Extreme heat waves aren’t ‘just summer’: How climate change is heating up the weather, and what we can do about it

The June heat wave triggered warnings of a flash drought and caused a surge in ER visits. Many other countries have been facing extreme heat at the same time.

Jeffrey Basara, Professor of Meteorology, UMass Lowell • conversation
June 26, 2024 • ~8 min

Home Visiting Programs Aim to Support Early Education
VOA Learning English • voa
June 4, 2024 • ~6 min

Costs top health worries among older adults

Health-related costs top older adults' concerns for people their age, a new poll finds.

Kara Gavin-U. Michigan • futurity
May 3, 2024 • ~7 min

Public backs move to green home heating but more government support is needed, research shows

The public is largely open to moving away from fossil fuel use for residential heating and hot water.

Gareth Thomas, Research Associate in the School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University • conversation
May 2, 2024 • ~7 min

US long-term care costs are sky-high, but Washington state’s new way to help pay for them could be nixed

What happens in November 2024 could influence other states weighing their own options.

Marc Cohen, Clinical Professor of Gerontology and Co-Director LeadingAge LTSS Center; Recent Mel King Fellow at MIT Co-Lab, UMass Boston • conversation
April 30, 2024 • ~8 min

Nursing home location may shape ‘chemical restraint’ overuse

Understaffed nursing homes in disadvantaged communities are more likely to overmedicate residents with antipsychotics.

Rachel Harrison-NYU • futurity
April 24, 2024 • ~6 min

Happier, more connected neighborhoods start right in the front yard

A new study shows how front yards can serve as windows into the inner lives of their residents – and their feelings about their home, neighborhood and city.

Kelly Gregg, Assistant Professor of Urban Planning, University at Buffalo • conversation
April 8, 2024 • ~9 min

How for-profit nursing home regulators can use the powers they already have to fix growing problems with poor-quality care

Governments can do more to protect patients at for-profit nursing homes. A behavioral scientist who studies nursing homes weighs in.

Charlene Harrington, Professor Emeritus of Social Behavioral Sciences, University of California, San Francisco • conversation
March 14, 2024 • ~4 min

Just adding nursing home staff won’t ensure quality dementia care

More staffing won't be enough to ease disparities at nursing homes with residents with dementia, researchers report.

Pat Harriman-UC Irvine • futurity
Jan. 9, 2024 • ~5 min

UK ban on boilers in new homes rules out hydrogen as a heating source

Hydrogen will not be used to heat UK homes in the future in any meaningful way.

Ran Boydell, Associate Professor in Sustainable Development, Heriot-Watt University • conversation
Dec. 22, 2023 • ~7 min

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