Homepage for Emily M. Agree, Ph.D. Emily M. Agree, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Population and Family Health Sciences School of Hygiene and Public Health Johns Hopkins University 615 North Wolfe Street, Rm W4033 Baltimore, MD 21205-2179 tel. Over the past several years I have worked on a variety of research projects on demographic and gerontological issues. These projects are united broadly by a perspective on the interrelationships among disability, family structure, and patterns of formal and informal care to disabled elderly. My main research project at the present time is on the role of assistive technology in long-term care among older persons in the United States.
Assistive technologies are an essential but understudied part of the long-term care system.
In particular, I am studying the effectiveness of technology and personal care arrangements in alleviating disability, relieving the burden on informal caregivers, and reducing health care costs. I also have a long-standing interest in the adaptation of families to population aging during the course of social and economic development. In this area, I am involved in several studies. First, I am studying patterns of intergenerational assistance between older persons and their families in Taiwan and the Philippines. This research analyzes the redistribution of resources between the generations as a function of the generalized exchange systems that characterize the family economy in Asian societies.