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.