The Impact of Health Care Contracting on Community-Based Organizations
Abbe E. Lackmeyer (Abbe Linscott) • Suzanne R. Kunkel • Isha Karmacharya
Aging and Developmental Disabilities
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Fast-track innovation: Area Agencies on Aging respond to the COVID-19 pandemic
Millions of older Americans depend on services provided by Area Agencies on Aging to support their nutritional, social, and health needs.
Traci L. Wilson • Amanda L. Brewster • Suzanne R. Kunkel • Marisa Scala-Foley
Promising Practices in Adult Guardianship in Ohio
Contains research brief and five count reports.
Candidus C. Nwakasi • Amy Restorick Roberts • Gifty Ashirifi
Area Agencies on Aging are increasingly partnering with health care organizations to address the health-related social needs of older adults and contribute to multisector coalitions that promote co...
Amanda L. Brewster • Jennifer Frehn • Traci L. Wilson • Suzanne R. Kunkel • Diane Berish
Lucas County Adult Guardianship Assessment Report
In 2019, Scripps Gerontology Center was contracted by the Lucas County Guardianship Exploratory Committee to assess adult guardianship service needs in Lucas County, Ohio.
Elisabeth E. Fulton • Jennifer Heston-Mullins (Jennifer L. Heston) • Amy Restorick Roberts
This project was designed to evaluate the implementation and impact of Enhanced Service Coordination (ESC) in affordable housing for older adults and people with disabilities.
Ian Matt Nelson • Shahla Mehdizadeh • Kate de Medeiros • Cassandra L. Hua • Suzanne R. Kunkel
E-hail (rideshare) knowledge, use, reliance, and future expectations among older adults
The goals of this study were to explore e-hail (e.g., Uber/Lyft) knowledge, use, reliance, and future expectations among older adults. Specifically, to identify factors that were related to e-hail,...
Brian J. Zikmund-Fisher • Annie C. Harmon • Ganesh M. Babulal • Jonathon M. Vivoda
This exploratory study examined: how strongly subjectively reported driving avoidance behaviors (commonly referred to as self-regulation) and exposure were related to their objectively measured cou...
Carolyn DiGuiseppi • the LongROAD Research Team • Lisa J. Molnar • David Strogatz • Scott E. Bogard • Lindsay Ryan • Raymond Yung • Thelma J. Mielenz • Michael J. Rovine • Guohua Li • David W. Eby • J. S. Zakraksek • David Joseph LeBlanc • Jacqui Smith • Linda V. Nyquist • Renée M. St Louis • Jonathon M. Vivoda • Nicole Zanier
Ohio Guardianship, Guardians, and the Courts: Findings from a Survey of Adult Guardianship in Ohio
This report highlights findings from a survey of the guardianship practices of Ohio’s probate courts.
Heather R. Reece • Amy Restorick Roberts
NACCHO's baseline assessment of disability inclusion within local health departments
People with disabilities can greatly benefit from inclusive health promotion and educational activities already being implemented by local health departments (LHDs), which can help reduce their ris...
Kendall Leser
A Study of Adult Guardianship in Ohio: Preliminary Results
This research brief is a description of findings from interviews with key informants from the first phase of a study entitled: “Adult Guardianship in Ohio: Promising Practices.”
Heather R. Reece • Amy Restorick Roberts
This brief describes the pilot implementation and evaluation of OMA For One (OMA41).
Joan Fopma-Loy
A public health approach to the challenges of an aging society
Public Health for an Aging Society is the successor to Public Health and Aging, published in 1997.
Introductive Case Study: "My Health is Excellent but I am Dying"
The article presents an introductive case study discussing an 89-year old woman's experience with aging, particularly commenting on her individual perceptions of the meaning of successful aging.
Kate de Medeiros
Disability in Ohio: Long-Term Care Providers and Programs
This report describes the range of options used in Ohio’s long-term care system.
Shahla Mehdizadeh • Denise Brothers-McPhail
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