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USC Edward R. Roybal Institute on Aging

Academic Journal

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The Roybal Institute houses a quarterly journal, Home Health Care Services Quarterly: The Journal for Community Care, focused on research regarding cutting-edge alternatives to long-term institutional care for the elderly and disabled. The journal editor is Maria Aranda, PhD, chair of the Roybal Institute's scientific governing board and an associate professor at the USC School of Social Work and the Davis School of Gerontology.

Latest Issue

Volume 31, Issue 1, 2012

Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Home Health Care: Charting a Course for Future Research
Joan K. Davitt, PhD, MSS, MLSP

Unmet Service Needs: A Comparison Between Dementia and Non-Dementia Caregivers
Hong Li, PhD

Racial/Ethnic Minority Access to End-of-Life Care: A Conceptual Framework
Jeff Laguna, BS; Susan EnguĂ­danos, PhD, MPH; Maria Siciliano, MPA; Alexis Coulourides-Kogan, BS

Is Home Health Care a Substitute for Hospital Care?
Frank R. Lichtenberg