OLDER ADULTS LIVING WITH DEMENTIA AND THEIR INFORMAL CAREGIVERS: RECIPROCAL IMPACTS OF CAREGIVING AND SERIO…
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Assistance award details
- Assistance award identifier
- ASST_NON_R00AG075145_075
- FAIN
- R00AG075145
- Recipient
- REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
- Awarding agency
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Funding agency
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Assistance listing (CFDA)
- 93.866
- Total obligated
- $822,297
- Period
- Sep 10, 2022 – Feb 28, 2027
- Fiscal year
- 2024
- Place of performance state
- MI
- Source file
- FY2024_All_Assistance_Full_20261006.zip
Description
OLDER ADULTS LIVING WITH DEMENTIA AND THEIR INFORMAL CAREGIVERS: RECIPROCAL IMPACTS OF CAREGIVING AND SERIOUS ILLNESS ON HEALTH CARE OUTCOMES - PROJECT SUMMARY ALZHEIMERâS DISEASE AND OTHER DEMENTIAS ARE A GROWING PUBLIC HEALTH CONCERN, CURRENTLY AFFECTING NEARLY 8 MILLION OLDER ADULTS AND 16 MILLION INFORMAL CAREGIVERS IN THE U.S. INFORMAL CAREGIVINGâUNPAID CARE BY FAMILY MEMBERS OR FRIENDSâFOR PERSONS LIVING WITH DEMENTIA (PLWD) IS UNIQUELY DEMANDING, WITH SIGNIFICANT FINANCIAL AND EMOTIONAL IMPACTS. WHILE THE POPULATION CONTINUES TO AGE AND THE NUMBER OF PLWD REQUIRING ASSISTANCE GROWS, THE POOL OF POTENTIAL INFORMAL CAREGIVERS IS ALSO CONTRACTING, CREATING INTENSE PRESSURE TO MAINTAIN THE HEALTH AND WELLBEING OF BOTH CAREGIVERS AND THE PLWD FOR WHOM THEY PROVIDE CARE. THERE IS AN URGENT NEED TO UNDERSTAND HOW INFORMAL CAREGIVING IMPACTS BOTH PLWD AND CAREGIVER HEALTH CARE USE, AND HOW SERIOUS ILLNESS FOR A PLWD OR CAREGIVER IMPACTS THE HEALTH CARE USE OF THE OTHER MEMBER OF THE DYAD, TO INFORM FUTURE CAREGIVER INTERVENTIONS AND POLICY. THE GOAL OF THIS K99/R00 PATHWAY TO INDEPENDENCE AWARD IS TO PREPARE DR. LIANLIAN LEI FOR A CAREER AS A SUCCESSFUL INDEPENDENT HEALTH SERVICES INVESTIGATOR FOCUSED ON DISENTANGLING THE LINKS BETWEEN INFORMAL CAREGIVING AND HOW PLWD AND THEIR CAREGIVERS ENGAGE AND INTERACT WITH THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM. DR. LEIâS BACKGROUND AND TRAINING IN HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH, POLICY, AND ECONOMICS PROVIDE HER WITH A SOLID FOUNDATION FOR THE PROPOSED WORK, BUT IN ORDER TO TRANSITION TO INDEPENDENCE SHE REQUIRES ADDITIONAL SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE THAT WILL BE GAINED THROUGH A COORDINATED PROGRAM OF RESEARCH, MENTORSHIP, AND DIDACTICS DURING THE K99 PHASE OF THE AWARD PERIOD. THIS WILL INCLUDE TRAINING AND EXPERIENCES IN: (1) CLINICAL EXPOSURE TO CAREGIVERS OF PLWD; (2) SKILLS TO ANALYZE COMPLEX, NATIONALLY REPRESENTATIVE SURVEY DATA; (3) ADVANCED METHODS OF CAUSAL INFERENCE USING ECONOMETRIC MODELS; AND (4) CAREER SKILLS NEEDED TO TRANSITIO