Project Grant 1E1CMS331081

The National Institute on Aging (NIA) awarded a $917,701 Project Grant (CFDA 93.866) to Brigham & Women's Hospital Inc. to implement and evaluate an Acute Hospital Care at Home (AHCAH) pathway specifically for people living with dementia (PLWD). The 5-year project, starting September 2024, aims to establish a pre-enrollment AHCAH model that provides in-home serious illness conversations, on-demand acute illness evaluation, and AHCAH with additional dementia-related resources as needed. The...

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...

This Project Grant award from the National Institute on Aging (CFDA 93.866 - Aging Research) provides $318,000 to the Hebrew Rehabilitation Center, a non-profit hospital and research organization in Boston, MA, to investigate the epidemiology and clinical consequences of cardiometabolic medication substitution during post-acute skilled nursing facility (SNF) stays among older adults. The key objectives are to: 1) Determine the frequency and factors associated with cardiometabolic medication...

This $1,623,380 Project Grant award from the National Institute on Aging (CFDA 93.866 Aging Research) supports a study by Cedars-Sinai Medical Center examining the impact of physician, hospital, and skilled-nursing facility factors related to geriatric care on days spent at home among persons with Alzheimer's disease and Alzheimer's disease-related dementias (AD/ADRD). The study aims to (1) determine the effect of physician factors like geriatric subspecialty certification and health system...

The federal Project Grant award R01AG088522, funded by the National Institute on Aging's Aging Research program (CFDA 93.866), is focused on examining the impact of medications on functional recovery and successful transition back to home for older adults discharged to skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) after a heart failure hospitalization. The $676,912 award, spanning from September 1, 2024 to May 31, 2029, will enable researchers at Brown University and sub-awardees Weill Medical College of...

This $1,306,862 Project Grant award from the National Institute on Aging (CFDA 93.866 - Aging Research) supports a study investigating the relationship between REIT (real estate investment trust) investments in nursing homes and the quality of end-of-life care for residents with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias. The project will construct a nationally representative database of nursing home residents with ADRD using Medicare claims and other data, and analyze the impact of REIT...

This $243,000 Project Grant award from the National Institute on Aging (CFDA 93.866 - Aging Research) will support a 5-year study to identify factors associated with and barriers/facilitators to routine deprescribing of potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs) among older adults with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD) receiving home health care. The study has two main aims: 1) Use a mixed methods approach to analyze existing data and engage stakeholders to further develop a...

This $449,999 federal Project Grant award from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (CFDA 93.226 - Research on Healthcare Costs, Quality and Outcomes) aims to improve long-term care (LTC) quality and safety, particularly for persons living with dementia, by implementing evidence-based decision support technologies (DS Tech). The key objectives are to: 1) characterize LTC contexts to identify implementation requirements for effective DS Tech, 2) implement and evaluate two DS Tech...

This federal Project Grant award from the National Institute on Aging (CFDA 93.866 - Aging Research) provides $772,273 to the University of Kansas Medical Center Research Institute, Inc. to adapt and test the CHATO communication intervention for nursing homes serving diverse populations. The goal is to reduce behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD) by addressing staff use of "elderspeak" with residents. The project will engage nursing home staff and stakeholders to...

This federal Project Grant award from the National Institute on Aging (CFDA 93.866 - Aging Research) provides $2,278,636.00 to The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania to characterize and evaluate different models of clinician care for nursing home residents with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD). The project aims to survey a nationally representative sample of nursing home clinicians, link this data to Medicare claims and nursing home records, and assess the outcomes and...