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  • Race and ethnic group disparities in emotional distress among older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic
    Background and Objectives: Framed within Conservation of Resources theory, this study addressed race–ethnic differences in the relationships between emotional distress and current and expected coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic stressors.Research Design and Methods: The study employed data from the Household Pulse Survey, a large national survey collecting weekly data to understand the…
    March 2021
    COVID-19/Coronavirus, Mental/Behavioral Health
  • The long arm of inequities and minority elders: Life course matters
    Health inequity and not health equity is an ever-present problem for minority elders. We believe that health inequity in later life is best understood from a life-course perspective—to fully grasp current and past effects of inequities. Today, about one in every four adults ages 65 and older in the United States is part of a racial or ethnic minority group (i.e., Blacks/African Americans, Latinos…
    January 2021
    Aging and Life Course, Ageism
  • Socioeconomic status and access to healthcare: Interrelated drivers for healthy aging
    The rapid growth of the global aging population has raised attention to the health and healthcare needs of older adults. The purpose of this mini-review is to: (1) elucidate the complex factors affecting the relationship between chronological age, socio-economic status (SES), access to care, and healthy aging using a SES-focused framework; (2) present examples of interventions from across the…
    June 2020
    Aging and Life Course
  • Social isolation and loneliness in older adults: Opportunities for the health care system
    Social isolation and loneliness are serious yet underappreciated public health risks that affect a significant portion of the older adult population. Approximately one-quarter of community-dwelling Americans aged 65 and older are considered to be socially isolated, and a significant proportion of adults in the United States report feeling lonely. People who are 50 years of age or older are more…
    February 2020
    Aging and Life Course
  • Racial and ethnic differences in the prevalence of depressive symptoms among US nursing home residents
    This study aimed to examine racial and ethnic differences in significant depressive symptoms among long-term nursing home residents. We analyzed the 2014 national Minimum Data Set linked to a nursing home file, and estimated multivariable logistic regressions to determine the associations of race and ethnicities with significant depressive symptoms (score≥10 on the 9-item Patient Health…
    December 2019
    Depression, Aging and Life Course
  • The growing problem of older adult homelessness
    While the number of people experiencing unsheltered homelessness has decreased over the last ten years, the number of older adults experiencing sheltered homelessness is on the rise, as we report in Housing America’s Older Adults 2019. Incomes for the lowest-income older adults have not risen as fast as rents, leaving a growing number of older adult renters at risk for homelessness as they…
    November 2019
    Environment/Context
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