New Alzheimer’s Research Support Center Will Evaluate, Scale Promising Dementia Care Programs Nationwide

Researchers from the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University are partnering with the University of Minnesota and Johns Hopkins to lead a new national resource to advance dementia care. The State Alzheimer’s Research Support (StARS) Center—funded by a $17 million grant from the National Institute on Aging—will foster research collaboration and create a national data infrastructure to evaluate innovative state and regional dementia care programs for effectiveness, accessibility, and equity so they can be adapted broadly. Building upon this insight, the center will also award pilot funding to assist states with evaluating coordinated dementia care . . .