Release Date: June 12, 2015 This content is archived.
BUFFALO, N.Y. – The University at Buffalo’s Institute for Person-Centered Care (IPCC) recently awarded grants totaling more than $31,000 to five UB faculty members.
The IPCC, founded in 2012, leads research surrounding person-centered care and aging. The center works to ensure individuals receive the highest level of quality of life, and remain engaged in meaningful relationships and purposeful activities throughout their lifespan, despite disability.
“Aging well is one of the grand challenges facing society,” says Davina Porock, associate dean for research and scholarship in the School of Nursing and director of the IPCC.
“Much research on aging has focused on disease and disability rather than strengths and resilience. Through funding these projects, the IPCC aims to support and bring together a wide range of disciplines to develop approaches, technologies and service models that enable people to age well, strengthen independence and provide services that hold the person’s own values, goals and preferences central to care choices and decisions.”
The projects and grant recipients:
More details about the individual studies are available on the IPCC website: http://www.buffalo.edu/ipcc/PCCMeasurement/ResearchCompetition.html.
Marcene Robinson is a former staff writer in University Communications. To contact UB's media relations staff, email ub-news@buffalo.edu or visit our list of current university media contacts.
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