Rochester Roybal Center for Social Ties and Aging Research

摘要 罗切斯特大学罗伊巴尔社会关系与老龄化研究中心的使命是促进 开发新的，原则指导的行为干预措施，促进社会联系， 衰老我们专注于一个高度脆弱的人群：那些谁提供照顾的家庭成员与 阿尔茨海默病或相关痴呆（ADRD）。睡眠对照顾者健康的长期影响是 很好的。照顾者也容易受到社会孤立，质量差的关系，和孤独-即， 社会脱节社会脱节是健康和福祉的关键决定因素和指标， 存在然而，在近端健康风险中，社会联系是一个严重缺乏研究的干预目标 这可能对护理人员的健康和福祉产生实质性影响。大学 罗切斯特罗伊巴尔社会关系与老龄化研究中心（星星中心）将通过以下方式实现其使命： 领导力和基础设施，促进必要的多学科合作，以有效地引导社会 连接性干预发展沿着NIH阶段模型的连续体。具体来说，星星 中心的目标是：提供领导和凝聚专业知识，以发展和促进社会联系 干预措施;刺激新的临床研究和多学科合作，以支持发展 机制知情，有效的行为干预，促进社会联系的照顾者， 家庭成员患有痴呆症;并提供坚实的支持性基础设施，促进科学生产力 在星星中心的调查人员中，以实现其使命。

Abstract The mission of the University of Rochester Roybal Center for Social Ties & Aging Research is to advance development of novel, principle-guided behavioral interventions that promote social connectedness for healthy aging. We focus on a highly vulnerable population: those who provide care for a family member with Alzheimer’s disease or related dementia (ADRD). The long-term effects of caregiving on caregivers’ health are well-established. Caregivers are also vulnerable to social isolation, poor quality relations, and loneliness – i.e., social disconnectedness. Social disconnectedness is a critical determinant and indicator of health and well- being. Yet, among proximal health risks, social connectedness is a gravely understudied target of intervention that has potential for substantive impact on the health and well-being of caregivers. The University of Rochester Roybal Center for Social Ties & Aging Research (the STAR Center), will achieve its mission through leadership and infrastructure that catalyzes multidisciplinary collaborations necessary to efficiently usher social connectedness intervention development along the continuum of the NIH Stage Model. Specifically, the STAR Center aims to: provide leadership and coalesce expertise to develop and advance social connectedness interventions; to stimulate novel clinical research and multidisciplinary collaborations to support development of mechanism-informed, effective behavioral interventions that promote social connectedness in caregivers of a family member with dementia; and to provide solid, supportive infrastructure that fosters scientific productivity among STAR Center investigators to achieve its mission.