Rochester Roybal Center for Social Ties and Aging Research

摘要 罗切斯特罗伊巴尔社会关系与老龄化研究中心的试点核心的目标 (STAR中心）是进行多学科的科学活动，重点是开发，测试， 实施干预措施，以增加提供护理的中年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。制定的干预措施， 由星星中心试点核心支持，将是简短的，可接受的照顾者，并容易实施， 社区设置。 试点核心将负责增加以护理人员为重点的调查人员的渠道 干预措施（目标1），支持星星中心的科学活动（目标2），并实现科学愿景 通过在所有拨款年度进行原则驱动的试点研究，并将研究沿着NIH 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，以便对中心活动进行综合监督。 试点核心将建立一个行为干预组合，以促进不同领域的连通性。 ADRD治疗情况。在照顾患有ADRD的亲人的背景下， 并由一系列复杂的生物心理社会因素维持。为了有效地增加连通性- 或防止失去联系-需要一套不同的行为策略。星星中心 试点核心将促进行为干预组合的发展，可以结合在一个 阶梯式护理，模块化格式，以满足各种护理人员和引导人员的需求和挑战 通过对行动机制的了解，采取有希望的干预措施，促进执行和传播。

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.