This federal Project Grant award from the National Institute on Aging (CFDA 93.866 - Aging Research) provides $397,721 to The Leland Stanford Junior University to enhance the implementation, effectiveness, and reach of Geriatric Emergency Departments (GEDs) for older adults with Alzheimer's and related dementias (ADRD). The primary goals are to: 1) Identify GED care processes associated with reduced hospitalizations and increased hospital-free days for ADRD patients, 2) Analyze barriers,...
This federal Project Grant award from the National Institute on Aging (CFDA 93.866 - Aging Research) provides $182,693 to the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) to investigate the role of home care cooperatives in home health aide (HHA) turnover, job quality, and care quality. The primary goals are to develop and deploy a survey to measure the association between the cooperative model and HHA workforce outcomes, as well as design and pilot test a digital training product to improve HHA...
This Project Grant award from the National Institute on Aging (CFDA 93.866 - Aging Research) provides $161,270 to the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) to develop a national Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) training program focused on improving health equity for minority older adults. The overarching goal is to build a cadre of geriatrics, gerontology, and palliative care researchers, clinicians, and administrators across the U.S. with the skills to leverage CBPR to foster...
The Center For Excellence In Aging & Geriatric Health was awarded a $999,623.00 Cooperative Agreement by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Community Living under the Alzheimer's Disease Program Initiative (ADPI) (CFDA 93.470). The purpose of the 3-year project is to develop and expand the availability of dementia-capable supports and services for persons with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias. Specifically, the project will focus on developing a...
The Wright Center for Graduate Medical Education (The Wright Center) received a $1.12 million Project Grant award from the Health Resources and Services Administration under the Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education Payment program (THCGME, CFDA 93.530) to support medical residency training from July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2024. The Wright Center is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit graduate medical education consortium that sponsors several community-based primary care residency...
This $150,000 Project Grant from the Department of Health and Human Services' National Institutes of Health National Institute on Aging will support the Gerontological Society of America's Biological Sciences Section program at the 2021 Annual Scientific Meeting in Phoenix, Arizona from April 1, 2021 through March 31, 2022. The program aims to highlight high-quality, translational aging research and promote exchange of information across disciplines through a single-track meeting program...
This five-year, $3,732,394 Project Grant award from the National Institute on Aging (CFDA 93.866 - Aging Research) supports a cluster randomized trial to evaluate the effectiveness of the Palliative Care Education in Assisted Living for Dementia Care Providers (PCEAL-DCP) intervention. The study aims to improve documentation of advance care planning discussions and hospice use among assisted living residents with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias. The University of South Florida will...
This federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Nurse Education, Practice, Quality and Retention (NEPQR) Federal Grant Program (CFDA 93.359) provides $2,000,000 in funding to the University of the Pacific School of Health Sciences. The goal of the Pacific Nursing Workforce Education Program (PNWEP) is to create an educational pipeline for disadvantaged students in the Central and Sacramento...
This Project Grant award from the National Institute on Aging (Federal Grant Program 93.866, Aging Research) provides $7,997,945 to The Regents of the University of California, San Francisco to support the "Advancing Diagnosis of Dementia in Primary Care Practice (ADDPCP)" project. The key objectives of this project are to: 1) demonstrate that primary care providers can accurately distinguish mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease dementia from other neurodegenerative...
The National Institute on Aging awarded a $671,042 Project Grant (CFDA 93.866 - Aging Research) to The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania to conduct research on the economic policies and working conditions that impact the dementia care workforce and their patients living with dementia. The project will analyze the effects of wage changes, staffing regulations, and unionization on home health care workers and nursing home staff, with a focus on how these workforce factors relate to...