Rochester Roybal Center for Social Ties and Aging Research

摘要 罗彻斯特皇家社会关系与老龄化研究中心试点核心的目标 （STAR 中心）旨在开展多学科科学活动，重点是开发、测试和 实施干预措施以增加提供护理的中年人和老年人的社会联系 对于患有阿尔茨海默病或相关痴呆症 (ADRD) 的家庭成员。制定干预措施并 STAR 中心试点核心的支持将是简短的、护理人员可以接受的，并且很容易在 社区设置。 试点核心将负责扩大以护理人员为重点的调查人员队伍 干预措施（目标 1）、支持 STAR 中心科学活动（目标 2）以及实现科学愿景 通过在所有拨款年度中进行原则驱动的试点研究，并引导 NIH 进行这些研究 阶段模型阶段（目标 3）。试点核心由中心的管理和行政部门管理 核心是允许对中心活动进行综合监督。 试点核心将建立一系列行为干预措施，以促进不同领域的联系 ADRD 护理情况。照顾患有 ADRD 的亲人时会导致社交脱节 并由一系列复杂的生物心理社会因素维持。为了有效地增加联系—— 或防止失去联系——需要一套多样化的行为策略。星中心 试点核心将促进一系列行为干预措施的发展，这些干预措施可以结合在 阶梯式护理、模块化格式，可满足不同护理人员和引座员的需求和挑战 通过了解行动机制，有希望采取干预措施来实施和传播。

Abstract The objective of the Pilot Core of the Rochester Roybal Center for Social Ties & Aging Research (STAR Center) is to conduct multidisciplinary scientific activities focused on developing, testing, and implementing interventions to increase social connectedness for middle age and older adults who provide care for a family member with Alzheimer's disease or related dementia (ADRD). Interventions developed and supported by the STAR Center Pilot Core will be brief, acceptable to caregivers, and easily implemented in community settings. The Pilot Core will be responsible for growing the pipeline of investigators focused on caregiver interventions (Aim 1), supporting STAR Center scientific activities (Aim 2), and carrying out the scientific vision by conducting principle-driven pilot studies throughout all grant years and ushering the studies along the NIH Stage Model phases (Aim 3). The Pilot Core is administered by the Center's Management and Administrative Core to allow for integrated oversight of Center activities. The Pilot Core will build a portfolio of behavioral interventions to promote connectedness in diverse ADRD caregiving situations. Social disconnection in the context of caring for a loved one with ADRD is caused and maintained by a complex constellation of biopsychosocial factors. To effectively increase connectedness— or prevent the loss of connectedness—a diverse set of behavioral strategies are needed. The STAR Center Pilot Core will foster the development of a portfolio of behavioral interventions that can be combined in a stepped care, modular format to meet the needs and challenges of a diverse set of caregivers and usher promising interventions towards implementation and dissemination by understanding of mechanisms of action.