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和老龄化研究中心的使命是推动 开发新的、以原则为导向的行为干预措施，促进健康的社会联系 衰老。我们关注的是高度脆弱的人群：那些为患有 阿尔茨海默病或相关痴呆(ADRD)。护理对照顾者健康的长期影响是 久负盛名。照顾者也容易受到社会孤立、低质量的关系和孤独的影响--即， 社交脱节。社会脱节是健康和健康的关键决定因素和指标- 是存在的。然而，在最近的健康风险中，社会联系是一个严重研究不足的干预目标。 这可能会对照顾者的健康和福祉产生实质性影响。伊利诺伊大学 罗切斯特·罗伊巴尔社会关系和老龄化研究中心(STAR中心)将通过以下方式实现其使命 能够促进多学科协作的领导力和基础设施，这些协作是高效实现 沿着NIH阶段模型的连续统一体的连接性干预发展。具体地说，这位明星 中心的目标是：提供领导力和整合专业知识，以发展和促进社会联系 干预措施；鼓励新的临床研究和多学科合作，以支持 机制知情、有效的行为干预，促进老年人照顾者的社会联系 为患有痴呆症的家庭成员提供坚实、支持性的基础设施，以促进科学生产力 星空中心的调查人员完成了它的使命。

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.