
College of Nursing faculty member Joel G. Anderson and colleagues have been granted a research award totaling over $3.5 million from the National Institute on Aging. The grant is a testament to the team’s groundbreaking work and commitment to advancing research in the field of caregiving for people living with dementia. Anderson, an associate professor…

Estimates suggest at least one in five (or up to a million) lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, asexual, and/or another identity (LGBTQIA+) adults are currently caregivers, with nearly half providing care to someone with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias, or ADRD . Yet few studies on ADRD caregiving have examined the unique needs of…