IMPACT Implementation Core Leader, Laura Gitlin, PHD, FGSA, FAAN, and IMPACT Pilot Grant Awardee, Helen Kales, MD are quoted in the recent New York Times article, “How to care for a loved one with dementia: 5 Expert Tips,” by Isabelle Taft. The article highlights the challenges to family members providing care for people living with dementia ...

PR Newswire distributed a press release announcing that Joseph E. Gaugler, PhD will be honored as the 2024 Distinguished Ambassador in Aging by the Aging Life Care Association®. Dr. Gaugler will be recognized following his keynote address “Alzheimer’s Disease Update: Testing, Treatment and Teamwork” on April 18 at the Royal Sonesta Downtown during the association’s 40th annual ...

The IMPACT Collaboratory is highlighted in a blog post by Lis Nielsen, director of NIA’s Division of Behavior and Social Research (DBSR), celebrating the National Institute on Aging’s 50th anniversary. In the blog, Dr. Nielsen reflects on NIA’s developments over its first five decades and looks forward to opportunities ahead. IMPACT is featured as an example ...

IMPACT member Jason Karlawish, MD, weighs in on a proposed Alzheimer’s diagnosis tool – a simple blood test. An independent Alzheimer’s working group is finalizing its recommendations for diagnosing Alzheimer’s based on the presence of amyloids in a blood test alone, independent of symptoms. Karlawish voices concern that the amyloid blood test is not yet ...

Dr. Tina Sadarangani’s CareMobi caregiver support mobile application (app) was featured in a national story on Specturm News. The CareMobi app is designed to help caregivers track patients health information, symptoms and other information needed to coordinate caregiving for older adults. The news feature describes how Sadarangani worked with caregivers, nurses, doctors and programmers to ...

IMPACT Career Development awardee Andrew Kiselica, Tech-AiD, weighed in on the impact of a mild cognitive impairment diagnosis, and ways to manage symptoms and slow progression in a recent opinion piece in the New York Times. Kiselica is an assistant professor of health psychology and a board-certified clinical neuropsychologist at the University of Missouri. He ...

Julie Bynum, MD, MPH, Core Leader of the IMPACT Technical Data Core and Thomas Travison, PhD, Associate Core Leader of the Design and Statistics Core, presented at the National Institute on Aging Summit Virtual Meeting Series: 2020 National Research Summit on Care, Services, and Supports for Persons with Dementia and Their Caregiver this summer. The ...

Editorial article by IMPACT’s Chris Callahan and Kathleen Unroe comments on the article by Epstein-Lubow et al. and the article by Jennings et al. The authors describe the need for a comprehensive approach to providing dementia care that would improve the outcomes for persons living with dementia and their caregivers

As part of the 40th anniversary of McKnight’s, McKnight’s Senior Living and McKnight’s Long-Term Care News are recognizing 40 notable newsmakers. Each week, the brands will highlight a new, high-profile leader from the past four decades. On Monday, September 28, they included IMPACT Collaboratory Principal Investigator Vince Mor on the list. “Numerous top-flight academic researchers delve into nursing home ...

Laura Gitlin, PhD, FGSA, FAAN and Joseph E. Gaugler, PhD, leaders of the IMPACT Implementation Core are among the authors of a recent journal article examining the use of Community Advisory Boards (CABs) in pragmatic clinical trials.  CABs have become increasingly common and important in translational research in health care including studies focusing on home ...