ENHANCED DEMENTIA INSTRUCTION AND TOOL IN HOME HOSPICE CARE (EDITH-HC) - PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT THE LONG-…
Federal financial assistance recorded from USAspending. This is not a procurement contract.
Assistance award details
- Assistance award identifier
- ASST_NON_R00AG065624_075
- FAIN
- R00AG065624
- Recipient
- RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY
- Awarding agency
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Funding agency
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Assistance listing (CFDA)
- 93.866
- Total obligated
- $750,294
- Period
- Sep 1, 2021 – Aug 31, 2024
- Fiscal year
- 2021
- Place of performance state
- NJ
- Source file
- FY2021_All_Assistance_Full_20261006.zip
Description
ENHANCED DEMENTIA INSTRUCTION AND TOOL IN HOME HOSPICE CARE (EDITH-HC) - PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT THE LONG-TERM OBJECTIVE OF THIS K99/R00 APPLICATION IS TO DEVELOP DR. ELIZABETH LUTHâS CAPACITY TO CONDUCT STUDIES AIMED AT REDUCING CAREGIVER BURDEN AND IMPROVING CARE FOR PATIENTS WITH ALZHEIMERâS DISEASE AND RELATED DEMENTIAS (ADRD) NEARING THE END OF LIFE. IN THE K99 PHASE, THE PROPOSED PROJECT SUPPORTS DR. LUTH IN FOUR TRAINING OBJECTIVES THAT WILL ALLOW HER TO DEVELOP AND TRANSITION TO AN INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATOR WHO CREATES CULTURALLY INCLUSIVE, PRACTICAL, AND SCALABLE SOLUTIONS TO IMPROVE END-OF-LIFE CARE FOR PATIENTS WITH DEMENTIA. FIRST, SHE WILL EXTEND HER KNOWLEDGE IN CORE SUBSTANTIVE AREAS INCLUDING HOSPICE CARE, DEMENTIA CAREGIVING, AND RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION. SECOND, SHE WILL LEARN TO DEVELOP, IMPLEMENT, AND DISSEMINATE BEHAVIORAL INTERVENTIONS WITH AN EMPHASIS ON CLINICAL CARE SETTINGS, WORKFORCE TRAINING, AND COLLABORATION WITH COMMUNITY PARTNERS. THIRD, SHE WILL LEARN HOW TO DESIGN AND CONDUCT CLINICAL TRIALS FOR ADRD PATIENTS AND CAREGIVERS. FINALLY, FOR THE FOURTH TRAINING OBJECTIVE, DR. LUTH WILL PURSUE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES, SPECIFICALLY IN THE AREAS OF GRANT WRITING AND COLLABORATION. THE FOUR RESEARCH AIMS OF THIS APPLICATION WILL PROCEED AS FOLLOWS. AIM 1 WILL IDENTIFY COMMON CHALLENGES, STRATEGIES, AND GAPS IN CARE FOR AN UNDERSTUDIED POPULATION; THAT IS, COMMUNITY-DWELLING PATIENTS WITH DEMENTIA NEAR THE END OF LIFE. THIS AIM IS ACHIEVED THROUGH INTERVIEWING AND SURVEYING AFRICAN AMERICAN AND WHITE FAMILY CAREGIVERS AND HOSPICE CLINICIANS. AIM 2 USES KEY STAKEHOLDER (FAMILY CAREGIVERS, CLINICIANS, EXPERTS) FEEDBACK TO ADAPT DEMENTIA-FOCUSED TRAINING MATERIALS AND TO DEVELOP A PROBLEM SOLVING TOOL FOR HOME HOSPICE CLINICIANS TO IMPROVE CARE OUTCOMES. AIM 3 EXAMINES THE FEASIBILITY AND ACCEPTABILITY OF THE TRAINING AND TOOL AND REVISES THEM BASED ON AN ITERATIVE FEEDBACK PROCESS WITH FAMILY CAREGIVERS AND CLINICIANS. AIM