February 26, 2026With funding from the National Institute on Aging, George Mason health economist Jeah Jung will evaluate how Medicare Advantages new non-medical benefits like food and transportation impact health care use and patient outcomes.
October 29, 2025WECARE 2.0, a digitally delivered health promotion program for Chinese American dementia caregivers, is easy to use for all literacy levels and increases social supports. An innovative assessment by PhD student Kang Shen highlights that self-report feedback and website activity are crucial for understanding the delivery of a digital intervention.
October 28, 2025Nursing Professor Kyeung Mi Oh is testing how a reminiscence therapy app can strengthen emotional health and connection for people living with memory loss.
October 26, 2025Sanchari Das in George Mason's Information Sciences and Technology Department is working to help seniors avoid falling for Cupid's arrow...when it's actually AI's sting.
October 16, 2025Cognitive training program implemented by 91做厙 social work researchers offers promising, non-medicine-based methods to support brain health in older adults.
October 15, 2025Digital health researcher Y. Alicia Hongs WECARE intervention will invigorate resilience in family caregivers of individuals with dementia
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September 26, 2025
Y. Alicia Hong, a digital behavioral health interventionist, will support older adults in honing their digital technology skills. The program, through an interdisciplinary partnership, will pair youth and older adults to practice real-life AI scenarios.
September 2, 2025Healthy aging scholar and gerontologist Li-Mei Chen warns that older adults aged 60 years and older face disproportionate risks of dehydration, heat stroke, exhaustion, and other heat-related illnesses.
August 26, 2024Megumi Inoue, an associate professor in George Mason's Department of Social Work, led a study-abroad program where students explored the policies, programs, and services in place in Japan to support its aging population.
March 1, 2024Older adults hope intergenerational mentoring programs will combat later life stereotypes in health care, according to a recent study. Photo by Andrea Piacquadio via pexels.
