by James Fuccione | Jan 18, 2023 | Data and Reports
Johns Hopkins researchers found isolated older adults have a 28 percent greater risk of developing dementia than do their counterparts who are not socially isolated. In what may the first study of a longitudinal association between social isolation and incident...
by James Fuccione | Jan 18, 2023 | Data and Reports
Nearly all older workers seek and choose employment with meaning, according to a new report from AARP, but the COVID-19 pandemic made people realize the importance of a better work-life balance – more so than doing work that is meaningful. The report, called...
by James Fuccione | Jan 18, 2023 | Data and Reports
A new research brief from the LeadingAge LTSS Center @UMass Boston offers a wide range of lessons to help housing communities implement a service coordination model developed by the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) in which the “role of the service...
by James Fuccione | Jan 18, 2023 | Conferences
The Massachusetts Healthy Aging Collaborative encourages stakeholders and communities involved in the age- and dementia friendly movement to check out the following upcoming events: Alzheimer’s Association of MA/NH Hosting Virtual New England Family...
by James Fuccione | Jan 11, 2023 | Data and Reports
A new online tool is available to help policymakers, advocates, and other leaders in various states understand how they support direct care workers, where they can improve, and how they compare to other states. Created and led by PHI, the Direct Care Workforce State...