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University Reporter - Vol. 05, No. 01 - September 2000, University Of Massachusetts Boston

1996-2009, University Reporter

No abstract provided.

Providing Low-Cost Assistive Equipment Through Home Care Services: The Massachusetts Assistive Equipment Demonstration, Alison S. Gottlieb, Francis G. Caro

Gerontology Institute Publications

This report describes the Massachusetts Assistive Equipment Demonstration, a collaborative project funded by the Robert Wood Johnson’s Home Care Research Initiative and carried out collaboratively by the Gerontology Institute at the University of Massachusetts Boston and the Executive Office of Elder Affairs (EOEA). The purpose of the demonstration was to systematically encourage the use of low-cost assistive equipment among elderly clients through existing case management resources, thereby extending the effectiveness of the Massachusetts home care program by supplementing formal services with expanded use of assistive equipment.

Older Workers: An Essential Resource For Massachusetts, Peter B. Doeringer, Andrew Sum, David Terkla, Commonwealth Of Massachusetts, Blue Ribbon Commission On Older Workers

Gerontology Institute Publications

The Massachusetts Jobs Council, the Governor’s principal advisory board on workforce development, established the Blue Ribbon Commission on Older Workers in 1997 to analyze the labor market for older workers in the Commonwealth and to recommend policies to improve the economic status of the older labor force. The Commission held numerous hearings, town meetings, and focus groups to solicit the views of older workers, employers, labor organizations, and training professionals, and it reviewed the findings of extensive research on older workers in Massachusetts.

University Reporter - Vol. 04, No. 08 - April 2000, University Of Massachusetts Boston

1996-2009, University Reporter

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Nursing Homes To Medicare Waiver Programs In Vermont, Joseph Murray

New England Journal of Public Policy

This research examines the differences between nursing home residents and those who were able to leave nursing homes with the help of the Medicaid Waiver Program in Vermont. Ninety individuals who reentered the community with the aid of such waivers were compared with a random sample of nursing home residents through the use of the Nursing Home Minimum Data Set. The researchers found divergence in four key areas: cognition, continence, treatment categories, and desire to return to the community. Typically, those who left nursing homes for the community were cognitively intact, had moderate continence, received rehabilitative or clinically complex treatments, …

Life At Grandfamilies House: The First Six Months, Alison S. Gottlieb, Nina M. Silverstein, Laney Bruner-Canhoto, Susan Montgomery

Gerontology Institute Publications

Recent reports cite estimates of more than two million children in the United States who are currently living in kinship care arrangements; 10% or approximately 200,000 of these relationships are children in foster care. Much kinship care is done by midlife and older persons who are finding themselves assuming new responsibilities associated with parenting their grandchildren, typically for a period of two years or more. This is a social phenomenon that cuts across all socioeconomic, racial, and ethnic groups. There are many challenges facing these nontraditional families including healthcare, income security, education, social support, and housing. Public and private partnerships …

University Reporter - Vol. 04, No. 07 - March 2000, University Of Massachusetts Boston

1996-2009, University Reporter

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University Reporter - Vol. 04, No. 06- February 2000, University Of Massachusetts Boston

1996-2009, University Reporter

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University Reporter - Vol. 04, No. 04 - December 1999, University Of Massachusetts Boston

1996-2009, University Reporter

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University Reporter - Vol. 04, No. 03 - November 1999, University Of Massachusetts Boston

1996-2009, University Reporter

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University Reporter - Vol. 04, No. 02 - October 1999, University Of Massachusetts Boston

1996-2009, University Reporter

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University Reporter - Vol. 04, No. 01 - September 1999, University Of Massachusetts Boston

1996-2009, University Reporter

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University Reporter - Vol. 03, No. 09 - May 1999, University Of Massachusetts Boston

1996-2009, University Reporter

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University Reporter - Vol. 03, No. 09 - May 1999 - Calendar, University Of Massachusetts Boston

1996-2009, University Reporter

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University Reporter - Vol. 03, No. 08 - April 1999 - Calendar, University Of Massachusetts Boston

1996-2009, University Reporter

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University Reporter - Vol. 03, No. 08 - April 1999, University Of Massachusetts Boston

1996-2009, University Reporter

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University Reporter - Vol. 03, No. 07 - March 1999 - Calendar, University Of Massachusetts Boston

1996-2009, University Reporter

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University Reporter - Vol. 03, No. 06 - February 1999, University Of Massachusetts Boston

1996-2009, University Reporter

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University Reporter - Vol. 03, No. 06 - February 1999 - Calendar, University Of Massachusetts Boston

1996-2009, University Reporter

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University Reporter - Vol. 03, No. 05 - January 1999, University Of Massachusetts Boston

1996-2009, University Reporter

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University Reporter - Vol. 03, No. 04 - December 1998 - Calendar Of Events, University Of Massachusetts Boston

1996-2009, University Reporter

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University Reporter - Vol. 03, No. 04 - December 1998, University Of Massachusetts Boston

1996-2009, University Reporter

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University Reporter - Vol. 03, No. 03 - November 1998 - Calendar Of Events, University Of Massachusetts Boston

1996-2009, University Reporter

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University Reporter - Vol. 03, No. 03 - November 1998, University Of Massachusetts Boston

1996-2009, University Reporter

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University Reporter - Vol. 03, No. 02 - October 1998 - Calendar Of Events, University Of Massachusetts Boston

1996-2009, University Reporter

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University Reporter - Vol. 03, No. 01 - September 1998, University Of Massachusetts Boston

1996-2009, University Reporter

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University Reporter - Vol. 03, No. 01 - September 1998 - Calendar Of Events, University Of Massachusetts Boston

1996-2009, University Reporter

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Nursing Home Ownership And Public Policy: An Historical Analysis, K. R. Kaffenberger

Graduate Doctoral Dissertations

In the early days of the United States, care of the disabled elderly outside the home meant the public almshouse. By the 1920s, private, nonprofit homes for the aged were prevalent. More recently, private, for-profit facilities have grown to dominate the field.

For-profit ownership has been controversial. Underlying the controversy is the concern that quality might be lowered in order to enhance profit.

This study asks why most nursing homes are privately owned and why most privately owned nursing homes are operated for profit. It does so with reference to The Nonprofit Economy, in which Burton Weisbrod describes a …

University Reporter - Vol. 02, No. 09 - May 1998 - Calendar Of Events, University Of Massachusetts Boston

1996-2009, University Reporter

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University Reporter - Vol. 02, No. 09 - May 1998, University Of Massachusetts Boston

1996-2009, University Reporter

No abstract provided.