The National Institute on Aging (NIA) awarded a 2-year, $290,190 Project Grant (CFDA 93.866) to Florida Atlantic University (FAU) to conduct an exploratory study on the caregiver networks of older adults living with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD). The study aims to apply social network analysis (SNA) to improve understanding of the real-world informal and professional caregiver networks that older adults rely on for day-to-day care. Key objectives include identifying how dementia caregiving tasks are shared among family, friends, and health professionals, and analyzing associations between caregiver network characteristics and outcomes such as care quality, costs, service utilization, and caregiver burden. The research is expected to support identification of at-risk individuals lacking adequate support, inform policy on the national dementia care workforce, and develop a SNA framework applicable to other illness contexts.
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