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Review More Than a Decade of Research With the Updated LTSS Center Workforce Page
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
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
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
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 […]
Many Homebound Older Adults Don’t Receive Home-Based Care or LTSS They May Need
A new article from the LeadingAge LTSS Center @UMass Boston outlines a study examining the use of home-based clinical care and home-based long-term services and supports (LTSS) among homebound Medicare beneficiaries aged 65 and older. That study, co-authored by Robyn Stone of the LTSS Center, focused on a sample of […]
Reach Potential Employees and the Public with these Research-Based Tools
Members requested solutions to elevate their work and deliver greater impact—so LeadingAge developed tools to help you do that. Providers across the continuum are now using research-backed strategies, message guidance, and audience insights to revamp their communications to reach two vital audiences: older adults and potential employees. Seeking to sharpen […]
Assessing Quality of Communication with Family Caregivers
A new research brief from the LeadingAge LTSS Center @UMass Boston explores how family caregivers perceive their communication with direct care professionals and how those perceptions influence residents’ mental health. Quality of Communication with Direct Care Professionals in Residential Care Settings: The Association Between Family Caregiver Perceptions and Resident Mental […]