Research Archives - LeadingAge

Direct care professionals, who provide hands-on care to millions of Americans each day, are the key to ensuring that our nation can deliver quality long-term services and supports (LTSS) to a growing older population. This vital workforce is in crisis due to high turnover, poor working conditions, inadequate training, and […]

Major Workforce Training and Support Program to Be Evaluated by LTSS Center

Post date July 28, 2023
Post author By Gene Mitchell

A new initiative led by LeadingAge California is designed to actively promote, recruit, train, and provide jobs for 2,700 new certified nursing assistants and home health aides over three years. The LeadingAge LTSS Center @UMass Boston has been selected to evaluate whether the program met its goals. The Gateway-In Project© […]

Frontline Nurse Managers Key to Quality Care, Workforce Satisfaction

Post date June 28, 2023
Post author By Gene Mitchell

A downloadable research brief from the LeadingAge LTSS Center @UMass Boston focuses on the key challenges, best practices, and successes of frontline nurse managers, who have immense influence on the way care is provided in aging services, and for whom robust support is imperative. The brief, Enhancing Frontline Nurse Management […]

Researchers Seek Long-Distance Caregiver Volunteers to Test Intervention

Post date June 2, 2023
Post author By Gene Mitchell

Researchers at the LeadingAge LTSS Center @UMass Boston are looking for volunteers to help them test an intervention to support long-distance caregivers of older adults with dementia who receive home care. The researchers, Verena Cimarolli and Kathrin Boerner, have developed a new non-drug intervention to support long-distance caregivers, defined as […]