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By Natasha S. Bryant Foreign-born nurses and personal care assistants make up an increasingly significant percentage of workers in the field of long-term services and supports (LTSS) around the world, according to new research from the Global Ageing Network and… Continue Reading →
The LeadingAge LTSS Center @UMass Boston has been engaged by the New York Zen Center for Contemplative Care (NYZCCC) to evaluate the impact of the center’s Contemplative Care approach on nursing home residents. The evaluation will also assess the impact of NYZCCC’s… Continue Reading →
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 →
Detailed instructions reflecting the wishes of people facing serious advancing illness offer family and health care providers valuable guidance for end-of-life care. But the basic process of collecting that information—from the design of standardized forms to procedures used to complete… Continue Reading →
The Gerontology Institute’s Pension Action Center is part of the McCormack Graduate School at UMass Boston. It provides free legal assistance to low- and moderate-income workers, retirees and their survivors in the six New England states and Illinois whose pension benefits… Continue Reading →
Marc Cohen, co-director of the LeadingAge LTSS Center @UMass Boston, is the first recipient of a Special Recognition Award from the Intercompany Long Term Care Insurance Conference Association honoring him for a career of contributions to the field of long-term… Continue Reading →
By Geralyn Magan A new grant from the Retirement Research Foundation (RRF) is helping the LeadingAge LTSS Center @UMass Boston and Generations United continue their work to support the development and implementation of high-quality intergenerational programming in senior housing communities… Continue Reading →
What would a better way to finance long-term services and supports for older Americans really look like? Even more importantly: How would it perform? Marc Cohen, co-director of the LeadingAge LTSS Center @UMass Boston, and two colleagues took up that… Continue Reading →
Marc Cohen, co-director of the LeadingAge LTSS Center @UMass Boston, has been named co-chair of a study panel organized by the National Academy of Social Insurance to help states design new programs to address challenges facing many of their citizens…. Continue Reading →
The LeadingAge LTSS Center @UMass Boston is conducting research to help the National Councils on Aging develop a deeper understanding of older adults it serves by analyzing their economic and demographic profiles. NCOA asked the LTSS center to develop a… Continue Reading →
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