Center for Aging Studies Receives National Institute on Aging Grant for Adult Day Services Research

UMBC’s Center for Aging Studies has received a grant for well over one million dollars from the National Institute on Aging (NIA) to research Adult Day Services (ADS). The research project, “Adult Day Services: Cultural Contexts and Programming Effects,” will focus on understanding the ways that ADS programming affects clients. More than 250,000 clients and family caregivers participate in more than 4,500 adult day centers across the country today. Adult Day Services provides a place for adults who need assistance during the day so they are able to continue living at home. By researching daily life in ADS, the Center …