Cooperative Agreement 90ALGG0022

This Cooperative Agreement award of $1,904,248 from the Administration on Aging (Agency ID: 7500|7577|75BB00-A), which is part of the Alzheimer's Disease Program Initiative (ADPI, CFDA #93.470), aims to integrate evidence-based caregiver supports into Rhode Island's current dementia-capable home and community-based services (HCBS) structure. The goal is to fill service gaps for caregivers of persons living with dementia (PLWD) by developing innovative programs to enhance access to quality...

The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Community Living awarded a $904,153 cooperative agreement to Carelink under the Alzheimer's Disease Program Initiative (ADPI, CFDA #93.470) from September 1, 2021 to August 31, 2024. The award will support Carelink's addition of evidence-based clinical interventions to enhance and expand Rhode Island's existing dementia capable support system. The ADPI aims to develop and expand availability of supports and services for...

This federal Project Grant award from the National Institute on Aging (CFDA 93.866 - Aging Research) provides $2,303,477 to leverage data from the previously funded Dementia Care Study (D-CARE) to examine end-of-life care for persons living with dementia (PLWD). The study aims to compare advance care preferences, overall end-of-life care quality, and healthcare utilization in the last 6 months of life between the HSDC (health system-based dementia care) and CBDC (community-based dementia...

This $325,779 Project Grant award from the National Institute on Aging (CFDA 93.866 - Aging Research) supports a research project titled "COMPETENCE, AUTONOMY, RELATEDNESS, AND CONNECTIONS (CARE CONNECTIONS): A PEER-LED INTERVENTION DESIGNED WITH PARKINSONS DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS CAREPARTNERS TO IMPROVE HOLISTIC SUPPORT." The project aims to: 1) Identify the dimensions and positive/negative aspects of caregiving for individuals with Lewy body dementia (LBD); 2) Adapt and...

The Latino Alzheimer's and Memory Disorders Alliance (LAMDA) will expand community health worker services to support quality of life for persons with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias, through a $2 million cooperative agreement from the Administration for Community Living within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The funding will support LAMDA's CHW Expansion Project from September 2022 through August 2025. The project aims to develop and expand the availability of...

This Project Grant award from the National Institute on Aging (CFDA 93.866 - Aging Research) aims to develop and evaluate a web-based platform, called IPATH*D, that can help screen and connect care partners of people living with Alzheimer's disease or dementia to evidence-based depression treatments. The $170,593 award to Dartmouth-Hitchcock Clinic, with a subaward to Trustees of Dartmouth College, will support the following objectives over the 2-year period from August 2024 to July...

This Project Grant award from the National Institute on Aging (under CFDA 93.866 - Aging Research) provides $2,147,487 to Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) from July 1, 2024 to March 31, 2029 to conduct a mixed-methods study on understanding and improving palliative care delivery for persons with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD). The study aims to identify modifiable organizational and clinician factors associated with increased use of concurrent palliative care...

This $334,788 Project Grant awarded by the National Institute on Aging (CFDA 93.866 - Aging Research) aims to investigate the impact of recent revisions to the Medicare home health payment system (Patient-Driven Groupings Model or PDGM) on access, care delivery, and outcomes for community-living Medicare beneficiaries with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD). The 2-year study, starting September 1, 2023, will leverage Medicare claims, home health assessment, and agency data...

This Project Grant award of $2,297,026 was provided by the National Institute on Aging (NIA) under the Aging Research federal grant program (CFDA 93.866) to study the effects of "long-term care integration" models, such as Dual-Eligible Special Needs Plans (D-SNPs), on health outcomes for dually eligible individuals with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD). The award will leverage Medicare and Medicaid claims data from 2018-2024 to evaluate the causal impacts of...

This $3,732,394 five-year project grant, awarded by the National Institute on Aging (CFDA 93.866 - Aging Research), aims to evaluate the effectiveness of the Palliative Care Education in Assisted Living for Dementia Care Providers (PCEAL-DCP) intervention in improving dementia care quality outcomes, including increased documentation of advance care planning discussions and rates of hospice admission, at 30 assisted living facilities. The project also seeks to assess the impact of the...