Dementia Caregiver Studies at Case Western Reserve University

12/22/2023

Our study office will be closed for the university's winter recess from 12/22/23 through 1/1/24. Happy holidays!

11/22/2023

We're so grateful for our study participants, especially during this month of recognition for all family caregivers!

10/05/2023

A few weeks ago, we officially celebrated the appointment of Dr. Zauszniewski, PhD, RN-BC, FAAN, as the inaugural Catherine Seibyl BSN, MSN, MPH Professor in Nursing, Research and Caregiving. At the ceremony, Medicine's Dr. Evan Deneris, was also honored as the inaugural John Seibyl MD Professor in Neurodegenerative Research. Congratulations to them both!

08/01/2023

As of today, 8/1, study enrollment is closed. Thank you to our 328 participants for your involvement!

06/22/2023

Participants needed!
We are looking to enroll a few more people in our study before recruitment closes soon. If your family member with dementia moved into a care facility within the last 12 months, you could be eligible for our study about caregiver stress and health. Send us a message to learn more!

05/28/2023

If you cared for a family member with dementia who passed away in the last year, you could be a good fit for our study - you learn a stress reduction method and provide feedback on its effectiveness.

05/16/2023

Happy Clinical Trials Awareness Week! We are still enrolling dementia family caregivers for our randomized clinical trial and participants do not have to come to CWRU at any time. You can check out our study info and other trials on ResearchMatch.

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05/10/2023

During Nurses Week 2023, we recognize all the nurses on our team and their invaluable contributions, especially our two PhD candidates, Hangying She and Rayhanah Almutairi! The Daily also highlighted the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing today.

Exactly 100 years ago, Frances Payne Bolton gifted Western Reserve University the largest endowment of its time to create an independent school of nursing. As celebratory centennial events take place throughout the year, Nurses Week (May 6-12) and National Nurses Month (recognized in May) offer the....

03/29/2023

Thank you so much to all our study participants and those who have shown an interest. We have reached 90% of our enrollment goal! Please send us a message soon if you'd like more information

03/15/2023

Research participants needed! Please send us a message if you are interested or follow this link to share your contact information https://redcap.case.edu/surveys/?s=C44X8XFTDDXDAM7M

02/23/2023

Congratulations to our principal investigator Dr. Zauszniewski on her award-winning abstract!

01/23/2023

What beautiful performanced by The Dancing Wheels Company about the dementia caregiving journey this past weekend! Thank you Cleveland Alzheimer's Disease Research Center for sharing a table with us to provide the community with information about dementia-related research happening in the greater Cleveland area!