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Research

The Gerontology Institute pursues two main areas of research. One focus is on long-term care of older persons with disabilities, with a special emphasis on individual adaptation to chronic health problems and quality of life in long-term care facilities.

The second focus of the Institute is on ethnicity and aging. Research interests within this area include family relationships of elders from racial and ethnic communities and the social contexts of health disparities among minority aging populations.