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Research

Topics of interest in our research team include:

  • Planning and preparing for successful aging.

  • Considering planning for future age-related needs (e.g., housing, health, social, and financial needs).

  • Sense of community and conflict in long-term care.

  • Caregivers in long-term care.

  • Mental health education and training of home care workers.

  • The prevention of mental health problems in older adults.
  • Mental health literacy (i.e., how to help people understand mental health resources).

  • Barriers to receiving mental health care.

  • Clinical geropsychology training and preparing the workforce for the growing older adult population.