Formula Grant ME4022B

This $1,306,862 Project Grant awarded by the National Institute on Aging (NIA) under the Aging Research federal grant program (CFDA 93.866) will fund research on the relationship between real estate investment trust (REIT) investments in nursing homes and the quality of end-of-life care for residents with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias. The project, led by Weill Medical College of Cornell University, will construct a nationally representative database of nursing home residents with...

This $121,209 National Institute on Aging project grant will support research assessing the impact of primary care structural capabilities on hospitalizations among older adults with dementia. Specifically, the grantee will analyze cross-sectional data from 2018-2019 to describe structural capabilities like care coordination, electronic health records, and community integration in primary care practices employing nurse practitioners to serve Medicare beneficiaries with Alzheimer's disease and...

The University of Rochester received a $1,092,079 Project Grant award from the National Institute on Aging (CFDA 93.866 Aging Research) to study the impacts of informal family caregiving on nursing home residents with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD), as well as the associations between state Essential Caregiver (EC) programs and caregiving outcomes during the COVID-19 pandemic. The project aims to determine how family caregiving affects the health of nursing home residents...

This $917,701 federal Project Grant award under the National Institute on Aging's Aging Research program (CFDA 93.866) will fund a 5-year study conducted by Brigham & Women's Hospital to implement and evaluate an Acute Hospital Care at Home (AHCAH) pathway specifically for people living with dementia. The study aims to: 1) Evaluate the effect of a pre-enrollment AHCAH pathway on quality of life over 12 months for persons with moderate to severe dementia (Aim 1); and 2) Evaluate the...

This federal Project Grant award, provided by the National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) under the Nursing Research program (CFDA 93.361), aims to develop and test a novel digital tool called COMPASS for improving care delivery and resident satisfaction in long-term care settings. The $275,621 award to Linked Senior Inc. will fund the following key activities over the 1-year project period starting July 2024: Conduct focus groups with long-term care administrators, nursing staff, and...

The National Institute on Aging (NIA) awarded a Project Grant under the Aging Research Federal Grant Program (CFDA 93.866) to the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center to examine end-of-life care for persons living with dementia (PLWD). The $2,303,477 grant will leverage data from the Dementia Care Study (D-CARE), a 4-site randomized clinical trial, to compare documentation of PLWD advance care preferences, overall end-of-life care quality, and healthcare utilization in the last 6 months...

The National Institute on Aging (NIA) has awarded a $3,130,685 Cooperative Agreement grant under the Aging Research Federal Grant Program (CFDA 93.866) to the Trustees of Indiana University to establish the "THE NH EXPLANATORY TRIALS NETWORK: SUPPORTING TRANSFORMATION BY ENHANCING PARTNERSHIPS (THE NEXT STEPS)" research network. The network aims to address systemic barriers to conducting research in nursing homes, which provide critical care for people with Alzheimer's disease and...

This federal Project Grant award of $416,238, awarded by the National Institute on Aging (CFDA 93.866 Aging Research) on March 15, 2025, supports a research study titled "PROJECT GLORY: GOOD LIFE IN MEMORY CARE". The study aims to contribute to the understanding of best practices for delivering quality care and improving quality of life for nursing home residents with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD). The research involves three key components: 1) collecting firsthand...

This Project Grant award from the National Institute on Aging (CFDA 93.866 - Aging Research) aims to advance geriatric palliative care by assessing the feasibility and acceptability of using radio frequency (RF) sensors to capture cardiopulmonary measures in nursing home patients with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD). The $451,721 award to Weill Medical College of Cornell University will also develop a machine learning algorithm to autonomously detect and predict respiratory...

This $3,732,394 five-year Project Grant was awarded by the National Institute on Aging (CFDA 93.866 Aging Research) to the University of South Florida to evaluate the impact of the Palliative Care Education in Assisted Living for Dementia Care Providers (PCEAL-DCP) intervention. The intervention aims to improve advance care planning discussions and hospice use among residents with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias living in assisted living facilities. The study will conduct a cluster...