Berridge and Team Members Awarded Grant from the Massachusetts General Hospital Roybal Center for Dyadic Research in Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias
Posted: 9/26/2024 (CSDE Research)
CSDE Affiliate Clara Berridge (Social Work) has been awarded a $777,488 grant to conduct a two-year pilot through the new Massachusetts General Hospital Roybal Center for Behavioral Dyadic Research in Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias, supported by NIA. Berridge, David Huh (Social Work), and other members of the study team at the Clinical Informatics Research Group will conduct an RCT to test mechanisms and outcomes of Let’s Talk Tech, the first tool to help care partners and people living with dementia understand and make decisions about digital health technologies. A goal of this dyadic intervention is to enable families to identify and discuss preferences about technology use held by people living with dementia and mild cognitive impairment and to prepare their care partners to make informed, person-centered decisions in the future. This research will continue to advance scientific knowledge about how to enable empowered shared decision making about digital health technologies in the context of an expanding field of AI-integrated devices.