Better Care at Home: Family Plus Formal Help Makes a Difference
Economist Norma Coe’s Caregiving For Relatives Informed Her Research
Improving Care for Older Adults
Improving the health, well-being, independence, and care of older adults.
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Research Updates
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
Briefing: Nursing Home Staffing Mandate and Resident Outcomes
Presented to Staff of U.S. Senate Committee on Finance
Medicare Advantage Special Needs Plans Linked to Use of Inferior Hospice Care
People Dually Eligible for Medicare and Medicaid are More Likely to Get Care From Poorer Quality Hospices
Why Nursing Homes Should Provide More Nurses and Aides to Residents
CMS Raised Staffing Minimums in Nursing Homes Last Year, Marking a Major Improvement. Now These Rules Are Under Threat
Pilot Project Begun in LDI’s CICADA Program is Published by JAMA Network
LDI Senior Fellow and Former CICADA Scholar Yehoda Martei Investigated Guideline-Concordant Cancer Care in Older Adults with Cancer
Our Experts
Meet LDI Fellows whose expertise relates to improving care for older adults.
Sherif Olanrewaju, PhD, MPS
- Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research , Penn Nursing
Charlotte Weiss, PhD, MSN
- Postdoctoral Fellow, NewCourtland Center for Transitions and Health , Penn Nursing
Pamela Cacchione, PhD, CRNP
- Professor, Geropsychiatric Nursing , Penn Nursing
- Ralston House Term Chair, Gerontological Nursing , Penn Nursing
Yoonjae Lee, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC
- PhD Student , Penn Nursing
Tamara J. Cadet, PhD, MPH
- Associate Professor , School of Social Policy & Practice
- Associate Professor , Penn Dental Medicine
Rachel M. Werner, MD, PhD
- Executive Director of the Leonard Davis Institute
- Robert D. Eilers Memorial – William Maul Measey Professorship in Health Care Management and Economics , Wharton School
Nancy Hodgson, PhD, RN
- Claire M. Fagin Leadership Professor of Nursing , Penn Nursing
- Professor, Biobehavioral Health Science , Penn Nursing
Anne Song, MD, MS
- Clinical Fellow, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care , Perelman School of Medicine
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.