Research Study Highlights Occupational Impact on Cognitive Health in Older Adults
Published: | 11:45 am | Posted in: Dawn C. Carr, In the News, Miles Taylor, News, Research
Education is widely recognized as a strong predictor of cognitive health in aging. However, a recent study published in The Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences explores how occupational experiences before age 60 mediate the relationship between education and cognitive function in adults aged 65 and older.
FSU Claude Pepper Center launches data platform to address aging challenges in Florida
Published: | 9:58 am | Posted in: Demography of Aging, In the News, News, Research
Florida State University’s Claude Pepper Center has launched the Translational Data Platform, an innovative digital tool designed to provide interactive maps and dashboards that integrate data on behavior, occupation, health and economy across Florida’s aging populations.
Associations between pre-widowhood psychological resilience and subsequent depressive symptom recovery following spousal loss among men and women
Published: | 1:05 pm | Posted in: Dawn C. Carr, Miles Taylor, Research, Shekhar Chauhan
Researchers with Claude Pepper Center and Pepper Institute on Aging & Public Policy examined how pre-widowhood psychological resilience (PR) affects depressive symptom recovery following spousal loss among older men and women. The team concluded that bolstering PR before spousal loss could provide protective effects against depressive symptoms.
Promoting quality of life for older adults across long-term care settings
Published: | 2:34 pm | Posted in: Events, Long-Term Care, Research
FSU Claude Pepper Center hosted Dr. Tetyana Shippee for a conversation on promoting quality of life for older adults across long-term care settings. The presentation was followed by a light reception.
Why do boys marry early? An enquiry into early marriages of young men in rural Uttar Pradesh, India
Published: | 10:52 am | Posted in: Research, Shekhar Chauhan
FSU Claude Pepper Center Postdoctoral Fellow Shekhar Chauhan coauthored a study on the sociocultural and economic factors contributing to male child marriages in rural India. Conducted in twelve villages in Uttar Pradesh, it surveyed young men married before 21 and their fathers. The study calls for programs to end child marriages in the region.
An Ethic of Care Needed in Our Long-Term Care System
Published: | 9:58 am | Posted in: Ethics in Aging, Research
This article was originally published in 2021 by Generations Today, a publication by the American Society on Aging. By Larry Polivka The COVID-19 pandemic has had a devastating multidimensional impact on the world, especially among older adults, and specifically nursing home residents. More than 130,000 nursing home residents have died and for untold thousands their […]
Failures of Regulation and Policy in Medicaid-Managed Long-Term Care and Medicare Advantage
Published: | 9:50 am | Posted in: Managed LTC, Research
This article was originally published by the Public Policy & Aging Report in 2021. By Lori Gonzalez, Larry Polivka, and LuMarie Polivka-West We, like many long-term care (LTC) researchers and policy analysts, are concerned about the chronic inadequacy, from a LTC recipient perspective, of the LTC regulatory framework at the federal and state levels. Our […]
Retirement Security
Published: | 10:42 am | Posted in: Research, Retirement Security
By Lori Gonzalez Introduction Retirement security—being able to transition out of the workforce without severe financial devastation or serious risks to health—was first formed in the U.S. by the New Deal programs enacted in the 1930s which included Social Security and unemployment insurance. Assistance for older people prior to the New Deal was largely absent save […]