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The future of federal policy toward health care, potentially affecting many millions of Americans, became the hottest of all front-burner issues immediately following Election Day last year. The next president had made repeal of the Affordable Care Act a leading… Continue Reading →
Hospitalization is a stressful experience for most patients. But a person with dementia typically needs three days to recover pre-hospital function for each day hospitalized. That caution has always stuck with Nina Silverstein, a professor of Gerontology at UMass Boston’s… Continue Reading →
By Meghan Hendricksen The way professional caregivers of persons with Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia think about dementia can have a significant impact on their well-being at work. The risks of burnout and negative emotions are clear. Lena Kunz… Continue Reading →
This article originally appeared on STAT on Oct. 11, 2017 By Joel S. Weissman, Marc A. Cohen and Amanda Reich While the Trump administration and the Republican-led Congress failed to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, a number of… Continue Reading →
By Meghan Hendricksen The early diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease or other cognitive impairment can be more than a medical finding. It can become a new and serious challenge to a person’s social identity. That was one of the findings from… Continue Reading →
The Tufts Health Plan Foundation has commissioned a UMass Boston gerontology research team to produce 2018 Healthy Aging Data Reports for Massachusetts and New Hampshire. The reports are designed to help residents, agencies, providers and governments understand the older adults… Continue Reading →
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