While literature indicates that fewer than half of older adults aged 65 years or older receive high quality end-of-life care, less is known about the quality of end-of-life care experienced by the segment of that population with multiple chronic conditions (MCC). Drawing upon the Teno Model of high quality end-of-life...
Age-related cognitive deficits are observed in both humans and animals. Yet, the molecular mechanisms underlying these deficits are not yet fully elucidated. In aged animals, a decrease in intrinsic excitability of pyramidal neurons from the CA1 sub-region of hippocampus is believed to contribute to age-related cognitive impairments, but the molecular...
Refugees gain access to benefits and services in the United States through the bureaucratic birthdates recorded in the documents they carry when they first enter the country. Examining how and why chronometric age based on these documents was essential to resettlement was the starting point for my dissertation, which explores...