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Research Projects
The Benjamin Rose Institute on Aging conducts state-of-the-art Research Projects to enhance the lives of older adults, their families and the service providers who care for them.
Our specialty areas of research are:
- Active Aging
- Diversity in Aging
- Elder Abuse
- Family Caregiving
- Long-Term and Residential Care
- Program Evaluation and Consumer Satisfaction
- Services and Interventions
Below is a list of our current and completed research projects.
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Making Connections Thru Music: A Group Music Therapy-Based Intervention for Persons with Dementia | National Institute on Aging | 2023 | 2026 |
Silvia Orsulic-Jeras researchandeducation@benrose.org |
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Development of a comprehensive online training course for volunteers, which will provide a general overview of dementia, demonstrate effective communication strategies to use with PWD, and an app containing a structured intervention protocol and toolkit, enabling volunteers to facilitate the intervention. | ||||||
Best Practice Caregiving Phase III: Consumer Version | The John A. Hartford Foundation, RRF Foundation for Aging, Archstone Foundation | 2022 | 2024 |
David Bass researchandeducation@benrose.org |
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Creation, launch, and dissemination a Consumer Version of Best Practice Caregiving, designed for use by family and friend caregivers and persons living with dementia | ||||||
Geriatric Workforce Enhancement Program | Health Resources and Services Administration (subcontract from Northeast Ohio Medical University) | 2019 | 2024 |
Jess Bibbo researchandeducation@benrose.org |
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Develop a dementia-inclusive community initiative with partners across Northeast Ohio to support persons living with dementia and their family members. | ||||||
Enhancing Dementia-Capability and Supportive Services for San Diegans Impacted by Dementia | Administration for Community Living | 2021 | 2024 |
Sara Powers researchadneducation@benrose.org |
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External evaluator for a 3-year grant awarded to Alzheimer’s San Diego to review and create a pre- and post-evaluation survey for all evaluation components of the project; consult on administration and coding of survey responses; and complete statistical analyses of survey responses for reports and possible publishable manuscripts/professional presentations. |