Hartford Grantee Dr. Sarah Szanton Featured in Associated Press for Home Repairs for Health Project
A July 7 Associated Press article by Lauran Neergaard, "AGING AMERICA: Home repair for health? Simple fix-ups may keep low-income seniors independent," features the research project led by Sarah Szanton, PhD, CRNP, a former Hartford nursing scholar and a Johns Hopkins University associate nursing professor. The project brings handymen, occupational therapists, and nurses into the homes of 800 low-income seniors in Baltimore, MD, to test if some inexpensive fix-ups and strategies for daily living can keep them independent longer, and save millions in taxpayer dollars spent on nursing home care. The article was picked up by the Boston Globe, NBC.com, and other major news outlets.
A July 7 Associated Press article by Lauran Neergaard, "AGING AMERICA: Home repair for health? Simple fix-ups may keep low-income seniors independent," features the research project led by Sarah Szanton, PhD, CRNP, a former Hartford nursing scholar and a Johns Hopkins University associate nursing professor. The project brings handymen, occupational therapists, and nurses into the homes of 800 low-income seniors in Baltimore, MD, to test if some inexpensive fix-ups and strategies for daily living can keep them independent longer, and save millions in taxpayer dollars spent on nursing home care. The article was picked up by the Boston Globe, NBC.com, and other major news outlets.
The federally funded CAPABLE (Community Aging in Place, Advancing Better Living for Elders) project is being monitored by Medicaid officials in other states as a way to coordinate care and improve the functional problems that lead to pricey, and sometimes preventable, nursing home admissions. Dr. Szanton will track participants in the study over the long term, and hopes to delay nursing home entry by up to a year in this frail population.
Read the full Associated Press article here.