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By Meghan Hendricksen Successfully completing the UMass Boston gerontology PhD program is like ending a journey. A very long journey. Just ask Ian Livingston, Jane Tavares or ShuangShuang Wang. All three recently defended their dissertations successfully. The Gerontology Institute blog… Continue Reading →
By Meghan Hendricksen So, how is school going? Every gerontology student at UMass Boston’s McCormack Graduate School could give you an earful on that subject. The Gerontology Institute Blog wanted to hear what students had to say about their studies, the… Continue Reading →
Susan Krauss Whitbourne kicked off the University of Massachusetts Boston Gerontology spring speaker’s series Jan. 29 with a presentation on the psychosocial development of subjects over a span of four decades. Whitbourne is an adjunct professor of Gerontology at UMass… Continue Reading →
By Natalie Pitheckoff Most Americans know very little about Bulgaria. Even fewer are aware of its aging population, which is creating great challenges (and opportunities) across the country. People often hear or read about aging in countries such as China… 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 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 →
Elizabeth Chen was a woman in a hurry when she arrived at UMass Boston’s Gerontology Department in 2012. Chen had already lived through two highly successful but very different careers, as a biotech chief executive and the president of… Continue Reading →
A research team led by UMass Boston Gerontology alumna Dr. Natalie Leland has received a $4.7 million contract to compare the effectiveness of two care delivery models for nursing home residents living with dementia. The contract from the Patient-Centered Outcomes… 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 →
How would you make Social Security stronger? That was the challenge AARP issued to policy researchers last year. Two of the five ideas recently selected as the best in a flood of responses came from a professor at the McCormack Graduate School… Continue Reading →
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