Impact of dementia care training on nurse care managers’ interactions with family caregivers January 11, 2023 IMPACT Pilot Grant Awardee Brent Forester, MD, MSc and IMPACT member Christine Ritchie, MD, MSPH are among the authors of an article highlighting results from the CRESCENT (CaReEcoSystem primary Care Embedded demeNtia Treatment) study. The results demonstrate that focused dementia care ...

Although nonpharmacological approaches are considered first-line treatments for dementia-related behaviors, it is unclear as to their effectiveness for different racial groups. IMPACT’s Laura Gitlin, PhD, FGSA, FAAN, Nancy Hodgson, PhD, RN, FAAN, Lauren Parker, PhD (2021-2022 IMPACT Faculty Scholar) evaluated the effects of the Tailored Activity Program (TAP) on agitated and aggressive behaviors in Black ...

An article published by IMPACT Collaboratory members was included in a list published by Vox of five articles from 2022 that might change how people think about health care. The journal article, Evaluating the Findings of the IMPACT-C Randomized Clinical Trial to Improve COVID-19 Vaccine Coverage in Skilled Nursing Facilities, was published in JAMA Intern Medicine ...

Longitudinal associations between cognitive functioning and depressive symptoms among couples in the Mexican Health and Aging Study January 5, 2023 Employing a longitudinal, dyadic path analysis with the actor-partner interdependence model, IMPACT Design and Statistics Core executive committee member, Joan Monin, PhD, MS and former postdoc Design and Statistics Core member Katie Newkirk, PhD, MS, examine the ...

Power analyses for stepped wedge designs with multivariate continuous outcomes December 24, 2022 IMPACT Collaboratory members Kendra Davis-Plourde, PhD, Monica Taljaard, PhD and Fan Li, PhD, recently co-authored an article published in Statistics in Medicine addressing power analyses for stepped wedge designs with multivariate continuous outcomes. Although multivariate outcomes are common in pragmatic cluster randomized trials, this article is ...

The IMPACT Collaboratory is pleased to announce two new recipients of the IMPACT Career Development Award Program. Recipients were selected from an impressive group of competitive applications. 2022 Cycle 4 NIA IMPACT Career Development Award Recipients Andrew Kiselica, PhD, University of Missouri Technology Assistance in Dementia (Tech- AiD) Komal Patel Murali, PhD, New York University Rory Meyers College of Nursing Barriers ...

Congratulations to Amy Kelley, MD, MSHS, former member of IMPACT’s Patient and Caregiver Relevant Outcomes (PCRO) Core, on her new role as deputy director of the National Institute on Aging (NIA)! In a recent blog post, she shares her priorities for the position and her career arch, including the time she spent partnering with IMPACT. To ...

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) recently released their 2022 Scientific Progress Report on Advancing Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias and included the IMPACT Collaboratory as a highlight of real word applications of dementia research. The NIH is working toward the ambitious goal of preventing and effectively treating Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias by 2025. The ...

Ethical analysis of vulnerabilities in cluster randomized trials involving people living with dementia in long-term care homes November 26, 2022 Emily Largent, PhD, JD, RN, Monica Taljaard, PhD, Susan Mitchell, MD, MPH introduce a framework for identifying vulnerabilities. Cluster randomized trials (CRT) promise to improve the quality of care and quality of life for people living with ...

Design Considerations for Embedded Pragmatic Clinical Trials of Advance Care Planning Interventions for Persons Living With Dementia November 21, 2022 Sandra Shi, MD (2022-2023 IMPACT Faculty Scholars Program), Emily Largent, PhD, JD, RN, Ellen McCreedy, PhD, MPH, Susan Mitchell, MD, MPH describe a framework for the construction of embedded pragmatic clinical trials (ePCTs) of advance care planning ...