Project Grant K76AG094954
- This Project Grant award of $794,956 from the National Institute on Aging (NIA) Aging Research program (CFDA 93.866) aims to evaluate the effectiveness of Transitional Care Management (TCM) and Chronic Care Management (CCM) services in improving health outcomes and reducing healthcare costs for older adult Medicare beneficiaries. The research will employ a target trial emulation approach to compare TCM and CCM services to usual care, with a focus on outcomes such as home time, survival, and...
- This Project Grant award from the National Institute on Aging (CFDA 93.866 Aging Research) provides $191,193 to Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center to develop and pilot test an electronic health record-based Serious Illness Communication Intervention for Older Adults in the Emergency Department (SIC-ED). The goal is to help emergency clinicians solicit the goals, values, and preferences of older adults at the end-of-life and incorporate them into decision-making. Key components include: 1)...
- This Project Grant award from the National Institute on Aging (CFDA 93.866 Aging Research) provides $499,686 to support the development of the Momento smartphone app. The app aims to transform regular photo activities into a way to continuously monitor cognitive function and detect early signs of memory changes in older adults. Key goals of the 1-year project include: 1) Testing how 200 older adults use and enjoy the app, ensuring it is engaging for regular use; and 2) Verifying the system can...
- This Project Grant award of $161,988 from the National Institute on Aging (CFDA 93.866 - Aging Research) supports a research project led by Dr. Emily Mroz at Emory University. The project aims to develop an intervention to improve preparedness and psychological health in experienced caregivers of persons living with dementia. Key activities include validating a caregiver preparedness measure, characterizing caregiving narration patterns, and exploring associations between narration and caregiver...
- This federal Project Grant award from the National Institute on Aging (CFDA 93.866 Aging Research) provides $499,396 to Bellage Inc. to develop the AWC-PRIME (Personalized Reinforcement Interface to Motivate Engagement) platform. The AWC-PRIME product builds upon Bellage's existing Adult Wellbeing Checkup (AWC) platform, extending it with a dynamic companion app to support care partners of people living with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD). The app aims to help care partners...
- 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...
- The National Institute on Aging, under the Aging Research federal grant program (CFDA 93.866), awarded Careyaya Health Technologies Inc. a $505,042 Project Grant on Sep 22, 2025. The grant supports the development of YAYAGUIDE, an artificial intelligence (AI)-driven, personalized training platform for caregivers of individuals with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias. The YAYAGUIDE prototype utilizes a micro-learning curriculum, a conversational agent, and machine learning algorithms to...
- This Project Grant award from the National Institute on Aging (NIA), under CFDA 93.866 Aging Research, provides $677,026 to conduct a Stage 2 efficacy trial of the WECARE intervention for Chinese American dementia caregivers. WECARE is a personalized digital health program designed to enhance caregiving mastery and psychosocial wellbeing for this underserved population. The 7-week intervention will offer multimedia content, quiz-embedded games, personalized feedback, location-specific resources,...
- The National Institute on Aging (NIA) awarded a $858,000 Project Grant under CFDA 93.866 Aging Research to the University of Colorado-Denver to evaluate the feasibility, acceptability, and outcomes of the E-GAPCARE telehealth intervention. E-GAPCARE aims to expand the reach of the in-person Geriatric Acute and Post-Acute Care (GAPCARE) fall prevention program for older adult emergency department patients. The 2-year project, running from January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2026, will test the...
- The Department of Health and Human Services' National Institutes of Health's National Institute on Aging awarded $865,905 under the Aging Research program (CFDA 93.866) to Careband, Inc. to develop the Appraise to Assist system. This project grant will support Careband and its partner Eperture LLC to engineer a system integrating Careband's wearable device and Eperture's tablet platform. The system aims to passively and unobtrusively monitor, empirically measure, and facilitate engagement...
This Project Grant award from the National Institute on Aging (CFDA 93.866 - Aging Research) provides $242,902 to Yale University to develop and pilot test a novel text messaging intervention to improve emergency department (ED) care transitions for care partners of persons living with cognitive impairment. The objective is to create the "CAPTURE" (Care Partner Text Message Intervention to Improve Future Outcomes) program, an automated, tailored text messaging system that will provide information, reminders, and practical support to these care partners during the critical post-ED discharge period. The award will fund the initial development and testing of this digital health tool, which aims to enhance communication and outcomes for this vulnerable patient population and their caregivers.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $242.9k | 9/9/25 |