Development of a Lived Experience Panel to inform the design of embedded pragmatic trials of dementia care interventions October 3, 2023 A new publication by members of IMPACT’s Engaging Partners Team and Lived Experience Panel, as well as collaborators from the Alzheimer’s Association describes the process and experience of recruiting, selecting and convening the IMPACT Lived Experience ...

The National Institute on Aging (NIA) Imbedded Pragmatic Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) and AD-Related Dementias (AD/ADRD) Clinical Trials (IMPACT) Collaboratory (U54AG063546) is pleased to announce the inaugural recipients of the 2023 Real World Data Scholar Program in collaboration with the Long Term Care (LTC) Data Cooperative (U54AG063546-S6). This new program supports the development of early-career faculty, postdoctoral ...

Frontiers in antimicrobial stewardship: antimicrobial use during end-of-life care October 2, 2023 IMPACT member Rupak Datta, MD, PhD, and Seohyuk Lee, published a commentary highlighting the use, gaps and future direction of antimicrobial use during end-of-life care. The authors outline how antibiotic use is widespread among patients receiving palliative care and that there are many health and ...

“Caregiving is teamwork…” Information sharing in home care for older adults with disabilities living in the community  October 1, 2023 IMPACT Career Development Awardee and Faculty Scholar Chanee Fabius, PhD, is among authors that published an article exploring the challenges of information sharing in community-based long-term services and supports (LTSS) for older adults with disabilities, focusing on ...

IMPACT 2021 Faculty Scholar Kalisha Bonds Johnson participated in a Gerontological Society of America (GSA) webinar discussing the theme of its upcoming annual meeting, “Building Bridges>Catalyzing Research>Empowering All Ages.” Bonds Johnson is the Emerging Scholars & Professionals Organization Chair of the GSA. She joined the GSA’s CEO, president, and other officials to share information about the ...

IMPACT Health Equity Team leader Maria Aranda, PhD, MSW  was featured in a segment on NPRs Morning Edition on September 18, 2023.  In the segment,  NPR’s A Martínez spoke with Dr. Aranda, of the USC Edward R. Roybal Institute on Aging, and Mario Tapia, founder of the Latino Center, about quality of care issues once ...

Preparing for pragmatic trials in dementia care: Health equity considerations for nonpharmacological interventions September 1, 2023 A team of IMPACT members discuss health equity considerations, provide case examples, and research strategies across ePCT study domains in a recent article in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. Authored by María P. Aranda PhD, MSW, MPA, LCSW,  Rosa ...

Patient and public involvement in pragmatic trials: online survey of corresponding authors of published trials September 11, 2023 There is little data on patient and public involvement (PPI) in pragmatic trials, including methods and outcomes. IMPACT member Monica Taljaard, PhD and a team of authors describe the prevalence and nature of PPI within pragmatic trials including the ...

Building Skills to Conduct Embedded Pragmatic Clinical Trials for People Living with Dementia and their Care Partners Wednesday, January 24th, 2024  |  11:00am – 3:30pm ET Thursday, January 25th, 2024  |  11:00am – 5:00pm ET Apply Now! 2024 modules will focus on: Understanding how to carry out sample size estimation for cluster randomized trials Engaging people with lived experience and community partners in ...

The needs of family caregivers of persons living with dementia cared for in primary care practices August 18, 2023 A new publication by IMPACT Pilot Grant Awardee Brent Forester, MD, MSc and co-authors, explores the challenges faced by informal caregivers providing unpaid support for individuals with dementia. The study investigates caregivers’ perceived abilities to handle dementia symptoms ...