ROCHESTER AREA PEPPER CENTER

罗切斯特大学和罗切斯特社区已经共同努力 建立老年美国独立中心(OAIC)。罗切斯特酒店 区域胡椒中心(RAPC)将利用 生物医学研究包括实验治疗学和生物统计学， 医疗保健创新和研究，以及临床护理计划 老年病和长期护理，启动干预研究，以改善 美国老年人保持独立的能力。这是一种新型的 中心基于观察到的临床功能障碍导致 依赖沿着一个连续体发生，治疗策略 从一级预防到三级预防，针对不同的基因座可能会减少 功能衰退。这些项目包括两项干预研究(急性 《老年人呼吸道感染》，W.Hall；尿失禁： 治疗算法，T.Wells)和两项干预发展研究 肌肉肥大和蛋白质合成：年龄的影响(S.Welle)和 卡马西平治疗痴呆症的激动症(P.Tariot)所有项目 解决导致功能性疾病的重要疾病/功能障碍 依赖。这些项目将利用三个核心(老年评估 (R.Panzer)，卫生服务研究(J.Zimmer)，生物统计学(M. Tanner)，以便整合临床数据并确定 他们计划的计划。RAPC已经制定了一项重大研究进展 核心以确保招募和培训未来的临床学者 都是成功的。罗切斯特社区是一个理想的环境 启动信息传播项目，并进行示范 项目。 总而言之，RAPC将成为#年的主导组织结构 在老龄化方面合并多个计划，这些计划将带来巨大的 中心的力量，并明确了一个多学科的使命 罗切斯特的老年项目。

The University of Rochester and the Rochester Community have joined efforts to establish an Older Americans Independence Center (OAIC). The Rochester Area Pepper Center (RAPC) will draw on the substantial resources in biomedical research including experimental therapeutics and biostatistics, health care innovations and research, and clinical care programs in geriatrics and long term care, to initiate intervention studies to improve the ability of older Americans to remain independent. The model of the Center is based on the observation that clinical dysfunction leading to dependence occurs along a continuum that the therapeutic strategies targeted at various loci from primary to tertiary prevention may reduce functional decline. The projects include two intervention studies (Acute Respiratory Tract Infection in the Elderly, W. Hall; Urinary Incontinence: Treatment Algorithm, T. Wells), and two interventions development studies (Muscle Hypertrophy and Protein Synthesis: Effect of Age (S. Welle) and Carbamazepine Therapy of Agitation in Dementia (P. Tariot). All projects address important diseases/dysfunctions which lead to functional dependence. The projects will utilize three cores (Geriatric Assessment (R. Panzer), Health Services Research (J. Zimmer), Biostatistics (M. Tanner) in order to integrate clinical data and determine the success of their planned program. The RAPC has developed a major Research Development Core to ensure that recruitment and training of future clinical scholars are successful. The Rochester community is an ideal environment for the initiation of information dissemination projects, and demonstration projects. In summary, the RAPC will become the leading organizational structure in coalescing a number of programs in aging, programs which will bring great strength to the Center, and crystallizing a multidisciplinary mission of geriatric programs in Rochester.