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Research Projects
Research Projects
The Center for Research and Education 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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| Project Name | Funded By | Start | End | Contact | ||
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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. | ||||||
| CaringKind: SHARE for Dementia | Administration for Community Living | 2021 | 2023 |
Silvia Orsulic-Jeras researchandeducation@benrose.org |
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| Delivery of the SHARE for Dementia evidence-based care planning and counseling intervention by CaringKind as a part of their initiative to pilot community-based services, evaluate program outcomes and use outcomes data to garner support to sustain successful initiatives. | ||||||
| Comparative Effectiveness of Health System-Based versus Community-Based Dementia Care | Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute, National Institute on Aging (Subcontract from University of California Los Angeles) | 2018 | 2023 |
David Bass researchandeducation@benrose.org |
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| Compare the effectiveness of two proven models of care for people with dementia and their family caregivers; BRI Care Consultation™ and UCLA's Dementia Care Program. | ||||||
| Dementia-Inclusive Communities: Expansion of BRI Care Consultation™ and Dementia Friends Program in Northwest Ohio | Administration for Community Living (subcontract from MemoryLane Care Services) | 2019 | 2023 |
Branka Primetica researchandeducation@benrose.org |
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| Create a dementia-inclusive community through broad dissemination of the Dementia Friends Program and expansion of BRI Care Consultation™ in four organizations throughout NW Ohio. | ||||||
| Developing an Online Training on Adult Abuse for Ohio’s Mandated Reporters | Ohio State Bar Foundation | 2021 | 2023 |
Farida Ejaz researchandeducation@benrose.org |
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| Develop a generic online training on abuse, neglect, and exploitation for mandatory reporters of adult maltreatment in Ohio. | ||||||
| Developing and Testing an APS Care Management Program for Caretaker Neglect (UT) | Administration for Community Living (ACL) | 2021 | 2023 |
Farida Ejaz researchandeducation@benrose.org |
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| Develop and evaluate a care coordination program for caretaker neglect to follow alleged victims and perpetrators beyond APS case closure in Utah. | ||||||
| Development of a Reminiscence Therapy Online Platform with Machine Learning to Increase Engagement with People Living with Dementia | National Institute on Aging | 2020 | 2023 |
Silvia Orsulic-Jeras researchandeducation@benrose.org |
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| Develop a reminiscence therapy platform that generates life story products to enhance communication between persons with dementia living and staff in residential care settings. | ||||||