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Improving Care for Older Adults
Improving the health, well-being, independence, and care of older adults.
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Research Updates
How Medicaid Cuts Could Force Millions Into Nursing Homes
If Federal Support Falls, States May Slash Home- and Community-Based Services — Pushing Vulnerable Americans Into Nursing Homes They Don’t Want or Need
Who Cares? Study Reveals 50 Years of U.S. Caregiving Trends
Men are Stepping Up at Home, but Caregiving Still Falls On Women and People of Color LDI Fellow Says
Better Care at Home: Family Plus Formal Help Makes a Difference
Economist Norma Coe’s Caregiving For Relatives Informed Her Research
Chart of the Day: Home Health Care Use Rose Among Medicare Beneficiaries With Dementia Until the Pandemic
The Decline Since 2020 May Signal Gaps in Service and Access
Photo Report from the Population Aging Research Center 2025 Retreat
Penn Event Explores the Limits of Chronological Aging and Related Issues
How Medicare Advantage Changed Home Health Care Use
LDI Executive Director Discusses New Findings on Medicare Beneficiaries’ Use of Home Health
Gene Hackman’s Death Shows Why Caregivers Need More Care
The Tragic Deaths of the Actor With Dementia and His Wife Signal a System That Often Fails to Support Caregivers
Nursing Home Staffing Mandate and Resident Outcomes
Briefing: Presented to Staff of U.S. Senate Committee on Finance
Our Experts
Meet LDI Fellows whose expertise relates to improving care for older adults.
Jerry Johnson, MD
- Professor Emeritus, Medicine , Perelman School of Medicine
Yoonjae Lee, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC
- PhD Student , Penn Nursing
Emma Max, RN
- PhD Student, Nursing , Penn Nursing
- PhD Student, Bioethics , Perelman School of Medicine
Ezekiel J. Emanuel, MD, PhD
- Diane v.S. Levy and Robert M. Levy University Professor, Medical Ethics & Health Policy , Perelman School of Medicine
- Diane v.S. Levy and Robert M. Levy University Professor, Health Care Management , Wharton School
Karen Hirschman, PhD, MSW
- Research Professor, Biobehavioral Health Sciences , Penn Nursing
Susan Renz, PhD, RN
- Professor, Family and Community Health , Penn Nursing
Justin Clapp, PhD, MPH
- Assistant Professor, Medical Ethics & Health Policy , Perelman School of Medicine
Susan K. Keim, PhD, MSN, MS, CRNP
- Associate Professor, Biobehavioral Health Sciences , Penn Nursing
Improving Care for Older Adults Working Group
This working group brings people together to address questions relating to access, quality, and financing of care particularly relevant to an aging society and to disseminate related research. Care includes acute care, post-acute care, home care, caregiving, long-term services and supports, nursing homes, assisted living and other residential care options, hospice, and care received at the end of life.