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Vicki A Freedman
Research Professor, Survey Research Center and Faculty Associate, Population Studies Center, Institute for Social Research
Research Interests:
Dr. Freedman is a Research Professor at the University of Michigan’s Institute for Social Research, where she directs the Michigan Center on the Demography of Aging and the Demography of Aging, Disability and Care program. Over the past decade Freedman has held leadership roles in several national survey efforts. She has co-led the National Health and Aging Trends Study and the National Study of Caregiving since their inception and has served as an Associate Director of the Panel Study of Income Dynamics. Through these efforts she has been instrumental in disseminating new measures to study disability and care needs of older adults. She has published extensively on the topics of population aging, disability trends and long-term care and has investigated the connections among disability, time use and wellbeing in later life.
Select Publications
- Hu,Mengyao, Qin, Tian, Gonzalez,Richard D, Vicki A Freedman, Zahodne,Laura Beth, Melipillán, Edmundo R., Murphey, Yi Lu. 2026. A novel vision transformer model produces clock drawing test scores as accurate as expert human coders. Scientific Reports 16(1):4032.
- Patterson,Sarah Elizabeth, Kelsi Laura Caywood, Esther M Friedman, Vicki A Freedman. 2026. Beliefs about levels of care responsibility for older adults in need: Differences by relationship and the presence of dementia. Alzheimer's & Dementia: Behavior & Socioeconomics of Aging 2(1):e70066.
- Crystal Ng, Vicki A Freedman, Birditt,Kira S, Leggett,Amanda Noel. 2026. Friend Caregivers Among Older Adults. JAMA Network Open 9(7):e2621697-e2621697.
- Vicki A Freedman, Patterson,Sarah Elizabeth, Jennifer C. Cornman, Jennifer L. Wolff. 2026. Trends In Care Needs Among Older US Adults Diverged By Age, 2011-22. Health Affairs 45(7):790-798.
- Patterson,Sarah Elizabeth, Wright, Matthew R, Vicki A Freedman. 2026. Cohabitation and unmet care needs in later life. The Journals of Gerontology: Series B
- Vicki A Freedman, Cornman, Jennifer C, Wolff, Jennifer L. 2025. Caregiving Trajectories and Unmet Care Needs in Later Life. The Gerontologist 65(4):gnae136.
- Ng, Yee To, Vicki A Freedman, Kratz, Anna, Birditt,Kira S. 2025. Beyond Caregiving: Daily Pleasant Activities among Caregivers to Older Adults with and without Dementia. The Journals of Gerontology: Series B 80(2):gbae198.
- Truskinovsky, Yulya, Vicki A Freedman, Hoffman, Geoffrey J, Leggett,Amanda Noel, Wiemers, Emily. 2025. Changes in Long-term Services and Supports Among Adults with and without Dementia During the First Year of the COVID-19 Pandemic. Innovation in Aging 9(2):igaf003.
- Jennifer L. Wolff, Jennifer C. Cornman, Vicki A Freedman. 2025. The Number Of Family Caregivers Helping Older US Adults Increased From 18 Million To 24 Million, 2011-22. Health Affairs 44(2):187-195.
- Patterson,Sarah Elizabeth, Vicki A Freedman. 2025. Family Structure and Unmet Care Needs among Older Adults with and without Dementia in the U.S. The Gerontologist 65(5):gnaf062.