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...
This Project Grant award from the National Institute on Aging (CFDA 93.866 - Aging Research) provides $599,972 to the Regents of the University of Michigan to develop new measures for characterizing the financial hardship, including financial stress, strain, asset depletion, and financial toxicity, experienced by families of individuals living with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD). The 5-year project will involve conducting qualitative interviews, developing new item pools, and...
This federal Project Grant award, provided by the National Institute on Aging (CFDA 93.866 Aging Research), is funding the development and validation of novel item banks to quantify financial hardship and health disparities experienced by individuals living with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD) and their family caregivers. The $1,578,577 award, which began on August 15, 2024 and runs through June 30, 2029, aims to identify the experiences of financial hardship, calibrate the item...
The National Institute on Aging awarded a $539,635 Project Grant under the Aging Research program (CFDA 93.866) to The RAND Corporation to develop a family-based macro-simulation model examining the supply and demand of care for Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD). The project aims to simulate individual- and family-level economic and well-being outcomes based on the factors influencing ADRD caregiving, including care needs, caregiver availability, and the cost of formal care. The...
This $562,314 federal Project Grant awarded by the National Institute on Aging under the Aging Research program (CFDA 93.866) supports a 3-year study to identify risk and protective factors associated with psychosocial resilience in spousal caregivers for spouses with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias. The study leverages data from several large, longitudinal cohort studies, including the Health and Retirement Study, to examine how caregivers' well-being, mental health, and cognitive...
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...
This Project Grant award from the National Institute on Aging (CFDA 93.866 Aging Research program) provides $1,595,708 to the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center in Seattle, WA to develop a suite of measures that can screen for financial hardship in people with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (AD/ADRD) and their families/caregivers. The project will conduct interviews to identify key indicators of financial hardship unique to AD/ADRD, create preliminary measures, and use item response theory...
This Project Grant award from the National Institute on Aging (CFDA 93.866 - Aging Research) provides $198,995 to the University of Utah to conduct a study on the financial impact of Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (AD/ADRD) on family caregivers and their social networks. The key objectives are to: 1) engage diverse family caregivers and their social networks to identify areas of financial impact, 2) develop and pilot a comprehensive quantitative measure of the financial impact of...
This Project Grant award, funded by the National Institute on Aging under CFDA 93.866 Aging Research, will support a longitudinal study to examine informal caregiving networks for older adults with dementia. The total award amount is $1,030,776.00 with a project period from September 15, 2024 to May 31, 2029. The study will use a multi-informant, social network approach to characterize informal caregiving networks, including network properties, member composition, and caregiving role...
This Project Grant award from the National Institute on Aging (CFDA 93.866 - Aging Research) will provide $840,931 to Duke University to conduct research on characterizing family structure, care utilization, and well-being among persons with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD) in the Asian region. The project aims to (1) identify major types of family structures for dementia caregiving across countries, (2) assess factors associated with these family structures, and (3) evaluate how...