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The Scripps Gerontology Center promotes the interests of older adults, families and an aging society and serves students, faculty, professionals, agencies, and professional organizations in the field of aging. The Center's research efforts include generating, organizing, and disseminating high quality multidisciplinary aging related knowledge that will make a difference in the lives of older adults. The education efforts focus on supporting undergraduate and graduate gerontology education at Miami University and promoting public awareness of aging issues.
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Lifting the Veil: How Networks Form, Operate, Struggle, and Succeed
Organizational networks have become an increasingly prominent approach to the provision of services for complex, multi-dimensional needs such as behavioral and mental health needs, HIV/AIDS, substance use disorders, and ... -
Lifting the Veil: How Networks Form, Operate, Struggle, and Succeed
Organizational networks have become an increasingly prominent approach to the provision of services for complex, multi-dimensional needs such as behavioral and mental health needs, HIV/AIDS, substance use disorders, and ... -
Current Workforce and Quality Challenges in New York State Nursing Homes
This study provides background information about the current workforce and quality challenges faced by New York’s nursing homes. Findings show New York nursing homes saw an increase of 23% in operating expenditures, which ... -
Evaluating Enhanced Service Coordination in Ohio’s Housing for Low-Income Older Adults and People with Disabilities
This project was designed to evaluate the implementation and impact of Enhanced Service Coordination (ESC) in affordable housing for older adults and people with disabilities. The ESC model emphasizes proactive outreach ... -
Understanding Nursing Home Complaints in Ohio
This study provides an initial look at the characteristics of Ohio nursing homes and their associated complaints. Results show the relationship between provider staffing and complaints, with turnover among nursing home ... -
Advancing Partnerships: Contracting Between Community-based Organizations and Health Care Entities
This report provides additional findings from the 2021 RFI survey about the current characteristics of CBO contracts with health care partners and illustrates the ways in which those arrangements are expanding services, ... -
Using Local Initiatives to Fund In-Home Services: Ohio Leads the Nation
As a result of limitations in federal and state funding for nonmedical supportive services, some communities across 15 states are utilizing local funding sources to support aging services for older adults and/or their ... -
Residential Care: An Emerging Sector of the Ohio System of Long-Term Services
This report utilized data from the Biennial Survey of Long-Term Care Facilities to show the expansive growth of residential care facilities and assisted living in Ohio over the last couple decades. The report provides a ... -
Quality of Care in Ohio’s Skilled Nursing Facilities: How Are We Doing Compared to the Nation Overall?
This research brief compares the quality of Ohio's nursing homes to the nation over three time periods from 2013 to 2017. The quality of Ohio's skilled nursing facilities improved over this time frame, but Ohio still has ... -
Maybe You Can Go Home Again: Ohio's Strategy to Provide Long-Term Services and Supports for a Growing Older Population - Brief
This brief provides findings from a study of long-term services and supports utilization trends from 1993 to 2017. Information on nursing homes, residential care facilities, and PASSPORT is provided. Findings show that ... -
Dedicated Memory Care Units in Ohio's Long-Term Services Settings: Structure and Practices - Brief
This executive summary provides information about memory care units in Ohio's nursing homes and residential care facilities. Findings are based on questions included in the Biennial Survey of Long-Term Care Facilities. ... -
The Older Adult Population of Greene County Ohio
This report provides a socio-demographic snapshot of the older adult population of Greene County, Ohio to inform current and future programming of the Greene County Council on Aging and address the future needs of older ... -
Maybe You Can Go Home Again: Ohio's Strategy to Provide Long-Term Services and Supports for a Growing Older Population - Full Report
This report provides findings from a study of long-term services and supports utilization trends from 1993 to 2017. Information on nursing homes, residential care facilities, and PASSPORT is provided. Findings show that ... -
Maybe You Can Go Home Again: Ohio's Strategy to Provide Long-Term Services and Supports for a Growing Older Population- Executive Summary
This executive summary provides findings from a study of long-term services and supports utilization trends from 1993 to 2017. Information on nursing homes, residential care facilities, and PASSPORT is provided. Findings ... -
Dedicated Memory Care Units in Ohio's Long-Term Services Settings: Structure and Practices - Full Report
This report provides information about memory care units in Ohio's nursing homes and residential care facilities. Findings are based on questions included in the Biennial Survey of Long-Term Care Facilities. Results include ... -
Dedicated Memory Care Units in Ohio's Long-Term Services Settings: Structure and Practices - Executive Summary
This executive summary provides information about memory care units in Ohio's nursing homes and residential care facilities. Findings are based on questions included in the Biennial Survey of Long-Term Care Facilities. ... -
Strengthening Ties: Contracting Between Community-Based Organizations and Health Care Entities
The Aging and Disability Business Institute (Business Institute), led by the National Association of Area Agencies on Aging (n4a), supports the business acumen of CBOs to enhance contracting with health care partners. ... -
Women in Retirement : Preliminary Report
This study is primarily concerned with describing and analyzing the life situations of a group of retired women. This material will … knowledge by telling us about the lives of … retired women, an area in which little has ... -
End-of-Life Educational Needs of State Tested Nurse Aides in Ohio Long-Term Care Facilities
This research brief shares the findings of a qualitative research study that solicited the opinions of current State Tested Nurse Aides (STNAs), registered nurses (RNs), and licensed practical nurses (LPNs) to gain an ...
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