The Center for Aging and Policy Studies (CAPS) is a three-university consortium in Upstate New York with Syracuse University, Cornell University, and University at Albany. CAPS is a catalyst for innovative, high impact, policy-relevant research. It has a long record of grant funding from the National Institute on Aging (NIA) as part of NIA’s Demography and Economics of Aging Program. In addition, CAPS affiliates receive grant funding from NIA and other agencies to support their research aimed at improving the health, wellbeing, and independence of midlife and older adults.
Research at CAPS addresses some of today’s most pressing issues facing midlife and older adults and the families that care for them, with a focus on the policies and places that shape those issues. Our research is organized around two signature and three cross-cutting research themes that address those increasingly pressing issues and align with NIA priority areas. The two signature themes of CAPS are health and well-being and family and intergenerational supports; the three cross-cutting themes are the role of policy, importance of place, and circumstances of specific populations. CAPS affiliates have particularly deep expertise on the health of persons with disabilities and rural and socioeconomically disadvantaged populations.
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Policy Roundtable on Long-term Care Policy in the US
Dec 04, 2026 at 12:00 PM
Featured Publication
Hwang, Woosang; Hadi, Narges; Lee, Seonhwa; Brown, Maria; & Silverstein, Merril. 2026. “Solidarity With Grandchildren, Self-Esteem, and Relationship Status Among Grandparents During the COVID-19 Pandemic.” Family Relations, 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1111/fare.70404
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Lerner Center/CAPS Briefs
Childhood Speech Impairment is Linked to Increased Dementia Risk Later if Life
Haowei Wang, Shu Xu, and Yalian Pei
State Policies and County Contexts Collectively Shape Working-Age Mortality
Iliya Gutin, Jennifer Karas Montez, Shannon M. Monnat, Emily E. Wiemers, and Douglas A. Wolf
Sicker Americans Are More Likely to Misuse Prescription Medications
Esther Oshaji and Andrew S. London
Disability Rates Among South Asian Immigrants in the U.S. Vary by Country of Origin
Sobia Mushtaq and Marc A. Garcia
How Do State Labor Policies Impact Disability for Latino Adults in the U.S.?
Marc A. Garcia, Blakelee Kemp, and Erin Bisesti