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The Center for Dementia Respite Innovation is funded by the Administration for Community Living (ACL) under the direction of Sam Fazio, Ph.D., at the Alzheimer’s Association. The grant aims to fund local respite care providers to increase the availability and improve the delivery of person-centered dementia care with a focus on innovation, collaboration, impact, accessibility, affordability and sustainability. The CDRI grant and the sub-grants it will generate will result in developing and piloting cost-efficient, effective, strengths-based, person-centered, innovative models of dementia-specific respite care.
CDRI objectives
- Build upon national partnerships to establish a steering committee and at least four subcommittees to oversee the strategic direction of this five-year initiative.
- Provide program development and enhancement grants ($4M/Yr) through one-year competitive Pilot Projects and one-year competitive Continuation Awards.
- Support grantees through marketing assistance, community listening sessions, two Technical Assistants (overseeing project and data collection progress), and the offering of webinars, peer-to-peer mentoring, and staff training.
- Offer existing and new, free tools and resources to persons interested in respite care, including providers and families.
- Independently evaluate this project, including the impact of dementia-specific respite services on quality of life and the overall success of the CDRI.
- Disseminate project findings, new interventions, and best practices through national partnerships and steering committee organizations, newsletters, a highlight publication, tip sheets, presentations at conferences and articles in academic journals.
Leadership
The CDRI is led by:
Alzheimer's Association CDRI staff lead:
- Isabella Marini, associate director of Center for Dementia Respite Innovation
Additional Alzheimer's Association support staff:
- Lauren Stratton, Ph.D., director of psychosocial research and program evaluation
- Lorna Prophater, M.S., senior director of care professional services
USAging staff leads:
- Deborah Stone-Walls, chief, programs and services
- Sara Maloney, program director
USAging support staff:
- Katie Ballard, program manager
- Natalie Turnbull, program manager
- Laura Jane Ward-Strunin, program manager
University of Minnesota Staff Leads
- Robyn Birkeland, study interventionist
University of Utah Staff Leads
- Rebecca Utz, director of evaluation
- Catherine Sparks, research coordinator and program manager
Contact us
For more details about the CDRI and its grant application process, view our Frequently Asked Questions (PDF). Email any additional questions to cdri@alz.org.