Lifting Federal Visitation Restriction and COVID-19 Infections in Nursing Homes
Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recommended restricting visitors from entering nursing homes as a precaution.
John R. Bowblis • Huiwen Xu • Jennifer Heston-Mullins (Jennifer L. Heston)
A Case Study of Aging and Intellectual and Developmental Disability Collaboration in Ohio
Service and research organizations in Ohio collaborated to develop and expand dementia-capable home and community-based service systems, with a focus on individuals living with intellectual and dev...
Elizabeth Kinzig • Megan Huth • Salli Bollin • Jessica Bibbo • Bonnie Burman • Lauranne Scharf • Lyndi Wyrostek • Marty Williman • Branka Primetica • Donna Barrett • Jennifer Heston-Mullins (Jennifer L. Heston) • Ashley Haas • Jennifer Hudak
Visitation restrictions in nursing homes were a major policy intervention in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
John R. Bowblis • Huiwen Xu • Jennifer Heston-Mullins (Jennifer L. Heston)
This report shares the methods, instruments, and findings of an evaluation of dementia-capable community efforts in urban and rural Ohio regions.
Suzanne R. Kunkel • Jennifer Heston-Mullins (Jennifer L. Heston) • Oksana Dikhtyar
This report shares the methods, instruments, and findings of an evaluation of dementia capable community efforts in urban and rural Ohio regions conducted by ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú University’s Scripps Geront...
Jennifer Heston-Mullins (Jennifer L. Heston) • Suzanne R. Kunkel • Oksana Dikhtyar
Some communities across the nation are utilizing alternative funding sources to better support home and community-based services for older adults.
Pamela S. Mayberry • Athena Koumoutzis • Robert A. Applebaum • Jennifer Heston-Mullins (Jennifer L. Heston)
Presentation - Our Family Our Way: A New Resource for Caregiving Families
The Scripps Gerontology Center released Our Family, Our Way, a communication and care coordination resource developed to help families think and talk about caregiving.
Jennifer Heston-Mullins (Jennifer L. Heston)
Using Local Initiatives to Fund In-Home Services: Ohio Leads the Nation
As a result of limitations in federal and state funding for nonmedical supportive services, some communities across 15 states are utilizing local funding sources to support aging services for older...
Jennifer Heston-Mullins (Jennifer L. Heston) • Athena Koumoutzis • Robert A. Applebaum • Pamela S. Mayberry
Local initiatives to fund services for older Americans: A growing option for states
This report is part of a series of promising practices and emerging innovations from the AARP Public Policy Institute 2020 LTSS State Scorecard.
Jennifer Heston-Mullins (Jennifer L. Heston) • Robert A. Applebaum
Despite the growing proportion of older adults in the United States, federal and state funding for nonmedical supportive services remains limited.
Sara E. Stemen • Jennifer Heston-Mullins (Jennifer L. Heston) • Renusha Maharjan • Athena Koumoutzis • Pamela S. Mayberry • Robert A. Applebaum
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
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
Care managing together: A review of the Aetna and Area Agency on Aging MyCare partnership in Ohio
This study was a first step in gaining a better understanding of the care management plan models used in the Ohio MyCare Demonstration, focusing on the Aetna unified care management model implement...
Luyna Ducay • Robert A. Applebaum • Jennifer Heston-Mullins (Jennifer L. Heston) • Ian Matt Nelson
This report highlights the development, implementation, and evaluation of a guide designed to facilitate family communication about care and support.
Jennifer Heston-Mullins (Jennifer L. Heston) • Erin Kelly • Nytasia M. Hicks • Kathryn McGrew
This study documented the experiences of 19 students who were required to participate in at least 20 hours of intergenerational service-learning for an introductory gerontology course. Because an a...
Jennifer M. Kinney • Sarah J. Hahn • Jennifer Heston-Mullins (Jennifer L. Heston)
The Caregiver Toolbox: Evaluation of a Workshop for Informal Caregivers
This report is an evaluation of a face-to-face group workshop designed for informal caregivers of older adults provided by the Central Ohio Area Agency on Aging.
Jane Straker • Jennifer Heston-Mullins (Jennifer L. Heston)