UCLA Real Estate Wire

LeadingAge CA Engage Magazine: "Beyond IWISH – Applying A Systems Change Approach To Integrating Care At Home"

"One of the core principles of the Housing Recommendations in the Master Plan for Aging acknowledges that housing is an integral part of California’s continuum of care. Without housing, it becomes exceedingly difficult to provide older adults and people with disabilities the care and services they need to live independently. Low-and middle-income older adults have a particularly hard time accessing long-term supports and services in California."

“Authors: Christina Green is Program Manager of the UCLA Ziman Center for Real Estate’s Housing as Health Care Initiative. Nancy Rockett Eldridge is CEO of the National Well Home Network. Meghan Rose is the General Counsel and Director of Housing Policy for LeadingAge California. Ayako Utsumi, MPH is founder of Valon Consulting focusing on the intersection of health, the built environment and affordable housing.”

[LeadingAge CA: 11/19/2020]

UCLA News Room: "UCLA model ID’s areas that should have priority for vaccine, other COVID-19 help"

"The research data demonstrate that neighborhoods characterized by significant clustering of racial and ethnic minorities, low-income households and unmet medical needs are most vulnerable to COVID-19 infection, specifically areas in and around South Los Angeles and the eastern portion of the San Fernando Valley. Communities along the coast and in the northwestern part of the county, which are disproportionately white and higher-income, were found to be the least vulnerable.

'The model we have includes specific resource vulnerabilities that can guide public health officials and local leaders across the nation to harness already available local data to determine which groups in which neighborhoods are most vulnerable and how to prevent new infections to save lives,' said research author Vickie Mays, a professor of psychology in the UCLA College and of health policy and management at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health."

[UCLA News Room: 11/18/2020]

CBS Los Angeles: "Study Shows Low-Income LA Neighborhoods Are Most At Risk Of COVID-19"

“'We thought the elderly and people in nursing homes were the most vulnerable, yet we found that lacking a number of social resources contributes to a greater likelihood of getting infected as well,' said research author Vickie Mays, a professor of health policy and management and of psychology at UCLA.

[CBS: 11/18/2020]

Los Angeles Daily News: "UCLA study identifies those most vulnerable to coronavirus so they get vaccine sooner"

“'When the pandemic hit, we were slowed down by a lack of science and a lack of understanding of the ways in which health disparities in the lives of some of our most vulnerable populations made their risk of COVID-19 infection even greater,' said research author Vickie Mays, a professor of health policy and management and of psychology. 'We thought elderly and people in nursing homes were the most vulnerable, yet we found that lacking a number of social resources contributes to a greater likelihood of getting infected as well.'"

[LADN: 11/18/2020]