We conduct research at the intersection of work, the home and long-term care workforce, health and healthcare delivery, and technology. At the core of what we do is community partnership – locally, regionally and nationally.
Areas of Research
- Leveraging the home care workforce to improve outcomes for patients
- Technology for home care workers and home-based setting
- Improving the health and well-being of home care workers and their patients
- Working conditions, payment and policies for home care workers
Recent Publications
- Impact of an Educational Intervention on Job Satisfaction Among Home Health Aides: Findings from a Mixed-Methods Analysis of a Plot Randomized Controlled Trial, published April 21, 2026
- Unionization, Ownership Status, and Direct Care Worker Turnover, published April 2, 2026
- Feasibility, Acceptability, and Perspectives Regarding the Use of Activity Tracking Wearable Devices Among Home Health Aides: Mixed Methods Study, published January 26, 2026
- iMprovIng the meNtal hEalth of home healTh AiDeS: A study protocol for the MINDSET study, published December 21, 2025
- 'This is eye opening:' Raising Awareness of Home Care Workers' Health and Wellbeing via Activity Tracking, published October 16, 2025
- Envisioning Home Health as a Critical Component of Learning Health Systems to Improve Evidence-Based Care in Heart Failure, published July, 23, 2025
- Understanding Home Health Agencies' Perspectives Toward Telehealth Use Among Home Health Stakeholders in the Post–COVID-19 Era: Qualitative Interview Study, published July 8, 2025
- The Cooperative Difference: Perceived Drivers of Higher Care Quality at Home Care Cooperatives, published June 27, 2025
- Differences in Initiation and Receipt of Home Health Care: Traditional Medicare Versus Medicare Advantage, published April 29, 2025
- Who is running it?" Towards Equitable AI Deployment in Home Care Work, published April 25, 2025
- Exploring Data-Driven Advocacy in Home Healthcare Work, published April 25, 2025
- Perceived Contributors to Job Quality and Retention at Home Care Cooperatives, published April 7, 2025
- Centering marginalized care: Home care cooperatives and system change, published March 17, 2025
- What Do Unions Do for Direct Care Workers? Assessing Employment and Economic Outcomes, published December 18, 2024
- Covering Long-Term Care at Home? Implications of a New Proposal for Expanding Medicare, published October, 30, 2024
- The Impact of Unions on US Direct Care Workers in Long-Term Care Settings: A Systematic Review, published September 3, 2024
- Understanding the Perspectives of Key Stakeholders toward Medicare's Home Health Value-Based Purchasing (HHVBP) in the US, published August 11, 2024
- Mental Health and Well-Being Among Home Health Aides, published June 3, 2024
- Opportunities and Challenges for Augmented Reality in Family Caregiving: Qualitative Video Elicitation Study, published May 30, 2024
- Wage Theft and Technology in the Home Care Context, published April 26, 2024
Funding
Thank you to the donors who graciously supported our research, including K. Lisa Yang ’74, Douglas H. Wigdor, Google, the Doris Duke Foundation, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, AHA, IRCHC, NIH and NSF.
