School of Social Work News
Xiaoling Xiang Awarded Grant from Administration for Community LivingAssociate Professor Xiaoling Xiang is the principal investigator of a recently-funded federal grant from the Administration for Community Living’s National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research. The three-year study will focus on evaluating the real-world effects of the Empower@Home program on social participation among older adults with disabilities. Empower@Home is an online self-help program for depression based on the principles of cognitive behavioral therapy.
“I am thrilled to build on the momentum of our recent NIH R01 award to further expand Empower@Home’s community impact,” said Xiang. “Our goal is to extend its reach to older adults with disabilities and broaden its focus beyond a single condition to encompass outcomes like social participation and connections. This brings us closer to achieving our mission of promoting the multi-dimensional aspects of healthy aging.”
- October 4, 2024
- Xiaoling Xiang Awarded Grant from the National Institute of Mental Health
Associate Professor Xiaoling Xiang is the principal investigator on a newly funded R01 grant from the National Institute of Mental Health. The study will span the next five years and focus on the implementation and effectiveness of Empower@Home, a digital mental health intervention designed to address depression in homebound older adults.
“I've dedicated thousands of hours to developing and refining Empower@Home, and with this new R01 funding, we can now bring the program beyond research and into real-world communities. We will work closely with aging service agencies and train non-specialist agency staff readily available even in low-resource settings to support the program’s uptake and usage,” said Xiang. “Our goal is to create a scalable model that breaks down barriers to mental health care and delivers person-centered, technology-driven treatments to homebound older adults.”
- September 19, 2024
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- Older Adults Struggle with Anxiety When Personal Needs Not Met
Assistant Professor Xiaoling Xiang's new study tracks the behavior of older adults whose needs were not handled properly, leading to elevated anxiety symptoms. “Our findings reinforce the notion that needs for mental health services and community-based long-term services and supports are interconnected,” Xiang said.
- April 3, 2019
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- Xiaoling Xiang receives an award from the Ginsberg Center for Community and Service Learning
Assistant Professor Xiaoling Xiang received a funding award from the Ginsberg Center for Community and Service Learning. Her project aims to foster a partnership among U-M, Jewish Family Service of Metropolitan Detroit, and the Southeast Michigan Senior Regional Collaborative to examine barriers and opportunities to implement and sustain a social work-based primary care integration intervention for vulnerable older adults in southeast Michigan.
- July 10, 2018
- Xiaoling Xiang Receives Funding from U-M - Older Americans Independence Center Research Education Core
Associate Professor Xiaoling Xiang received funding from U-M - Older Americans Independence Center Research Education Core for her project entitled "Acceptability of home care worker-supported, technology-based treatment for late-life depression in non-skilled home care." This project probes whether it is feasible to implement internet-based cognitive behavioral therapy in non-skilled home care.
- June 21, 2018
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- Xiaoling Xiang Receives Grant from National Institute on Aging for Home Care Behavioral Intervention for Depression
Assistant Professor Xiaoling Xiang received a grant from the National Institute on Aging to investigate the feasibility and acceptability of home care aides-administered behavioral intervention for depression from the perspectives of multiple stakeholders, including older African Americans, home care aides, home care nurses and social workers, as well as home care agency leadership.
- September 9, 2017
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