THE CAREGIVER RESOURCE ROOM: ENHANCING SUPPORT FOR CAREGIVERS OF ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE AND RELATED DEMENTIAS…
Federal financial assistance recorded from USAspending. This is not a procurement contract.
Assistance award details
- Assistance award identifier
- ASST_NON_R00AG073509_075
- FAIN
- R00AG073509
- Recipient
- UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
- Awarding agency
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Funding agency
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Assistance listing (CFDA)
- 93.866
- Total obligated
- $770,835
- Period
- Sep 1, 2021 – May 31, 2026
- Fiscal year
- 2023
- Place of performance state
- CA
- Source file
- FY2023_All_Assistance_Full_20261006.zip
Description
THE CAREGIVER RESOURCE ROOM: ENHANCING SUPPORT FOR CAREGIVERS OF ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE AND RELATED DEMENTIAS (ADRD) - WITH NEARLY 6 MILLION CASES OF ALZHEIMERâS DISEASE AND RELATED DEMENTIAS (ADRD) DIAGNOSED IN THE UNITED STATES IN 2019, THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF ADRD CAREGIVERS IS OF CRITICAL IMPORTANCE. PROMOTING THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF ADRD CAREGIVERS IS AN EFFECTIVE WAY TO SUPPORT THESE UNPAID STAPLES OF ADRD CARE. ALTHOUGH INTERVENTIONS TARGETING ADRD CAREGIVERS CONTINUES TO ACCELERATE, LITTLE ATTENTION HAS BEEN PAID TO CAREGIVERSâ USE OF SUPPORTIVE SERVICES, WHICH REMAINS STRIKINGLY LOW. THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS K99/R00 APPLICATION IS TO ENABLE DR. FALZARANO TO DEVELOP THE NECESSARY EXPERTISE TO DESIGN, IMPLEMENT, AND EVALUATE STUDIES FOCUSED ON LEVERAGING TECHNOLOGY TO SUPPORT AND ADDRESS ADRD CAREGIVERSâ MULTIFARIOUS NEEDS. IN THE K99 PHASE, DR. FALZARANO WILL WORK TOWARD ACHIEVING FIVE TRAINING OBJECTIVES THAT WILL PREPARE HER TO TRANSITION TO BECOME AN INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATOR WHO DESIGNS AND EVALUATES EVIDENCE-BASED TECHNOLOGIES TO ENHANCE TAILORED CAREGIVER SUPPORT. FIRST, SHE WILL EXTEND HER KNOWLEDGE IN SUBSTANTIVE AREAS INCLUDING DEMENTIA CAREGIVING AND FRONT-END AND BACK-END SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT. SECOND, SHE WILL LEARN HOW TO DEVELOP, IMPLEMENT, AND TEST BEHAVIORAL INTERVENTIONS WITH AN EMPHASIS ON COLLABORATION WITH COMMUNITY PARTNERS. THIRD, SHE WILL RECEIVE TRAINING IN STATISTICAL METHODS TO EXAMINE FEASIBILITY, ACCEPTABILITY, AND PRELIMINARY EFFECTIVENESS IN RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS (RCTS). FOURTH, SHE WILL LEARN ABOUT MEASUREMENT DEVELOPMENT AND PSYCHOMETRIC VALIDATION OF ASSESSMENTS FOR ADRD CAREGIVERS. FIFTH, DR. FALZARANO WILL PURSUE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES, PARTICULARLY IN THE AREAS OF GRANT WRITING, LEADERSHIP, AND INTEGRATION OF RESEARCH AND WEB DEVELOPMENT TEAMS. THE FOUR PROPOSED RESEARCH AIMS WERE CHOSEN TO COMPLEMENT THE AREAS IDENTIFIED FOR CAREER DEVELOPMENT. AIM 1A WILL PROVIDE THE REQUISITE TRAINING AND EXP