deeper understanding of older adults it serves by analyzing their economic and demographic profiles. NCOA asked the LTSS center to develop a… Continue Reading →
There is a long list of issues that concern older people living in Massachusetts. Money no doubt deserves a place near the top. UMass Boston Gerontology Professor Jan Mutchler has spent many years collecting and analyzing data about the economic… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON – Routine documents and notifications, once dropped in the mail by companies and other organizations, are often sent off electronically or stored on a website now. The obvious reasons: convenience, simplicity and savings. But is that a good way… Continue Reading →
By Marc Cohen and Kris Wiitala Both the House-passed version of ACA repeal legislation, the American Health Care Act (AHCA), and the Senate’s version currently under deliberation – the Better Care Reconciliation Act (BCRA) – include a particularly debilitating change: a… Continue Reading →
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