Dr. Sheryl Zimmerman, Executive Director of CEAL@UNC, is a guest columnist in McKnight’s Senior Living. The most recent article, “New Award Aims to Raise Awareness of Assisted Living Research,” reports on the inaugural CEAL@UNC Research Award.
This article highlights ten innovative and rigorous research projects with promise to inform assisted living practice and policy, including the award-winning project that found a relationship between more nurse staffing and fewer injury-related emergency department visits among assisted living residents with dementia.


