University of Miami researchers find a link between early vocabulary composition and later language development in children with cochlear implants.

hey found that physical frailty can be an indicator of future social isolation over time and that loneliness may be both an antecedent and an outcome of frailty.

All three can also be self-reinforcing over time: people who are lonely and socially isolated may become frailer, and as they become frailer, their sense of isolation and loneliness grows. This becomes more pronounced as they grow older.

In the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Oregon legislature funded 19 Project Turnkey sites to the tune of $74.7 million. This funding allowed communities to purchase local motels and convert them into shelters, known as Turnkey sites, that differ from the typical structure.

Researchers with Portland State's Homelessness Research and Action Collaborative (HRAC) have released a new report that examines the impacts of Turnkey shelters and the effectiveness of the model. Those findings indicate the Turnkey model may be the key to addressing homelessness in a way that offers space and time for individuals to move from living unsheltered to stable housing.

At most sites, guests stay in private rooms and have access to food and hygiene supplies, case management and other on-site services and report a sense of community between the guests and staff.

“There is an emerging understanding that we need to do more than what is typically provided in a congregate emergency shelter setting,” said Anna Rockhill, lead researcher and author of the report. “The study points to a model that is missing in many communities and that is key to efforts to help people move from homelessness to more appropriate and stable housing and increase their well-being more generally.”

In reflecting on the progress that she’d made since entering a Project Turnkey shelter, a guest said, “I couldn’t have done it anywhere else.”

Physical cash not only influences how much we spend but also fosters a profound sense of psychological ownership that digital payments cannot replicate, according to research from the University of Surrey.