A study led by center faculty Chanee Fabius and co-authors Noreen Shugrue and Julie Robison in the Journal of Gerontological Social Work examined relationships between home and community-based services, reinstitutionalization, and choice and control in daily activities for older adults in Connecticut. The researchers found that relative to receiving traditional services, having hourly or live-in personal care attendant services was associated with having lower odds of both reinstitutionalization and choice and control. Findings can help strengthen home and community-based services delivery for older adults living in the community. Read more. 

Susan Murrow, Lauren H. Nicholas, and Emily Van Oeveren

More than 70 percent of elderly Medicare beneficiaries experience cognitive impairment or severe dementia near the end-of-life and may be unable to participate in health care decisions regarding their care....Read More