This $2,278,636 Project Grant awarded by the National Institute on Aging (under CFDA 93.866 - Aging Research) aims to characterize and evaluate models of clinician care, predominantly nurse practitioners and physicians, that provide medical care to nursing home residents with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD). The key products and services to be delivered under this award include: Surveying a nationally representative sample of nursing home clinicians to gather data on their...
The National Institute on Aging awarded a $917,701 Project Grant (CFDA 93.866 - Aging Research) to Brigham & Women's Hospital Inc. in Boston, MA, a subsidiary of Partners Healthcare System Incorporated. The 5-year grant (9/16/2024 - 8/31/2029) will fund the implementation and evaluation of an Acute Hospital Care at Home (AHCAH) pathway specifically designed for persons living with dementia. The goal is to develop a national model that can help avoid the harms of hospitalization for this...
The National Institute on Aging (NIA) awarded a $3,374,303 Project Grant under the Aging Research Federal Grant Program (CFDA 93.866) to Weill Medical College of Cornell University to conduct the "Understanding Ambulatory Care Utilization in Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias (ACUA)" study. The project aims to examine the role of fragmented ambulatory care in the diagnosis and treatment of people living with dementia, including potential impacts on medication management,...
The National Institute on Aging (NIA) awarded a $2,112,538 Project Grant (CFDA 93.866 - Aging Research) to The Johns Hopkins University to study health care access, quality, and outcomes among individuals with dementia enrolled in Dual Eligible Special Needs Plans (D-SNPs). The project will use linked Medicare-Medicaid administrative data from 2021-2023 to compare the effectiveness of integrated D-SNPs versus non-integrated D-SNPs for Medicaid enrollees with Alzheimer's disease and related...
This $1,933,556 Project Grant awarded by the National Institute on Aging (NIA) under its Aging Research program (CFDA 93.866) will support research to assess the impact of hospital-based health information technology (hospital-HIT) on healthcare quality and equity for patients with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD). The primary awardee, the University of Maryland, College Park, will conduct a ten-year longitudinal study to evaluate how hospital-HIT systems that promote care...
This $671,042 Project Grant awarded by the National Institute on Aging (NIA), under the Aging Research federal grant program (CFDA 93.866), will fund a 5-year research project to analyze the impact of economic policies on the dementia care workforce and their patients. The key objectives are to study the effects of wage changes, staffing regulations, and unionization on outcomes for home health care and nursing home workers, including wages, turnover, and reliance on contract staff. The...
This federal Project Grant award, totaling $1,623,380.00, was provided by the National Institute on Aging (NIA) under the Aging Research program (CFDA 93.866) to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in West Hollywood, California. The project aims to examine the impact of physician, hospital, and skilled-nursing facility factors related to geriatric care on the number of days spent at home among individuals with Alzheimer's disease and Alzheimer's disease-related dementias. Specifically, the research will...
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 to:...
This Project Grant award from the National Institute on Aging (CFDA 93.866 - Aging Research) provides $7,997,945 to support a study titled "Advancing Diagnosis of Dementia in Primary Care Practice (ADDPCP)". The goal is to demonstrate the feasibility and accuracy of using a comprehensive diagnostic toolkit in primary care settings to improve early detection and diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease and other neurodegenerative dementias. The project will implement the toolkit across 5...
This federal Project Grant award from the National Institute on Aging (CFDA 93.866 - Aging Research) will leverage Medicare claims and clinical assessment data to investigate how changes in Medicare and Medicaid financing policies have impacted post-acute and long-term care utilization and health outcomes for persons living with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD). The $608,731 award to Brown University, with a sub-award to Harvard Medical School, will conduct a 5-year research...
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 related dementias. They will then assess whether capabilities like these associate with lower rates of potentially avoidable and all-cause hospitalizations for this patient population. Findings aim to provide evidence on how strengthening primary care delivery structures may improve outcomes for older adults with dementia, in line with the National Institute on Aging's mission to reduce illness burdens in aging. The Trustees of Columbia University will receive funding to conduct this research under the Aging Research program (CFDA 93.866), which supports biomedical, social and behavioral studies on aging processes and issues impacting older populations.