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New York State Assembly Member Rebecca Seawright has honored UMass Boston gerontology doctoral student Elisabeth Stam with a New York State Assembly 2023 Woman of Distinction Award. Seawright, who represents the 76th District of Manhattan (Upper East Side, Yorkville, and Roosevelt… Continue Reading →
Recent data from the LeadingAge LTSS Center @UMass Boston shows that nearly three-fourths of Americans aged 50 and older feel that healthcare providers consider their care preferences, but stark racial and socioeconomic inequities persist. While 83 percent of white adults… Continue Reading →
Thanks to a surge in student interest in undergraduate classes on aging, the UMass Boston Department of Gerontology has created a minor in Aging Studies. The program is open to students from all majors and is offered entirely online. “As… Continue Reading →
UMass Boston’s gerontology program—including the academic department, research institute, and four centers—will join the Robert and Donna Manning College of Nursing and Health Sciences on July 1, 2023. The transition comes as part of a campus-wide reorganization effort led over… Continue Reading →
Colleagues, former students, partners, family, and friends gathered at the UMass Club in downtown Boston on May 30 to pay tribute to Nina M. Silverstein, PhD, as she retires from UMass Boston’s Department of Gerontology. Read more about Nina Silverstein’s… Continue Reading →
We celebrated five new gerontology PhDs and our newest master’s degree alumni at the UMass Boston graduate commencement ceremony on May 24, 2023. (Ngai Kwan, PhD ’23, could not attend the ceremony.) Learn more about our newest doctoral alumni and… Continue Reading →
Each May, the Administration for Community Living leads the nation’s observance of Older Americans Month. For May 2023, UMass Boston Gerontology joined in the celebration by sharing stories of some of our favorite older adults. Betty-Jane ScheffLincoln, Massachusetts “Aunt B-J… Continue Reading →
Nina M. Silverstein, PhD, professor of gerontology at the University of Massachusetts Boston, retired on May 31, 2023. Highlights of Silverstein’s three decades at UMass Boston include mentoring hundreds of students, co-authoring three books, and spearheading research on aging and… Continue Reading →
New Elder Index report finds high levels of economic insecurity among Massachusetts’ older residents
Massachusetts is home to the nation’s highest percentage of older adults living alone who are unable to afford basic necessities without extra assistance, according to new research from UMass Boston’s Gerontology Institute. Nearly three-fifths, or 57 percent, of adults age… Continue Reading →
The Veterans Affairs (VA) Health Services Research and Development has awarded Emma D. Quach, PhD ’17, with a five-year career development award to conduct mentored research on home care for older veterans with dementia. Quach is a research health scientist… Continue Reading →
