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The Demography of Disability and the Effects of Immigrant History: Older Asians in the United States (with Archana Prakash and Jeffery Burr), Demography (2007)

The older Asian population is compared to native-born non-Hispanic Whites with respect to three indicators...

 

Research Reports

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Coming of Age in Marshfield: A Needs Assessment of Aging Services (with Sandra McCoskrie Blanchette), Gerontology Institute Publications (2011)

The purpose of this needs assessment is to investigate the needs, interests, and opinions of...

 

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The Elder Economic Security Initiative™ Program: The Elder Economic Security Standard™ Index for Wisconsin (with Alison Gottlieb, Ellen A. Bruce, and Laura Henze Russell), Gerontology Institute Publications (2008)

This report addresses income adequacy for Wisconsin’s older adults using the WOW-GI Elder Economic Security...

 

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Seniors in Public Housing (with Francis G. Caro), Gerontology Institute Publications (2003)

In recent years, the Boston Housing Authority (BHA) discovered that nearly 40% of the seniors...

 

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Kinship Care in Massachusetts (with Alison S. Gottlieb, Lona Choi, and Ellen A. Bruce), Gerontology Institute Publications (2002)

The population of kinship care families in the Commonwealth is diverse in its characteristics, resources,...

 

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Grandparent Care in the African-American Population (with SeungAh Lee and Lindsey A. Baker), Gerontology Institute Publications (2002)

The purpose of this report is to provide information on African-American grandparent caregivers in the...

 

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Grandparent Care in the American Indian/ Alaska Native Population (with SeungAh Lee and Lindsey A. Baker), Gerontology Institute Publications (2002)

The purpose of this report is to provide information on American Indian/Alaska Native (hereafter, Native...

 

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Grandparent Care in the Asian Population (with SeungAh Lee and Lindsey A. Baker), Gerontology Institute Publications (2002)

The purpose of this report is to provide information on Asian grandparent caregivers in the...

 

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Grandparent Care in the Latino/Hispanic Population (with SeungAh Lee and Lindsey A. Baker), Gerontology Institute Publications (2002)

The purpose of this report is to provide information on Latino grandparent caregivers in the...

 

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Grandparent Care in the Non-Hispanic White Population (with SeungAh Lee and Lindsey A. Baker), Gerontology Institute Publications (2002)

The purpose of this report is to provide information on White grandparent caregivers in the...

 

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Grandparent Care in the United States: Comparisons by Race and Ethnicity (with SeungAh Lee and Lindsey A. Baker), Gerontology Institute Publications (2002)

The purpose of this report is to compare information on grandparent caregivers in the United...

 

Occasional, Working, and Unpublished Papers

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Elder Activities: Patterns, Motives, and Interpretation. Massachusetts Lifestyles Study III (with Francis G. Caro, Jeffrey A. Burr, and Eilon Caspi), Gerontology Institute Publications (2009)

We are engaged in a continuing effort to understand the scope of elder activity and...

 

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Measuring the Contributions of Motives and Perceived Barriers to Active Aging (with Francis G. Caro, Jeffrey A. Burr, and Eilon Caspi), Gerontology Institute Publications (2008)

General motivation to be active and general perceived barriers to activity may help to explain...

 

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Active Aging: Motives and Barriers (with Francis G. Caro, Eilon Caspi, and Jeffery Burr), Gerontology Institute Publications (2005)

Both the successful aging and productive aging literatures attach great importance to activity. In the...

 

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Motivation for Active Aging: Results of a Pilot Study (with Francis G. Caro, Laney Bruner-Canhoto, and Jeffery Burr), Gerontology Institute Publications (2005)

The current research explores the question whether activity on the part of older people can...