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5 Reactions to Vice President Kamala Harris' Home Care Coverage Proposal

Dr. Madeline Sterling says: "[Currently] aide services are not covered by Medicare, but rather Medicaid. This leaves middle-class families to pay out of pocket until they qualify for Medicaid coverage. The Harris proposal would fill this gap."
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5 Reactions to Vice President Kamala Harris' Home Care Coverage Proposal

CAROW Affiliate Nicola Dell Named MacArthur Fellow

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Nicola Dell has been awarded a 2024 MacArthur Foundation fellowship for her work developing technology interventions to address the needs of overlooked populations, including home health care aides and survivors of intimate partner violence.
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CAROW Affiliate Nicola Dell Named MacArthur Fellow

Nicola Dell receives 2024 MacArthur Foundation Fellowship

Nicola Dell has been awarded a 2024 MacArthur Foundation fellowship for her work developing technology interventions to address the needs of overlooked populations, including home health care aides and survivors of intimate partner violence.
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Nicola Dell receives 2024 MacArthur Foundation Fellowship

SETS Educational Initiative Announced in Google Cyber NYC Program

Safe and Trustworthy AI in Home Health Care Work: A team including Nicola Dell, Deborah Estrin, Madeline Sterling and Ariel Avgar will investigate the trust, safety, and privacy challenges related to implementing artificial intelligence (AI) in home health care.
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SETS Educational Initiative Announced in Google Cyber NYC Program

Study Finds Home Health Aides Struggle with Mental Health

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Home health aides (HHAs) are vulnerable to stress, isolation and depressive symptoms, which impact their own health as well as their patients’ desire to age in place, according to new research co-authored by Professor Ariel Avgar.
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Study Finds Home Health Aides Struggle with Mental Health

Dr. Geoffrey Gusoff Discusses the Home Care Workforce on PALTalk Podcast

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In this episode of the PALTtalk podcast, Geoffrey Gusoff, M.D., M.B.A., M.S. talks about his study on enhancing the workforce via improving home care workers’ voices.  
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Dr. Geoffrey Gusoff Discusses the Home Care Workforce on PALTalk Podcast

Dr. Madeline Sterling Talks about Home Care Workers on the "A Question of Care" Podcast

On the "A Question of Care" podcast, Madeline Sterling, M.D., talks about her studies on home care workers, what they reveal about this job sector and how the U.S. should transform these jobs to benefit everyone.
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Dr. Madeline Sterling Talks about Home Care Workers on the "A Question of Care" Podcast

Experiences of Home Health Care Workers during COVID-19 in New York City

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Experiences of Home Health Care Workers during COVID-19 in New York City

The Women Working to Solve the Home Health Caregiver Crisis

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Dr. Madeline Sterling works with adults who suffer from chronic conditions. The main focus of her research is to find ways to empower the home health aide workforce while improving patient care.
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The Women Working to Solve the Home Health Caregiver Crisis

Paid home care workers go well beyond standard duties

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Paid home care workers are helping patients manage chronic conditions and promoting general and mental health – going well beyond the personal care contributions for which they have been historically associated, according to new Cornell research.
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Paid home care workers go well beyond standard duties

Dr. Madeline Sterling Speaks with PIX11 News about Caring for Caregivers

Caregivers and home health aides are at increased risk for depression and anxiety. Dr. Madeline Sterling, assistant professor of medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine, explains how to support the caregivers.
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Dr. Madeline Sterling Speaks with PIX11 News about Caring for Caregivers

Home Health Care Workforce Researched

Senior Associate Dean Ariel Avgar collaborates with Weill Cornell and Cornell Tech colleagues to study working conditions of home health aides, home attendants and nursing assistants.
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Home Health Care Workforce Researched

Dr. Madeline Sterling Wins Clinical Scientist Development Award from Doris Duke Foundation

Dr. Madeline Sterling, assistant professor of medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine, has been awarded a 2022 Clinical Scientist Development Award by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.
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Dr. Madeline Sterling Wins Clinical Scientist Development Award from Doris Duke Foundation

Overlooked, Undervalued: Cornell Research Seeks to Elevate Home Care Workers

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Professor Ariel Avgar, Ph.D. ’08 is part of an ambitious, multidisciplinary research program aimed at elevating the value of home care workers.
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Overlooked, Undervalued: Cornell Research Seeks to Elevate Home Care Workers

Dr. Madeline Sterling, Manhattan doctor helping home aides prevent heart failure in a new training course

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Dr. Madeline Sterling, a physician and researcher at Weill Cornell Medicine, started a program that specializes in helping home health aides teach patients be healthier, from reminding them to take their medication to teaching them about maintaining a healthy diet and identifying the warning signs for heart failure.
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Dr. Madeline Sterling, Manhattan doctor helping home aides prevent heart failure in a new training course

Improving Working Conditions for Better Patient Care: ILR-Weill Cornell Research

An ILR-Weill Cornell Medicine collaboration highlights the benefits of prioritizing enhanced working conditions for frontline health care workers as a way to improve long-term patient care.
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Improving Working Conditions for Better Patient Care: ILR-Weill Cornell Research

Study: Disease-Specific Training Benefits Home Care Workers

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New cross-campus research from Ariel Avgar and Weill Cornell Medicine shows that home care workers who have been trained in heart failure are more satisfied with their jobs and feel more prepared and confident working with heart failure patients.

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Study: Disease-Specific Training Benefits Home Care Workers

Avgar part of NSF Future of Work project

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Tech tools for invisible, but essential, home health care workers are being developed by a Cornell Tech, Weill Cornell Medicine and ILR team that includes Associate Dean Ariel Avgar as a co-principal investigator.

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Avgar part of NSF Future of Work project

ILR, Weill, Cornell Tech Collaborate on Research

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Associate Dean Ariel Avgar and Cornell colleagues share findings on increased risks to New York City home health care workers during pandemic.

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ILR, Weill, Cornell Tech Collaborate on Research

Collaboration With Weill

ILR Associate Dean of Outreach Ariel Avgar is working with faculty at Weill Cornell Medicine to research the working conditions of low-wage frontline health care professionals in New York to assess the impact on patient care.
Associate Professor Ariel Avgar, Dr. Madeline Sterling, A&S ’08 and Douglas Wigdor meeting at ILR’s NYC headquarters.
Collaboration With Weill