CARING Lab at UCSF
Community Action Research in Gerontology
Investigating social justice issues affecting older adults, people living with dementia, and caregivers.
OUR VISION
Creating inclusive, supportive, and equitable environments where older adults from marginalized communities can thrive with dignity and joy.
OUR MISSION
Advancing health equity in aging through community-engaged and interdisciplinary research, education, and public service.
OUR VALUES
Partnerships
Collaborating with community partners to advance health equity in aging through trust and shared committments.
Responsive Learning
Fostering co-learning and capacity-building through continuous improvements in all research phases.
Elevate Voices
Amplifying the voices and lived experiences of older adults from marginalized communities and advocating for change with cultural humility.
Micro to Macro Analyses
Addressing local health situations while tackling broader structural inequities in aging.
Critical Gerontology
Examining aging beyond biomedical models to reveal its social, political, and spatial dimensions.
Emancipatory Sciences
Interrogating power structures, building anti-oppression knowledge, and encouraging activist-scholar approaches to research, policy, and practice.