Alzheimer's Research Studies

Informal caregiving for persons with dementia (PWD) who are living at home typically involves multiple caregivers, but limited research has been done to examine the full scope of caregiving experienced by the many family members and/or friends involved in caregiving for PWD in the community. This novel study aims to characterize informal caregiving networks of PWD over time to help identify strategies for alleviating caregiver burden.

The Learning Skills Together study is a Zoom-delivered complex care training for family caregivers to persons living with dementia.

• As more people live to advanced old age it is critical to gain a greater understanding of their health status and functional abilities during their life in relation to aging and cognition as a whole. Knowledge gained from the Longevity Study will have a great impact in our understanding of the continual aging spectrum.
• This study is currently enrolling individuals, who are 50 years old and above who are willing to share information about their life.  There is a wait list to enroll into the study with the oldest individuals called first.

MindCrowd is a first-of-its-kind web-based memory study to identify cognitive performance outliers and to better understand their genetic differences. In Phase I, the goal is to have 1 million individuals, aged 18+, take the 10-minute online test and gather information for a more detailed Phase II study. 

PodCaring is a virtual study of the potential use of listening to the Dementia Untangled Podcast as an intervention to decrease anger, burden, depression and loneliness and increase confidence for caregivers. Dementia Untangled is a podcast developed by Banner Alzheimer’s Institute in 2021. Offering expert guidance and support for the millions of people living with dementia and their care partners, this award-winning podcast focuses on innovative ideas, practical strategies, and proven methods in an approachable, conversational format.

Do you or your partner live with dementia? University of Michigan researchers want to learn about how daily experiences and sleep patterns influence well-being and brain health!

SLEEPMATE aims to find out whether a tailored cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia intervention can improve sleep for both persons living with cognitive changes and their caregivers. Sleep disturbances are highly prevalent in these pairs, and they increase the risks for many psychological and cognitive health issues for both persons. This research will help to determine if the behavioral intervention plan provided is practical and useful for pairs experiencing sleep problems.

PPMI seeks to understand how Parkinson’s disease starts and changes over time, who gets it and why. It follows people both with and without Parkinson’s to learn more about these processes. The overall goal of PPMI is to identify markers of disease progression for use in clinical trials for new drug development to treat or even prevent PD before it begins.

The aim of this research study is to investigate techniques that older adults can use benefit the performance of memory tasks into late life.

The Center for BrainHealth® at The University of Texas at Dallas is leading a study called The BrainHealth Project. This study aims to find effective ways to measure, track, and improve brain health throughout life. We plan to enroll and track up to 100,000 healthy adults ages 18+ for at least ten years. You can participate entirely online.

Learn more at www.thebrainhealthproject.org