NRC: Improving Healthcare for Cognitively Impaired Elders and Their Caregivers

描述(申请人提供)：西北罗伊巴尔中心(NRC)的使命是通过基础行为和社会科学研究的翻译，改善认知障碍老年人、有认知障碍风险的中年和老年人及其照顾者的健康、幸福感、生活质量和生产力。NRC的重点是沿着老年人居住和接受护理的全连续环境(包括私人之家、退休社区、辅助生活住宅、成人家庭之家和熟练护理设施)，系统地和战略性地转化经过充分研究的评估方法和循证干预措施。NRC利用独特而成熟的优势：NWRGA，一个由NLH资助的社区研究20年的跨学科研究合作团队；UW护理学院(SON)，在美国的研究排名第一；ITHS，NLH资助的CTSA研究人员在华盛顿、怀俄明州、阿拉斯加、蒙大拿州和爱达荷州五个州地区的“协作室”，以及团体健康合作-健康研究中心，美国最大的HMO的一部分。NRC的目标是：(1)发展和维护支持和维持翻译研究的基础设施；(2)为试点研究提供行政、财政、技术和学术支持，这些研究涉及当前《全球行动纲领》确定的五个优先领域中的四个：“行为改变机制”、“利用生物行为风险机制延展性的新干预措施”、“影响老年人的新计划”和“家庭、工作场所的新计划或做法”。以及(3)加强和保持研究人员、从业者和消费者之间强有力的跨学科和跨机构伙伴关系，以确保在NRC的生命周期中，有希望的研究途径迅速和有效地转化为社区。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The mission of the Northwest Roybal Center (NRC) is to improve the health, well-being, quality of life and productivity of older adults with cognitive impairment, midlife and older adults at risk for cognitive impairment, and their caregivers through the translation of basic behavioral and social sciences research. The NRC focuses on the systematic and strategic translation of well-researched methods of assessment and evidence-based interventions along the full continuum of environments in which older adults reside and receive care (Including private homes, retirement communities, assisted living residences, adult family homes and skilled nursing facilities.) The NRC capitalizes on unique yet well-established strengths: the NWRGA, a collaborative team of interdisciplinary researchers with 20+ years of NlH-funded community based research; the UW School of Nursing (SoN), ranked #1 for research in the U.S; the ITHS, an NlH funded CTSA "collaboratory" of researchers throughout the five-state area of Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana and Idaho, and the Group Health Cooperative-Center for Health Studies, part of the largest HMO in the U.S. The aims of the NRC are to: (1) Develop and maintain an infrastructure that supports and sustains translational research; (2) Provide administrative, financial, technical, and scholarly support to pilot studies that address four of the five priority areas identified in the current FOA: "mechanisms of behavior change", "novel interventions exploiting the malleability of biobehavioral risk mechanisms", "novel...programs affecting older populations", and "novel programs or practices at homes, workplaces." and (3) Enhance and maintain strong interdisciplinary and interagency partnerships among researchers, practitioners, and consumers to ensure that promising avenues of research are translated into the community expeditiously and effectively over the course of the NRC's lifecycle.