CAF at GSA 2026
Check out the appearances of CAF faculty affiliates on the annual meeting of the Gerontological Society of America (GSA) 2026 program!
The Center for Aging Families will be represented by 10 affiliates (indicated in bold) in 14 conference sessions.
| DATE | PRESENTER(S)/AUTHOR(S) | TIME (ET) | SESSION TITLE | PRESENTATION TITLE |
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Wednesday
| Discussant:
Shannon E. Jarrott | 8:00 – 9:30 AM | Preparing Future Practitioners: Student Engagement in Intergenerational Mentorship, Research, and Practice | |
| Wednesday
11/4 | Jinnan (Sigrid) Ren; Shawn Bauldry; Kenneth F. Ferraro | 12:00 - 1:30 PM | Depression and Depressive Symptoms | Polyvictimization, Social Support and Strain by Relationship Type, and Depressive Symptom Trajectories |
| Wednesday 11/4 | Pi-Ju Liu; Shih-Chun Kao; Manuela Cortes Ospina; Heather Mutchie | 2:00 - 3:30 PM | Approaches to Abuse, Neglect, and Fraud Prevention Among Older Adults: Expanding Possibilities | Neurocognitive Profile of Older Adults with Versus without Financial Victimization History and Risk |
| Wednesday 11/4 | Tingan Jin; J. Jill Suitor; Robert T. Frase; Megan Gilligan | 6:00 - 7:15 PM | Caregiving (Formal and Informal) I (Posters) | Better Off When We Agree? Congruence of Perceived Care Needs and Mother-Adult Child Relationship Quality |
| Wednesday 11/4 | Dingyue Wang; Qing Yang; Michael Cary; Tamryn L. Fowler; Cristina Hendrix | 6:00 - 7:15 PM | Late Breaking Poster Session I | Caregiver Motivational Profiles and Preparedness Among Family Caregivers: A Person-Centered Analysis |
| Thursday 11/5 | Sunjeong Gyeong; J. Jill Suitor; Robert T. Frase; Tingan Jin; Megan Gilligan | 8:00 - 9:30 AM | Positive and Negative Aspects of Caregiving | Factors Shaping Positive Aspects of Caregiving: Comparison of Adult Children with Living Versus Deceased Parents |
| Thursday 11/5 | Chair:
Karen O. Moss | 12:00 - 1:30 PM | Navigating Research in Aging Science with Intentionality for Implementation | |
| Thursday 11/5 | Karen O. Moss; Kaelyn Rodrigues; Stephen Flynn; Kathy D. Wright; Ali Tan; Karen Bullock | 12:00 - 1:30 PM | Navigating Research in Aging Science with Intentionality for Implementation | Expanding Pair 2 Care© Beyond Research and Development with Intentionality |
| Thursday 11/5 | Di Wang; J. Jill Suitor; Robert T. Frase; Ranran He; Megan Gilligan | 12:00 - 1:30 PM | Parent-Child and Kin Relations | Roles of Tension with Adult Children and Children-in-Law on Mothers’ Psychological Well-Being in Later Life |
| Friday
11/6 | Susan L. Brown; Jaycob S. Applegate; Gabrielle Juteau; Francesca A. Marino | 8:00 - 9:30 AM | East Meets West: Changing Family Structures and Aging in Japan and the United States | Family Life Satisfaction among U.S. Kinless Older Adults |
| Friday
11/6 | Hui (Cathy) Liu | 8:00 - 9:30 AM | Social Sciences Section of The Journals of Gerontology Series B: Featured 2025 Editor's Choice Articles | Marital Dynamics and Daily Memory Among Aging Same-Sex and Different-Sex Couples |
| Saturday 11/7 | Susan L. Brown | 8:00 - 9:30 AM | Singlehood, Marriage, and Estrangement: New Evidence on Later-Life Family Change | Changing Patterns of Remarriage in Later Life |
| Saturday 11/7 | Rin Reczek | 8:00 - 9:30 AM | Singlehood, Marriage, and Estrangement: New Evidence on Later-Life Family Change | Shifts in the Prevalence of Estranged Intergenerational Ties: A Study Across Three US Cohorts |
| Saturday 11/7 | Discussant:
Susan L. Brown Chair: Rin Reczek | 12:00 - 1:30 PM | Aging Families and Health | |
| Saturday 11/7 | Mingui Gao; Juwen Wang; Hui (Cathy) Liu | 12:00 - 1:30 PM | Aging Families and Health | Shared Faith, Shared Health? Spousal Religious Concordance and Dementia Onset Among Older Couples |
| Saturday 11/7 | Taylor Pope; J. Jill Suitor; Robert T. Frase; Megan Gilligan | 1:45 - 3:00 PM | Family, Dyadic, and Intergenerational Relationships (Posters) | Marriage and the Mental Health Consequences of Pet Loss in Early Later Life |
Updated: 10/08/2026 09:36PM