Comparative Effectiveness of Two Methods for Assigning Care Coordinators to People Living With Dementia   June 14, 2025  Investigators conducted a pragmatic clinical trial embedded in a Medicare accountable care organization exploring comparative effectiveness of two strategies for assigning care coordinators to people living with dementia (PLWD) and their caregivers.   The intervention being tested did not prove to be ...

 An Embedded Pragmatic Clinical Trial of the Individualized Positive Psychosocial Interaction (IPPI) Program   June 12, 2025  Katherine Abbott, PhD, MGS, and team share results from the IMPACT-funded pilot study testing the integration of the Individualized Positive Psychosocial Interaction (IPPI) program into nursing home care for people living with dementia.  Nursing home staff were trained in emotion-focused communication and ...

Invested Partner Feedback on Technology Assistance in Dementia (Tech-AiD)   June 11, 2025  IMPACT Career Development Awardee, Andrew Kiselica, PhD, and team employ multimethod evaluating partner perceptions of a novel behavioral intervention, Technology Assistance in Dementia (Tech-AiD).  Employing both quantifiable surveys and qualitative methods, the team gathered feedback from 20 participants.  Feedback reflected optimism among participants who rated the ...

Enhancing Interpretation of Cognitive Changes in Alzheimer’s Intervention Trials: Application of Standardized Regression-Based Change Scores   May 25, 2025  IMPACT Career Development Awardee, Andrew Kiselica, PhD, among authors exploring the use of standardized regression-based (SRB) change indices to understand equivocal behavioral intervention trial results.  Using trial data from the Digital Cognitive Multidomain Alzheimer’s Risk Velocity (DC-MARVEL) randomized controlled clinical ...

Incidence of Long COVID diagnoses in 3.6 million US Medicare beneficiaries with COVID-19 May 15, 2025 Vince Mor, PhD and team quantify the incidence of Long COVID among older adults and describe the association between COVID-19 vaccination and the risk for Long COVID. The research team used Medicare Part A and B data for this cohort study which ...

Emergency Department Utilization Among Co-Residing Family Caregivers of Persons Living With Dementia May 10, 2025 IMPACT Career Development Awardee, Cameron Gettel, MD and team, including Ula Hwang, MD, MPH, and Joan Monin, PhD, MS, describes healthcare utilization patterns of caregivers of people living with dementia (PLWD). Using data from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS), this observational cohort ...

Interventions and Predictors of Transition to Hospice for People Living With Dementia: An Integrative Review May 1, 2025 IMPACT Career Development Awardees Komal Patel Murali, PhD, RN, and Tina Sadarangani, PhD, RN, ANP-BC, GNP-BC, and others including IMPACT member Ab Brody, PhD, RN, FAAN, conduct integrative review of articles published between 2000 and 2023 to assess existing ...

Leveraging data, technology, and policy to address disparities for persons living with Alzheimer’s disease and Alzheimer’s disease related dementias April 29, 2025 The recent publication from IMPACT Career Development Awardees Chanee Fabius, PhD and Tina Sadarangani, PhD, RN, ANP-BC, GNP-BC among others, highlights the gaps and opportunities for addressing disparities in AD/ADRD care presented in the Disparities ...

External validation of a proprietary risk model for 1-year mortality in community-dwelling adults aged 65 years or older April 29, 2025 The new publication by IMPACT Career Development Awardee, Erica Frechman, PhD, and IMPACT community members Jeff Williamson, MD, Nicholas Pajewski, PhD, and Jennifer Gabbard, MD, among others, examines the discrimination, calibration, and algorithmic fairness of the Epic ...

Detection and differentiation of undiagnosed dementia in the emergency department: A pilot referral pathway April 21, 2025 In this publication, IMPACT funded investigators Ula Hwang, MD, MPH, Cameron Gettel, MD, and Scott Dresden, MD, MS, among others presents the outcomes of an IMPACT pilot study exploring the feasibility of emergency department (ED) clinicians screening and referring older ...