Care & Caregiving: Caregiver Resilience and Wellbeing

Expand research on facilitators and barriers to the resilience, health, and wellbeing of care partners of persons living with AD/ADRD.

2029 RFA-AG-25-002: Consortium for Palliative Care Research Across the Lifespan (U54 Clinical Trial Optional) 13.W In Progress DN Relevant 2023 Dementia Care Summit G&Os: 5.3, 8.3 Research on Care and Caregiver Support 2024

  • Support at least 6 research projects or activities to better understand and address care partner overall wellbeing, including on topics such as:
    • How policies and practices at the system, local, state, and national levels impact care partner resilience, health, and wellbeing.
    • Inequities and disparities in access to supports and services for care partners.
    • The differential effects and implications of policies and practices on care partners in various priority populations (See NIA Health Disparities Research Framework ).
    • The impact of end-of-life care and the post-caregiving period (i.e., after the person living with dementia has passed) on care partners’ health and overall wellbeing and quality of life.