Project Grant R41AG063640

The National Institute on Aging (NIA) awarded a $232,485 Project Grant (CFDA 93.866 - Aging Research) to the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) to adapt and test the feasibility of an AI-enabled web application based on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) for family caregivers of people with dementia. The key objectives of this 2-year project grant are to: 1) adapt the existing ACT-based web application to meet the needs of family caregivers of people with dementia through...

The National Institute on Aging (NIA), under the Aging Research Federal Grant Program (CFDA 93.866), awarded a $1,010,368 Project Grant to Koronis Biomedical Technologies Corporation (KBT) to develop and validate a novel cognitive intervention system to support informal caregivers and families of individuals living with mild cognitive impairment (MCI), Alzheimer's disease (AD), or other related dementias (ADRD). The proposed research aims to create an in-home cognitive training platform that...

This Project Grant award from the National Institute on Aging under the Aging Research program (CFDA 93.866) provides $241,500 to the University of California, Davis to develop and test an online Emergency Preparedness Toolkit (EPT) for spousal caregivers of patients with dementia. The overarching goal is to engage these caregivers in planning for their own unexpected health emergencies, which can disrupt the caregiving relationship. The project will first develop the online EPT and then compare...

This Project Grant award from the National Institute on Aging (CFDA 93.866 - Aging Research) provides $246,000 to The Regents of the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) to conduct research aimed at better understanding the needs, preferences, and priorities of family caregivers of persons living with dementia (PLWD) who also experience urinary incontinence (UI). The study will utilize focus groups, individual interviews, and participatory photography methodologies to capture the...

The Department of Health and Human Services' National Institute on Aging provided $2,340,878 under its Aging Research program (CFDA 93.866) to assess the long-term impact of expanded telemedicine use on dementia care. The Regents of the University of California, San Francisco will conduct a sequential mixed-methods study from 2022-2025 to characterize dementia patients' telemedicine use in Kaiser Permanente Northern California and UCSF Health primary care settings. The study will analyze...

This $349,333.00 Project Grant award from the National Institute on Aging (CFDA 93.866 - Aging Research) supports the development and feasibility testing of a virtual reality (VR) platform called VR-CARES. The objective is to create a VR-based support system to alleviate loneliness, stress, and burnout among home healthcare workers providing in-home dementia care. The VR-CARES platform will leverage Rendever, Inc.'s existing VR technology to enable virtual support groups, shared activities,...

This $443,758 Project Grant awarded by the National Institute on Aging (CFDA 93.866 - Aging Research) to Northwestern University aims to evaluate the use of over-the-counter (OTC) hearing aids for improving communication outcomes in older adults with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) or early Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD). The study will run from September 2023 to August 2025. Under this award, Northwestern University will lead a randomized trial to compare the communication...

The National Institute on Aging (NIA), under the Aging Research Federal Grant Program (CFDA 93.866), awarded a $499,796 Project Grant to Clear Session, Inc. to develop a personalized digital visualization tool to improve communication between clinicians, Latino Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD) patients, and their caregivers. The project, which runs from September 2024 to August 2025, aims to create a linguistically and culturally tailored solution that enhances healthcare...

This Project Grant award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) under the Trans-NIH Research Support program (CFDA 93.310) provides $441,250 to the University of California, Davis (UC Davis) to develop and validate a telehealth-delivered expressive language assessment tool for individuals with Down syndrome. The project aims to expand the accessibility and language capabilities of the Expressive Language Sampling-Narrative (ELS-N) procedure, which has shown promise as a psychometrically...

This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (CFDA 93.865 - Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research) provides $244,190 to the Research Triangle Institute (RTI International) to conduct a feasibility study of the Parent Infant Interaction Intervention (PIXI), a telehealth-based early intervention program designed to support families of infants with rare neurogenetic conditions. The key products and services to be delivered under this...