Health and Aging Lab

Dr. Washington was out in the Athens community today recruiting for the Virtual Respite Study. Please contact us for more information!

Contact us to learn about this virtual caregiver respite research study in Georgia!

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https://www.johnsoncitypress.com/uga-professor-receives-grant-to-work-on-virtual-alzheimers-respite-program/article_40d80534-56a2-55ae-b0af-0dfb2b45df80.html

UGA professor receives grant to work on virtual Alzheimer's respite program ATLANTA — Research that seeks to develop a student-delivered virtual respite program to support family caregivers will be explored by Tiffany Washington, an associate professor at the University of Georgia

Read about this exciting course we started a few years ago. Our students provided respite services to caregivers. During the respite visits, the students engaged the care receiver in tailored activities.

New service-learning course connects students with families dealing with dementia - UGA Public Service and Outreach Marissa Jones holds up a flash card featuring a U.S. president. “Do you recognize him?” “Do you know his name?” she asks when he doesn’t respond. Leo Jackson, a senior citizen with dementia, sits on the couch in his Athens... Full story

We are excited to be partnering with Alzheimer’s Ghana! This partnership grew out of my role as Director of our Ghana study abroad. We’re motivated by the legacy of their founder, Esther Dey, who passed away last fall. She was a relentless Alzheimer’s advocate!

Dr. Tiffany Washington was awarded the Global Research Collaboration Grant program sponsored by the Office of Research and the Office of Global Engagement for her project, Alzheimer’s Disease in Ghana: The Experience of Family Caregivers. Dr. Washington has served as the Director of the Interdisciplinary Study Abroad Program in Ghana Program since 2018. Under her leadership, she has cultivated a relationship with Alzheimer’s Ghana, and they will serve as partners in this exciting research endeavor.

Fun stuff happening in the Health & Aging Research Lab at
University of Georgia School of Social Work! We’re working on some exciting projects. I have the best GRAs!