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Dr. Donna Benton Co-director of the USC FCSC has been appointed to the CA Taskforce on Caregiving.

A number of states have scaled and spread community care teams, with some statewide initiatives beginning to show improvements in health outcomes.

With millions of baby boomers and their children at risk of being devastated by long-term care costs, a nonpartisan group announced Monday that it is pushing for a new national universal care policy.

People recognize the seriousness of Alzheimer’s disease, but they aren’t taking steps to learn about their personal chances of getting the disease or to prepare for it financially, according to a new survey.

Dr. Crimmins, AARP professor of gerontology at USC Davis School of Gerontology offers some good news for families and their aging loved ones.

Call it the elephant in the closet. Family caregivers in the workforce. Six in 10 caregivers are employed while caring for a loved one. Among them, 56 percent work full time. While people between the ages of 50 and 64 represent the largest age group of caregivers, millennials make up…

There are nearly 35 million Americans providing unpaid care to an older adult. As the population ages, caregiving is an issue that will touch every family, rich or poor.

Professor Emeritus James E. “Jim” Birren, the founding dean of the USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology and an aging research pioneer considered by many to be the father of modern gerontology, passed away on January 15, 2016 at the age of 97.

Learn more about frequently asked questions pertaining to the Home Care Services Consumer Protection Act.

Lisa Genova is a neuroscientist and award-winning author of the New York Times best-selling novels Still Alice, Left Neglected, Love Anthony, and Inside the O’Briens. Still Alice was adapted into a major motion picture starring Julianne Moore, who won the 2015 Academy Award for her role as Alice Howland, a professor diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s disease. Genova has travelled…