Engaging Communities, Advancing Research
Faculty Associate Benjamin F. Henwood in a recent article examined the prevalence of falls in permanent supportive housing (PSH) in Los Angeles County. The permanent supportive housing method has been used to test its effects on the well-being of aging
Doctoral candidate, Kexin Yu co-authored “Internet Use and Loneliness of Older Adults Over Time: the mediating effect of social contact” reporting on a study that examined the correlation between the internet use of older people and their loneliness levels. The
Faculty Associate, Anne Katz research focuses on the most overlooked population in the prison system, older adults. In the article “Prisoners of Age: The Women”, Anne Katz and Ron Levine put a face to the struggles of aging incarcerated women
Roybal Senior Scientist Iris Chi is a co-author on a study that finds that older Chinese who were worried about not having a caregiver had higher levels of depressive symptoms than those who did not have that worry.
Roybal Executive Director María Aranda is the principal investigator of a culturally modified psychosocial intervention for Spanish-speaking Latino patients 55 years of age or older with depression and multiple medical conditions.
Roybal Senior Scientist Karen Lincoln is a co-author on a study that investigates the relationships among emotional support, negative interaction with family members and psychiatric disorders among older African Americans.
