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In this episode, Matt & Lauren build off their previous conversation with Ashwin Kotwal about social isolation by speaking with Eve Lefkowitz, the Executive Director of the non-profit organization, A Conversation to Remember, which connects older adults – including those who live with cognitive decline – with young adult college students to combat the epidemic of social isolation and loneliness. Lauren & Matt learn about the populations this non-profit serve as well as perspectives on how to address social isolation with older adults.

In this episode, Matt & Lauren speak with Kristine Ajrouch, PhD - a new member of our CAPRA leadership team. Kristine is a Research Professor at the Institute for Social Research whose work focuses on aging, health, immigration and family in the United Statues and the Middle East; social networks over the life course; and Arab American identity and well-being. Kristine discusses a recent article that examined an intervention to improve outcomes among Arab American caregivers who provide care to a family member living with dementia. She also shares what this work teaches us about caregiving as a family system rather than the responsibility of a single individual.

Caregiving experience makes a difference in opinions about whether government or families and individuals should pay for long term care costs, and level of concern about such costs, a study finds. 

1 in 3 people over 50 act as caregivers to adult family members or friends, but a sizable percentage don't feel like they have the support they need, or don't know about or use programs like adult day care or respite care that could help them.

Lived Experience Advisory Panel member, Glen Harry, shares a reflection on his care partnering journey

A growing number of people living with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias – especially those from diverse backgrounds – receive care from a network of individuals that increasingly includes nontraditional informal caregivers.

The Zambia Cohort of Healthy Aging and Dementia Study (Z-CHAD) was launched by Andrea and Lawrence A. Wolfe Research Professor Melissa Elafros, M.D., Ph.D., to understand the true impact of dementia on patients in Zambia and their caregivers.