Yat-sang (Terry) Lum
Associate Professor
Office: 287 Peters Hall
Phone: (612) 624-4722
E-mail: tlum@umn.edu
Mailing address: 105 Peters Hall
Degrees & Institutions
- Ph.D., George Warren Brown School of Social Work, Washington University, St. Louis, 1998.
- M.S.W., Department of Social Work and Social Administration, University of Hong Kong, 1993.
- B. Soc. Sc., Department of Economics, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 1988.
Interest Areas
Social Gerontology, Long Term Care, Social Policy, Quantitative
Research Methods, Evaluation.
Current Research
- Family caregiving among elderly people: racial and ethnic differences.
- Economic security of older workers - implications for Social Security Reform.
- The association between health and wealth.
- Patterns of long term care across racial and ethnic groups.
- Association between health and mental health trajectories and family caregiving.
Recent Publications
Lum T.Y. (Accepted). Understanding the Racial and Ethnic Differences in
Caregiving Arrangements. Journal of Gerontological Social
Work.
Ozawa N.M. & Lum T.Y. (Accepted) The determinants of work among
elderly people aged 70 or older. Journal of Gerontological
Social Work.
Lightfoot, E. & Lum, T.Y. (Accepted) Work behavior of older people
with
disabilities in the era of the Americans with Disabilities
Act. Journal of
Social Services Research.
Lum Y., Lin W-C, & Kane R.L. (Accepted) Use of Proxy Respondents and
Accuracy of MDS Assessments of Activities of Daily Living.
Journal of
Gerontology: Medical Sciences.
Lum T.Y. & Lightfoot E. (2005) Effects of volunteering on older
people's
health and mental health. Research on Aging, 27 (1):
31-55.
Lum Y. (2004) Health-wealth association among older Americans: Racial
and ethnic Differences. Social Work Research. 28(2):
106-116.
Lum Y. & Lightfoot E. (2003) The impact of health on retirement
saving
among older workers. Social Work Research, 27(1),
31-44.
Kane R.L., Homyak P., Bershadsky B., Lum Y., & Siadaty M.S. (2003)
Outcomes of Managed Care of Dually Eligible Older Persons.
Gerontologist. 43(2):165-74.
Kane, R.L., Flood, S., Keckhafer, G., Bershadsky, B. & Lum, Y. (2002)
Nursing Home Residents Covered by Medicare Risk Contracts:
Early
Findings from the EverCare Evaluation Project. Journal of
the
American Geriatrics Society, 50 (4), 719-727.
Ozawa, M.N & Lum Y. (2001) Taking risk in investing in the equity
market: racial differences. Journal of Aging and Social
Policy, 12 (3).
Lum, Y., Chang H.J., & Ozawa, M.N. (1999). The effects of race and
ethnicity on use of health services by older Americans.
Journal of
Social Service Research, 25 (4). 15-42.
Ozawa, M.N. & Lum, Y. (1998). The marital status and the change in
income status: 10 years after retirement. Social Work
Research, 22,
116-128.
Lum, Y. & Chang H.J. (1998). The effect of Medicaid coverage on use
of
health services by low-income elderly people. Social Work
Research,
22, 31-43.
Ozawa, M.N. & Lum, Y. (1997). Economic satisfaction among American
Retirees. Journal of Gerontological Social Work. 27
(4), 21-40.
Ozawa, M.N. & Lum, Y. (1997). Safety net and poor: generational
differences in the United States. Korean Journal of Social
Welfare
Studies, 9, 177-202.
Ozawa, M.N. & Lum, Y. (1996). How safe is the safety net for poor
children? Social Work Research, 20, 238-254.
Book Chapters
Lum, T.Y. (forthcoming). Using large survey datasets for research on
older adults and families. In B. Berkman and S. D'Ambruoso
(edited)
The Oxford Handbook of Social Work in Aging. Oxford
University
Press.
Lum, Y. & Chang H.J. (2000). The effect of Medicaid coverage on use
of
health services by low-income elderly people. In S.M.
Keigher, A.E.
Fortune, and S.L. Witkin (Eds.). Aging and Social Work:
The Changing
Landscapes. Washington DC: NASW Press. (This chapter
originally
appeared in Social Work Research, 22, (1).
Ozawa, M.N. & Lum, Y. (2000). The marital status and the change in
income status: 10 years after retirement. In S.M. Keigher,
A.E.
Fortune, & S.L. Witkin (Eds.). Aging and Social Work: The
Changing
Landscapes. Washington DC: NASW Press. (This chapter
originally
appeared in Social Work Research, 22, (2).
Ozawa, M.N., Lum, Y., & Tseng, H.Y. (1999). Net worth at retirement
and 10 years later. In S.S. Nagel (Ed.). The Substance of
Public
Policy, pp. 245-274. New York: Nova Science Publishers.
Ozawa, M.N. & Lum, Y. (1999). "How safe is the safety net for poor
children?" in Hansan E. & Morris R. (Eds.). Welfare Reform
1996-
2000: Is there a safety net. Westport, CT: Greenwood
Press. (This
chapter originally appeared in Social Work Research,
20 (4).
Ozawa, M.N. & Lum, Y. (1997). "How safe is the safety net for poor
children?" in Ewalt P.L., Freeman E.M., Kirk S.A., & Poole
D.L.(Ed.).
Social Policy: Reform, Research, and Practice. NASW
Press. (This
chapter originally appeared in Social Work Research,
20, (4).
Positions & Community Service
- 2004, Member of the National Advisory Council of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation\'s Cash & Counseling Program.
- 2002-present, Member of the National Advisory Committee of the Institute for Geriatric Social Work of Boston University School of Social Work
- Catholic Charities Division of Aging Services
- Little Brothers Friend of the Elderly, Board of Directors
- Eldercare Partners
- Volunteers of America of Minnesota
- Minnesota Kinship Care Association
- Metropolitan Area Agency on Aging
Editorial Work
1996 - present, Reviewer for the Journal of Social Services Research
2001, Reviewer for the Journal of Aging and Health.