Engaging Communities, Advancing Research
By Vincent Lim
Henry Cisneros, executive chairman of the investment firm CityView and former secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), said America needs to build and modify homes and communities to support its growing older
By Vincent Lim
Min-Kyoung Rhee, a doctoral student at the USC School of Social Work, first became interested in the employment issues facing older adults when she was living in South Korea during the Asian financial crisis in 1997.
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By Vincent Lim
Mexican-American neighborhoods often are characterized as areas with high poverty rates, poor access to health care, and low educational and socioeconomic attainment, but they also seem to offer protective health benefits for the older adults who live
By Vincent Lim
A study by William A. Vega, the executive director of the Edward R. Roybal Institute on Aging at the USC School of Social Work, and other researchers found that foreign-born Latino patients had a more positive perception
The Lucille and Edward R. Roybal Foundation will award four $5000 scholarships for the 2011-2012 academic year to four Master of Social Work (MSW) students at the University of Southern California (USC) School of Social Work who plan to pursue
By Vincent Lim
Provost Professor William Vega, executive director of the Edward R. Roybal Institute on Aging at the USC School of Social Work, delivered the inaugural lecture for the Immigrant Health Initiative seminar series on Sept. 29 at the
Karen Lincoln, the associate director of the USC Roybal Institute, is the co-author of one of the most highly cited articles in the field of social work in the past decade, according to the British Journal of Social Work. The
Social Security is a critical income source for elderly and disabled Latinos because of their socioeconomic condition, higher rates of disability and longer life expectancy, according to a report published by the USC Edward R. Roybal Institute on Aging at
By Vincent Lim
Judith Feder, one of the nation’s foremost experts on the U.S. health insurance system, discussed the Affordable Care Act and Medicare on April 14 at the Ronald Tutor Campus Center as part of the 2011 USC Schaeffer
By Vincent Lim
William Vega, executive director of the Edward R. Roybal Institute on Aging at the USC School of Social Work, delivered the opening plenary lecture at the “Many Faces of Dementia” conference at the Davidson Continuing Education Center
