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LTSS Center to lead three-year research project on “overlooked middle” for California Department of Aging

The California Department of Aging awarded a three-year, $4.3 million contract to the LeadingAge LTSS Center @UMass Boston—through the center’s partner, Community Catalyst—to study policy opportunities to address the affordability of long-term services and supports. The project, the largest single… Continue Reading →

Inequities found in how well healthcare providers listen to older adults’ preferences

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 →

Meet a researcher: Marc Cohen

Marc Cohen, PhD, worked for decades in private industry before joining UMass Boston in 2016. His transition to an academic setting was nearly seamless, he says, because for all those years, “I was a misplaced academic in the corporate world.”… Continue Reading →

Gerontology Associate Professor Kathrin Boerner: Dealing with Grief After Death

UMass Boston Gerontology associate professor Kathrin Boerner has spent much of her career researching a wide range of end-of-life issues. She was recently interviewed by MyRoche, a publication of the global health care company Roche Holding AG, about her work…. Continue Reading →

How Consumer Perspective Helped Direct a New Health Care Program

The One Care Implementation Council was established in Massachusetts five years ago to engage consumers and their advocates in the design and oversight of a new health care program serving people with disabilities who are eligible for both Medicare and… Continue Reading →

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