aging

Sociologist Pamela Herd joined the Ford School faculty in September 2024 as the Carol Kakalec Kohn Professor of Social Policy. Her research focuses on inequality and how it interacts with policy issues including health, aging, and administrative...

Helen Levy, Ford School professor, discussed the results of study that found that older Michiganders are feeling financially squeezed even though the state's economy is recovering. She said “Michigan’s unemployment rate is now just under 4%, the...

More than 20% of older adults in the United States will experience food insufficiency at some point in their 60s and 70s, according to a University of Michigan study. The study, led by U-M researcher Helen Levy, examined the probability that...

I left my house in the dark this morning. The electricity went out at 7:30, which I later learned was because I made the very American mistake of having the air conditioner and hot water heater on at the same time. My host family, a Vietnamese...