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Supporting Needs for Care Partners of Persons with Dementia and Hearing Loss
We invite you to participate:
This study aims to better understand the role of primary care visits and their impact on hearing care detection and service use among individuals with cognitive impairments like Alzheimer’s Disease or Related Dementias. Older Adults and their care partners will each take part in a 30 minute virtual interview about their healthcare needs and wants.
Who is eligible?
Older adults:
75 years old
Cognitive Impairment
Hearing Difficulty or Loss
Regularly attend medical visits with one or more family member or unpaid friend (“care partners”)
Agree to allow care partner to be contacted and participated in the study
Care partners:
18 years or older
Active care partner for eligible older adult patient
Unpaid family member or friend of eligible older adult patient
Attends appointments with older adult participant
For more information or to join, please contact the Hearing, Aging, Health Research Center at 301-405-7539 or hearingandhealth [at] umd.edu