Center for Aging Families

Center for Aging Families

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Center for Aging Families

The Center for Aging Families (CAF) brings together an interdisciplinary community of junior and senior scholars from Bowling Green State University, The Ohio State University, and Purdue University to foster new synergies that generate cutting-edge research on the changing demography of aging families, aging family health, and health disparities in family aging.

Contacts

Susan Brown, BGSU
Sarah Hayford, OSU
Hui Liu, Purdue
Rin Reczek, OSU
agingfamilies@bgsu.edu

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News and Events

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CAF Announces New Funding Awardees

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Save-the-Date

Check out the new events added to the CAF calendar here. 

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Why Divorce is Skyrocketing Among Older Americans

CAF co-director Susan L. Brown on BBCs New Normal with Katty Kay

The Center is funded by the National Institute on Aging through a P30 Centers on the Demography and Economics of Aging infrastructure award (P30AG096979).

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Updated: 08/10/2026 12:36PM