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Computer-based Learning to Enhance ADRD Care in Prison: Just Care for Dementia

Award Number: R41AG078103
ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING
OPDIV: NIH
AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 06/01/2022
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 05/31/2024

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Computer-based Learning to Enhance ADRD Care in Prison: Just Care for Dementia - Project Summary/Abstract U.S. prison systems face sharply increased demands in caring for older people living in prisons. Alzheimer's Disease and related dementias (ADRD) are age-related diseases. Prison populations are over- represented by minority populations who experience disparities in prevalence and incidence of dementia. Prison health, social, and security staff perceive they lack the skills and knowledge essential for identifying dementia and supporting people who are incarcerated and living with ADRDs. This unmet need may be due to a lack of standardized, feasible, and acceptable ADRD education programs that are tailored specifically for those managing and caring for people in the restrictive environment of prisons. Some prisons engage carefully vetted incarcerated people to be peer caregivers, assisting staff with care for people with ADRD. Training programs in prisons are often home grown and lack consistency, which points to a need for evidence based, current, and readily accessible training for both prison staff and peer caregivers that is focused on care of people who are living with ADRD in prison. In response to this need, this Phase I STTR project, titled Computer-based Learning to Enhance ADRD Care in Prison: Just Care for Dementia, will demonstrate the scientific merit and feasibility of developing media rich learning modules to train both multidisciplinary prison staff and peer caregivers on topics related to ADRD care. The specific aims of the project are to: (1) transform best practices in ADRD care into media-rich, highly interactive, computer-based educational module prototypes to prepare corrections staff and peer caregivers to meet the growing care needs of people who are incarcerated and living with ADRD; and (2) conduct in-person usability testing of the learning module prototypes with corrections staff and peer caregivers to evaluate the user interface, ease of use, and perceived barriers in order to refine the product and optimize implementation in prison settings. In collaboration with an advisory board comprised of people with expertise in prison healthcare, training and technology, dementia in prisons, and experience with previous incarceration, we will plan and develop discussion guides and then conduct focus groups with two groups of prison stakeholders: interdisciplinary corrections staff and inmates who serve as peer caregivers at a men's and a women's prison. Focus groups will permit us to ensure that design and technology plans match what is allowable for training in prison settings and will isolate essential ADRD content for development of the comprehensive training program. Finally, we will create and evaluate prototypes of media rich, interactive computer-based learning modules for corrections staff and peer caregivers. At the end of Phase I, we will have: a specifications document for the design of modules that at once fits with the technology available in corrections settings; is permissible to be used by people who are incarcerated; represents the critical learning needs of corrections staff and peer caregivers for providing ADRD care; and further develop our collaborative relationships in preparation for commercialization of the product.


Issue Date FY	Funding FY	Legal Entity Name	Legal Entity Address	Legal Entity City	Legal Entity State	Legal Entity Zip Code	Legal Entity COUNTY	Legal Entity COUNTRY	Assistance Listing	Award Code	Budget Year	Action Date	Action Type	Action Amount

Issue Date FY: 2024 ( Subtotal = $0 )
2024	2022	KLEIN BUENDEL, INC	1667 COLE BLVD STE 220	LAKEWOOD	CO	80401	JEFFERSON	USA	Aging Research	000	1	9/20/2024	NEW	$0
														Subtotal = $0

Issue Date FY: 2022 ( Subtotal = $300,000 )
2022	2022	KLEIN BUENDEL, INC	1667 COLE BLVD STE 225	GOLDEN	CO	80401	JEFFERSON	USA	Aging Research	000	1	5/18/2022	NEW	$300,000
														Subtotal = $300,000

Grand Total All Awards = $300,000

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Computer-based Learning to Enhance ADRD Care in Prison: Just Care for Dementia

Award Number: R41AG078103

ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING

OPDIV: NIH

AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY

AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 06/01/2022

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 05/31/2024

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