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Any celebration of an important anniversary should honor the past and also look to the future. So it was at the Gerontology Institute’s 35th anniversary symposium held on campus last week. A panel of founders and other past leaders of… Continue Reading →
BOSTON – In August 2019, the five-campus University of Massachusetts system endorsed the 10 principles of the Age-Friendly University, as defined by Age-Friendly University (AFU) Global Network at Dublin City University, joining an international effort intended to highlight the role… Continue Reading →
As the population ages in the United States and around the world, technology will surely play a role assisting in the care of millions of older adults and help them lead productive lives. But how will that actually work?… Continue Reading →
Anne Tumlinson is the nationally recognized eldercare expert who founded Daughterhood, an online community providing support and advice to adult children caring for their aging parents. She is also the founder of Anne Tumlinson Innovations, a research and advisory firm… Continue Reading →
By Martin Hansen-Verma Qian Jasmine Song, a demographer and sociologist with broad research interests relating to the health of an aging population, has joined the UMass Boston’s Gerontology department faculty as an assistant professor. Song, who most recently was a… Continue Reading →
Carl Hill got right to the point when he brought up the subject of research funding priorities at the National Institute on Aging. “The ‘A’ in NIA stands for aging but it’s leaning toward Alzheimer’s,” Hill told more than 40… Continue Reading →
Elizabeth Chen came to the field of public health later in life. She’s been making up for lost time ever since. Chen, who had been the chief executive of two companies and a leader in higher education, came to the… Continue Reading →
Gerontology associate professor Kathrin Boerner will represent the UMass Boston campus this week at the annual University of Massachusetts Faculty Speaker Series in Florida, describing her ongoing research into the relationship between children and their surviving parents later in life…. Continue Reading →
The McCormack Graduate School’s Gerontology Institute has welcomed 10 new fellows, all from the UMass Boston campus, who bring additional expertise in nursing and health sciences, public policy, sociology and economics to the organization. “This move formalizes our collaboration with… Continue Reading →
Victor Regnier is, perhaps, the nation’s leading authority on the design and development of senior housing with service across the LTSS continuum. A joint professor at USC’s School of Architecture and Leonard Davis School of Gerontology, Regnier is the only person… Continue Reading →
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