Project Grant HT9425261E110

This Project Grant award from the National Institute on Aging (CFDA 93.866 - Aging Research) provides $157,000.00 to support a pilot study evaluating the acceptability and feasibility of a 6-week nature meditation intervention for bereaved friend and family caregivers of cancer patients who died in hospice care. The study, conducted by the collaborative research partnership of Henry Ford Health and Michigan State University Health Sciences, aims to develop 6 nature-based healing meditation...

This Project Grant award from the National Institute on Aging (CFDA 93.866 - Aging Research) totaling $956,214 will fund Ceresti Health, Inc. to develop and validate a Spanish-language version of their Caregiver-Enabled Care Program (CECP) for Hispanic/Latino families caring for loved ones with dementia. The CECP is a digital population health intervention that provides personalized education, coaching, and remote monitoring to unpaid/informal caregivers via a dedicated tablet. This project aims...

Grant Summary: Activities4Care Digital Platform Plans4Care Inc. received a $490,262 Project Grant from the National Institute on Aging under the Aging Research program (CFDA 93.866) awarded on June 15, 2025, with completion targeted for May 31, 2026. The award funds development and testing of Activities4Care, a digital platform designed to address the critical unmet need for meaningful activities among the 6+ million individuals living with Alzheimer's disease and Alzheimer's disease-related...

The National Institute on Aging (NIA) awarded a $1,987,023 Project Grant under the Aging Research program (CFDA 93.866) to the Regents of the University of Michigan to develop new measurement tools and computer adaptive tests to better characterize the experiences of non-traditional and minority informal caregivers of individuals living with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias. The 3-year project aims to identify critical elements of the caregiving role through semi-structured interviews...

RESP-FIT Grant Award Summary The Medical University of South Carolina received a $3.75 million Project Grant from the National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) under the Nursing Research program (CFDA 93.361), awarded March 25, 2026, with completion targeted for February 28, 2030. The grant funds RESP-FIT, a multicomponent mobile health (mHealth)-delivered intervention combining home-based respiratory muscle strength training (RMST) with remote monitoring technology to address chronic...

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...

The Pennsylvania Department of Aging (PDA), in partnership with the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services (DHS) Office of Developmental Programs (ODP) and Office of Long-Term Living (OLTL), received a $600,492 Cooperative Agreement from the Administration for Community Living under the National Family Caregiver Support, Title III, Part E program (CFDA 93.052) to evaluate the PA CareKit. The award, effective September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2027, supports a comprehensive evaluation...

Summary: ConnectedCare for Seniors Project The Robert Packer Hospital received a $900,000 project grant awarded August 1, 2025, through the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy under the Rural Healthcare Services Programs (CFDA 93.912). The ConnectedCare for Seniors Project will deliver integrated chronic disease management services to elderly populations (ages 65+) in rural Bradford, Sullivan, and Tioga counties in Pennsylvania through a four-year implementation period ending July 31, 2029....

The National Institute on Aging (NIA) awarded a $1,928,657 Project Grant under the Aging Research federal grant program (CFDA 93.866) to the Regents of the University of Michigan, doing business as the University of Michigan. The 3-year project aims to develop and evaluate new measures of family availability to provide care for people living with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD). The study will leverage national survey data to: 1) Create sub-indices and a composite measure of...

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...