The Center for Aging and Policy Studies (CAPS) at Syracuse University, an initiative of the SU Gerontology Center, was founded in July 2009 with support from the National Institute on Aging. It is one of 14 centers funded through NIA's Demography and Economics of Aging Centers program. CAPS encourages, supports, and disseminates interdisciplinary and policy-relevant research centered in the demography and economics of aging.

Research Themes

Two major research themes define our mission:

1. Age-Related Changes in Everyday Context
2. Demography Change, Late-Life Well-Being, and Public Policy

People

Douglas A. Wolf (Director), Janet Wilmoth (Associate Director), Martha W. Bonney (Center Administrator), Kelly Bogart (coordinator, Summer Gerontology Education Workshop).

Projects

CAPS' goals are to pursue interdisciplinary and policy-relevant topics that connect both internal age-related changes and external policy interventions to individual- and household-level choices and behavioral outcomes that have implications for late-life well-being.

Program Development Core: Research

• Pilot Projects
• Follow-up Assistance to Obtain External Funding

External Research Resources Support and Dissemination

• Gerontology Education Workshop
• Gerontology Education Website
• Publications

Center for Aging & Policy Studies
426 Eggers Hall, Syracuse University
Syracuse, New York 13244-1020
315.443.3114 | Fax 315.443.1081
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