Victoria M. Rizzo

Compound Disaster Exposure and Preparedness Among Older Adults: The Amplifying Role of Caregiving Responsibility

Yanjun Dong, Kun Wang, Victoria M. Rizzo, Min Zhang

Older adults are especially vulnerable during disasters, yet the factors influencing their preparedness remain underexamined. This study investigates whether exposure to compound disasters (multiple, overlapping hazard events within a year) is associated with greater preparedness among older adults and whether caregiving responsibilities …

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Managing Institutional Change Through Participatory Planning: Creating the College of Integrated Health Sciences at the University at Albany, State University of New York

Allison A. Appleton, Eric R. Hardiman, Janine M. Jurkowski, Victoria M. Rizzo et autres

Many universities are navigating changes to strengthen their long-term sustainability. Although challenges and negative consequences of institutional change are often most visible, successful efforts can provide valuable lessons. In 2024, the University at Albany launched the College of Integrated Health Sciences after …

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Closing the environmental preparedness gap in end-of-life care

Yanjun Dong, Kun Wang, Victoria M. Rizzo

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Structural caregiving environments and gendered pathways to hospice at the end of life: evidence from Health and Retirement Study

Yanjun Dong, Kun Wang, Victoria M. Rizzo, Min Zhang et autres

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Hospice is designed to support comfort-focused care at the end of life, yet enrollment often depends on whether supportive caregiving infrastructures are in place. Prior studies rely on single indicators such as living arrangements, offering limited insight into the …

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AI-Based Social Connection Interventions for Older Adults: Scoping Review of Emerging Support Dimensions (Preprint)

Hana Kim, Cheng Ren, Heather K. Horton, Jeesoo Jung et autres

BACKGROUND Social connection is a critical determinant of well-being in later life. However, older adults often experience social isolation and increased loneliness, which are associated with mental and physical health challenges. Artificial intelligence (AI)-based interventions have emerged as scalable approaches to support …

Knowledge and smart health device use in racial-ethnic minority older adults with hypertension: a qualitative study

Jany Sun, Yanjun Dong, Jimmie Boliboun, Katherine Koo et autres

Background and Objective: Smart health devices (SHDs) can improve hypertension management. Yet, SHD use among racial-ethnic minority older adults remains low, delaying potential benefits and exacerbating health disparities. Knowledge is a key determinant of SHD adoption; however, its influence on SHD use …

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Longitudinal trends in healthcare use among racial and ethnic minority older adults, 1996–2016

Yanjun Dong, Kun Wang, Victoria M. Rizzo

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Racial and ethnic disparities in healthcare use among older adults persist in the United States and remain a pressing equity issue. While prior studies have documented these disparities, a few have examined how they change over time across different …

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Trends in Healthcare Utilization Among BIPOC and Non-BIPOC Older Adults: 1996–2016

Yanjun Dong, Kun Wang, Victoria M. Rizzo

Abstract Background Racial and ethnic disparities in healthcare utilization persist among older adults. Limited access to preventive, treatment, and long-term care services among BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color ) older adults has significant implications for health outcomes and aging equity. …

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Intersecting identities and diverging views of aging among older adults: a longitudinal study of race, gender, and self-perceptions

Kun Wang, Suk-Young Kang, Yanjun Dong, Joonhyeog Park et autres

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Older adults' self-perceptions of aging (SPA), whether positive or negative, are critical predictors of health and well-being. While previous studies have examined racial/ethnic or gender differences in SPA, few have adopted an intersectionality perspective that considers how multiple marginalized …

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ASSESSING RACIAL DISPARITIES IN UTILIZATION OF HEALTHCARE SERVICES, 2010-2020

Yanjun Dong, Kun Wang, Victoria M. Rizzo

Abstract Objectives Little is known about the intersectional effects of race, gender, income, and education on healthcare service utilization among BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color) older adults. This study fills this gap by analyzing longitudinal data of older adults in …

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P340 REMOTE MONITORING IN HEART FAILURE: EFFECTIVE TOOL TO REDUCE HOSPITALIZATIONS AND MORTALITY

Renzo Venanzio Iulianella, Silvia Perna, Valentina Schirripa, Alessandro Sciahbasi et autres

Abstract Introduction The prevalence of heart failure in the general population in the idustrialized countries is estimated to be around 2%, a prevalence that increases with age until it reaches 10% at 70 aa of age. The disease is burdened by a …

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The effect of the Ambulatory Integration of the Medical and Social (AIMS) model on health risk and depression

Victoria M. Rizzo, Jeannine M. Rowe, Woojae Han, Suk-Young Kang et autres

Social needs are factors for health risk and depression that may negatively impact health outcomes and costly services use. Care management addresses social needs that can reduce health risk and depression. An exploratory study of the 5-step Ambulatory Integration of the Medical …

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