Family caregivers are essential to the nations well-being and economy yet little information exists regarding the daily lives of ADRD and non-ADRD caregivers across the diverse social partners who provide care. The present study develops and administers new survey instruments in the Understanding America Study (UAS) to identify caregivers and implements new daily assessments and wearable devices to capture caregivers daily experiences and their links with daily emotional and physiological well-being among ADRD and non-ADRD family and non-family caregivers ranging in age from young adulthood to old age. Understanding daily experiences and reactivity and the factors that predict greater resilience and vulnerability to stress in a national sample of caregivers will provide unprecedented information regarding potentially modifiable risk and protective factors for improving caregiver health and well-being.
Funding:
Health and Human Services, Department of-National Institutes of Health
Funding Period:
08/15/2023 to 04/30/2028