Alzheimer's & Dementia Outreach, Recruitment & Engagement Resources
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- Making Sense of Alzheimer's is a creative space designed to help people better understand Alzheimer's disease and make sense of it.
- This photography project allowed older adults living with mild cognitive impairment to document their lives as they address their condition. Using cameras provided by the Penn Memory Center, participants photographed the people, places, and objects that defined their daily lives. The photos served as a tool to facilitate conversations with researchers.
- Wayne State University, University of Michigan, and Michigan State University provide the faculty who jointly lead the Healthier Black Elders Center (HBEC). Faculty leaders, staff, and the Community Advisory Board members work together to improve the health of older African Americans in Detroit through a combination of education and research.
- A recruitment alert is used in the University of Michigan electronic medical record (EMR) platform, EPIC–MiChart, to identify patients who might qualify for research studies conducted by the Michigan Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center (MADRC). This recruitment alert functionality has proven to facilitate recruitment and decrease the enrollment period for a study. It can also reduce the time and effort of study coordinators to identify potential patients for a study. Additionally, recruitment...
- This online web portal from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), includes information for the public on participating in a clinical trial. The portal includes information for parents and family members, basic information on clinical trials, and personal stories from trials participants.
- ResearchMatch brings volunteers together who are trying to find clinical trials and research studies. The site emails participants about studies that may be a good fit for them.
- The Wake Forest School of Medicine Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center developed a physician referral pad for doctors to recommend patients into a memory study. The small pads fit in a physician’s lab coat and are printed in neon green so they do not get lost in the patient’s other visit papers.
- The Wake Forest School of Medicine Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center designed artwork for printing on church hand fans to promote Alzheimer’s disease research. The catch phrase, “Research brings Knowledge. Knowledge brings Answers. Answers bring Hope!” was developed to demystify research for people living in rural North Carolina.
- The National Strategy for Recruitment and Participation in Alzheimer’s and Related Dementias Clinical Research outlines practical, proactive approaches to help study sites engage a wider, more diverse number of volunteers.
- A checklist written in Spanish that provides important steps to take after an Alzheimer's Diagnosis.