A review of pragmatic trials found a high degree of diversity in design and scope, deficiencies in reporting and trial registry data, and poor indexing March 28, 2021 IMPACT Collaboratory members Spencer Hey, PhD and Monica Taljaard, PhD are among the authors of a review of pragmatic clinical trials recently published online in the Journal of Clinical ...

The IMPACT-C supplement award recently shared the results of their “town hall” style discussions with frontline nursing home staff in a journal article and podcast. The findings were shared in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society on March 25th. The study included one hundred and ninety three staff from 50 facilities who participated in 26 ...

Researchers from the IMPACT Collaboratory were among the team examining whether a systematic approach to address advance care planning (ACP) during a COVID-19 outbreak and its impact on the incidence of new do-not-hospitalize (DNH) directives among long-term care (LTC) residents. Susan L. Mitchell, MD, MPH and Sarah D. Berry, MD, MPH co-authored the publication in ...

The NIA IMPACT Collaboratory is happy to announce the recipients of its second cycle (2A) of the IMPACT Pilot Grant award program. Recipients were selected from an impressive group of competitive applications. IMPACT Collaboratory Pilot Grant Award Recipients (RFA 2020) Joan Carpenter, PhD, CRNP, University of Maryland School of Nursing Implementation of a Telehealth Palliative Care Model for ...

The NIA IMPACT Collaboratory has been featured in a New York Times opinion piece about the effects of COVID-19 restrictions on people living with dementia and their caregivers. Jill Harrison, PhD, Executive Director of the IMPACT Collaboratory, and Jason Karlawish, MD, the leader of the Ethics & Regulation Core are quoted, as is Sarah Berry, ...

The NIA IMPACT Collaboratory is pleased to announce three new funding opportunities; Pilot Grants Cycle 3A, and funding opportunities for two new programs, Demonstration Projects and Health Care Systems (HCS) Scholars . These three funding opportunities will support research and training aimed at increasing the nation’s capacity to conduct pragmatic clinical trials (ePCTs) of non-pharmacological ...

“Advocating Every Single Day” so as Not to be Forgotten: Factors Supporting Resiliency in Adult Day Service Centers Amidst COVID-19-Related Closures January 29, 2021 Tina Sadarangani, PhD, RN, a 2020 IMPACT Career Development Awardee, among authors of publication on consequences of Adult day centers closing due to COVID-19 and the factors supporting their resiliency. ABSTRACT Adult day centers (ADCs) are ...

The NIA IMPACT Health Care Systems Core recently launched its Learning Health Network, to connect health care practice and research for people living with dementia and their care partners. The Learning Health Network is a consortium of individuals, organized into 4 unique communities representing unique settings of care for people living with Alzheimer’s disease and ...

For scientists pursuing careers in embedded pragmatic clinical trials for people living with Alzheimer’s disease and Alzheimer’s disease-related dementias (AD/ADRD) and their care partners. Informational Webinars Tuesday, January 19, 2021 at 2:00 pm ET: Registration closed. Wednesday, February 3, 2021 at 3:00 pm ET: Registration closed. Application Period Opens January 18, 2021 Proposals Due April 2, 2021 @ 5pm ET Read full Request ...

Keith Goldfeld, member of the Executive Committee of the IMPACT Design & Statistics Core (DSC), is part of the IMPACT Collaboratory study examining the rollout of COVID-19 vaccine in nursing homes. He recently authored a blog post describing the statistical approach to the study. The effort involves a cluster randomized trial (CRT) to evaluate the effectiveness ...