The National Survey of Area Agencies on Aging: 2022 Results
The web-based survey was launched in September 2022 to all 616 AAAs.
Robert J. Graham • Suzanne R. Kunkel • Isha Karmacharya
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Current Workforce and Quality Challenges in New York State Nursing Homes
This study provides background information about the current workforce and quality challenges faced by New York’s nursing homes.
Greene County Council on Aging: 2021 Community Survey Findings
Read the survey results conducted to gain better understanding of the needs and interests of older Greene County residents. The Greene County Council on Aging partnered with the Scripps Gerontology...
Individual learning accounts: A comparison of implemented and proposed initiatives
The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) identified three models for funding adult... learning:
Phyllis A. Cummins • Takashi Yamashita • A. Katherine Harrington
Barriers and facilitators for mid- and later-life community college ºÚÁÏÉçÇøs: The role of faculty
This qualitative study of ºÚÁÏÉçÇøs in mid- and later-life (MLL; age 40 and older) sought to address the role faculty play in facilitating ºÚÁÏÉçÇø success and how institutions support faculty, espec...
Phyllis A. Cummins • Kathryn McGrew • Peter Riley Bahr • Annabelle Arbogast
Jobs at risk of automation in the USA: Implications for community colleges.
Advancing technologies such as artificial intelligence and robots are steadily replacing jobs in the USA. Continuous skill-upgrading and re-skilling are critical for workers to remain employable th...
Phyllis A. Cummins • Thomas J. Smith • Takashi Yamashita
This video provides an introduction and overview of the IES-funded project Literacy, Numeracy, and Problem-Solving Skills in Technology-Rich Environment in the STEM-related Subbaccalaure...
Takashi Yamashita • Jenna Kramer • Phyllis A. Cummins • Abigail Helsinger • Rita Karam • Maia Punksungka
Presentations - Job Training for Adults without Credentials: Models that Work
This video highlights segments of a presentation on opportunities for education and training for adults as well as barriers adult learners face when pursuing those opportunities.
Wendi Copeland • Abigail Helsinger • Phyllis A. Cummins • Takashi Yamashita
Presentation - Job Automation in the U.S. How are we Preparing?
This video highlights segments of a presentation on job automation and the role of community colleges in the context of workforce education.
Todd Roswarski • Phyllis A. Cummins • Takashi Yamashita • Abigail Helsinger
Presentation - Closing the Equity Gap: The Ohio Story
These videos highlight segments from a presentation delivered at the 2020 National Council for Workforce Education (NCWE) virtual conference.
Phyllis A. Cummins • Tiffany Hunter • Abigail Helsinger
Low retention of direct care workers (DCWs), either certified nursing assistants in nursing homes (NH) or personal care assistants in assisted living (AL), continues to be an unresolved problem.
Jane Straker • Robert A. Applebaum • John R. Bowblis • Katherine A. Kennedy
Nursing home social work during COVID-19
This letter highlights a few of the many challenges facing nursing home social services workers and departments during COVID-19 and highlights the ways that researchers can support practice colleag...
Colleen Galambos • Nancy Kusmaul • Amy Restorick Roberts • Jennifer Heston-Mullins (Jennifer L. Heston) • Mercedes Bern-Klug
Through the Montessori Looking-Glass: Barriers to Implementing a Montessori-Based Intervention
Montessori methods are used with individuals with dementia to create meaningful, inclusive, failure-free activities that enhance quality of life.
Kathleen M. Farfsing • Jennifer M. Kinney • Leah M. Janssen
COVID-19 pandemic: Exacerbating racial/ethnic disparities in long-term services and supports
What services are available and where racial and ethnic minorities receive long-term services and supports (LTSS) have resulted in a lower quality of care and life for racial/ethnic minority users.
Teyana T. Shippee • Weiwen Ng • John R. Bowblis
An increasing number of post-acute care patients are admitted to skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) with behavioral symptoms such as wandering and rejecting care, which can interfere with care and p...
Amy Restorick Roberts • John R. Bowblis • Austin C. Smith
This study used data from 70 companies from a range of industries to assess the relationship between companies’ self-reported fleet safety management practices/policies and collision/injury m...
Stephanie G. Platt • Susan J. Gillies • Jonathon M. Vivoda
Community Colleges and Older Learners in Ohio Higher Education
This research brief provides age structure data for those enrolled at Ohio's community colleges and baccalaureate institutions.
Peter Riley Bahr • J. Scott Brown • Phyllis A. Cummins • Nader Mehri
This study examines the associations between the motivation to learn, basic skills, and organized adult education and training participation among the middle-aged and older adults in the USA.
Shalini Sahoo • Roberto J. Millar • Thomas J. Smith • Takashi Yamashita • Phyllis A. Cummins
This study examines the associations between the motivation to learn, basic skills, and organized adult education and training participation among the middle-aged and older adults in the USA.
John R. Bowblis • Austin C. Smith
An examination of PIAAC data for unemployed adults aged 45-74
This study used data from the 2014 Program for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) National Supplement to examine U.S. adults ages 45-74 who are unemployed or not in the labo...
Takashi Yamashita • Phyllis A. Cummins • Annabelle Arbogast
Impact of social service staffing on nursing home quality and resident outcomes
Social service staff play a key role in nursing homes and are responsible for providing psychosocial services to residents and their families.
John R. Bowblis • Austin C. Smith • Amy Restorick Roberts
Problem-solving skills in the context of technologically complex modern societies have become increasingly important to health management in later life.
Phyllis A. Cummins • Roberto J. Millar • Takashi Yamashita • Shalini Sahoo
Problem-solving skills of the U.S. workforce and preparedness for job automation
Automation and advanced technologies have increased the need for a better understanding of the skills necessary to have a globally competitive workforce.
Phyllis A. Cummins • Takashi Yamashita • Roberto J. Millar • Shalini Sahoo
Is the quality of nursing homes countercyclical? Evidence from 2001 through 2015
This study examines whether nursing homes (NHs) provide better quality when unemployment rates rise (countercyclical) and explores mechanisms contributing to the relationship between quality and un...
Sean Shenghsiu Huang • John R. Bowblis
Heterogeneity of older learners in higher education
This study uses data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) to examine enrollment trends by part-time and full-time status for ºÚÁÏÉçÇøs enrolled in Ohio’s public post...
Phyllis A. Cummins • Peter Riley Bahr • J. Scott Brown • Nader Mehri
Partnerships between health care and social service organizations may contribute to lower health care use and spending.
Darren Liu • Takashi Yamashita • Anthony R. Bardo • Phyllis A. Cummins
Workforce retention and wages in nursing homes: An analysis of managerial ownership
Healthcare providers can be managed by salaried managers or owner-managers that have a significant equity stake in their facility.
Sean Shenghsiu Huang • John R. Bowblis
Cost-effective adjustments to nursing home staffing to improve quality
This study holistically examines which type of nursing home staffing (nursing, social service, activities) yields better quality as measured by number of deficiencies and deficiency scores.
A growing segment of the U.S. workforce—older workers—face challenges such as a greater chance of being unemployed for a longer period of time than younger workers and skill obsolescenc...
Phyllis A. Cummins • Roberto J. Millar • Takashi Yamashita • Annabelle Arbogast
This paper uses a sample of California nursing homes to causally identify whether higher staff turnover leads to worse quality.
Yaa Akosa Antwi • John R. Bowblis
An examination of PIAAC data for unemployed adults aged 45-74
This study used data from the 2014 Program for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) National Supplement to examine relationships among educational attainment, participation in...
Phyllis A. Cummins • Annabelle Arbogast • Takashi Yamashita
Although nurse staffing has been extensively studied within nursing homes (NHs), social services has received less attention.
How does rurality influence the staffing of social service departments in nursing homes?
This paper examines how social service departments in nursing homes are staffed by rurality.
Unpaid Caregivers: Growing Demand and Limited Supply
Several recent studies indicate that the supply of informal caregivers is declining and this change in potential support could have major policy implications.
Shahla Mehdizadeh
As employment becomes more precarious, and spells of displacement become more common across the labor market, many individuals are forced to make decisions about the speed at which they seek reempl...
Workforce Development in the United States: Facilitating Opportunities to Work at Older Ages
Shifts in the age structure of the U.S. labor force, combined with the increased labor force participation rates (LFPRs) among older adults, require policies and programs that encourage and support...
Global Population Aging and Labor Force Implications: Working Longer, Learning Longer
Countries around the world, both more and less developed, are experiencing shifts in age structure.
Challenges for the Workforce Development of Older Workers in Brazil
Alongside reforms to its social security system, it is argued that older workers in Brazil should be encouraged to remain longer in the labor force and postpone retirement while being productive.
Neighborhood Assistants Pilot: A Program Evaluation of Person-Centered Staffing
The purpose of this study was to pilot test and evaluate an innovative staffing approach called the Neighborhood Assistant (NA) at the Francis E. Parker Memorial Home.
Carol Burt • Lisa Slator • Katherine M. Abbott • Justine Sefcik
A global examination of policies and practices for lifelong learning
Continuous learning over the life course is necessary to successfully compete in a knowledge-based global economy.
Skill upgrades over the lifecourse are increasingly important in a knowledged-based global economy.
Ryan Michael Walker • Phyllis A. Cummins • Suzanne R. Kunkel
The role of community colleges in career transitions for older workers
An aging workforce, combined with the negative effects of the recent economic downturn, has increased the importance of identifying strategies to encourage working at older ages.
Effective strategies for educating older workers at community colleges
An aging workforce combined with concerns about the long-term viability of social welfare programs has increased the importance of identifying strategies to encourage working at older ages.
The project sought to determine the role the Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP) might play in supporting the Long-Term Care Ombudsman program in their expanded role in the HOME Cho...
Sarah G. Boehle • Phyllis A. Cummins • Suzanne R. Kunkel
While most daily care and assistance for Ohio’s older population is provided by family and friends, paid direct care workers such as nurses and home care aides provide much of the formal assi...
Emily Fox • Sarah G. Boehle • Ian Matt Nelson • Jane Straker
Enhancing the SCSEP Network: Collaborations, Innovations, and Promising Practices
Using a mixed methods approach, this study sought to identify innovative and promising practices in providing employment and training services to older workers.
Robert A. Applebaum • Phyllis A. Cummins • Suzanne R. Kunkel
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