Associate Professor of Psychiatry @umichmedicine. Views mine. I study close relationships, caregiving, and living well with chronic illness and dementia.
Ann Arbor, MI
Joined July 2019
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That's a wrap on the 2023-2024 fellowship year! Wishing all the best to our new Alumni Fellows, and we can't wait to see what you do next! @capolenick @MKueakomoldej @drkarenfortuna @anniesyed3 @pteaster @KaufmannBrown @MaureenHenryUT
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SYMPOSIUM | Join @HAPFellows for its Symposium 6/10, "Innovative and Integrative Solutions to Strengthen Caregiving + Healthcare Workforces for the Aging Population." Learn different approaches to address #caregiving & healthcare worker shortages: ow.ly/flk450S2tsO
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The @SAAscience conference schedule for this year's meeting in Ann Arbor MI June 3rd-6th is now updated and finalized, and it is so so so good!
Hope to see you there for a few days of cutting edge methods, theory, and results!
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New work from MiCDA @umisr @UM_SRC @UM_PSC affiliates Freedman, @KiraBirditt, @friedmanEM, @spattersearch, @capolenick et al in The Gerontologist @geronsociety
The Changing Demography of Late-Life Family Caregiving
myumi.ch/W2r9n
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The best cure for loneliness is not more frequent interaction. It's more meaningful interaction.
Many people enjoy solitude. They can spend up to ~75% of their time alone without feeling isolated.
What matters most for well-being is the quality of connections, not the quantity.
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Our statement on the passing of former first lady Mrs. Rosalynn Carter. Our thoughts are with the Carter family and our friends at @RCICaregiving. #ThankYouMrsCarter
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A new data brief from @commonwealthfnd & @b_s_lyons highlights the urgent need to strengthen #Medicare with America's 53 million family caregivers in mind. 🧵1/4 commonwealthfund.org/publica… #CaregivingInTheUS
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The development of dementia has huge impacts on families. Important paper documents huge increase in family care and decrease in family net worth. We need to do more to support family caregivers of those with dementia jamanetwork.com/journals/jam…
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Big news! @POTUS & @CMSGov have released a new proposal that would help cover caregiver training services, moving us closer to realizing the goals outlined in the Nat'l Strategy to Support Family Caregivers. Learn more here: cms.gov/newsroom/fact-sheets… #ActOnRAISE #CaregivingIntheUS
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We're recruiting! Help us learn more about how spouses shape each other’s health over time. Visit liberalarts.utexas.edu/healt… for more info
So proud of my incredibly talented former research assistant, Diarratou Kaba! Her first first-authored paper @AgingMH examines how the COVID-19 pandemic impacted mental health among older adults living with chronic conditions tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1…
Free eprints are available here: tandfonline.com/eprint/HBDAX…
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New CE: A CDC study found 1 in 3 caregivers has arthritis, which can negatively impact mobility and care they provide.
HCPs should promote physical activity and lifestyle management programs to help ease patients’ arthritis pain.
Learn more and earn CE: bit.ly/3KA2d1v
ALT A person sitting down rubbing the knuckles of their hand with text saying, Prevalence and Characteristics of Arthritis Among Caregivers -- 17 states, 2017 and 2019. From MMWR and Medscape. Get your free CE.
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Vicki Freedman, @KiraBirditt, @friedmanEM, @spattersearch & coauthors, focusing on care networks & changing demographics, set forth a framework that places family caregiving in the context of older adults’ care needs, available alternatives & outcomes myumi.ch/W2r9n
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Not to give away the punchline but...YES, yes it is. Come find out why on 3/20!
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We are recruiting now! Please share @NA4Caregiving @APHA_Aging @alzassociation @CaregiverAlly @DiverseElders
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ISR is pleased to announce a new cohort-based program for recent college graduates who have a passion for social science. This is a full-time, paid opportunity to break into research and gain work experience at a world-class institution. Apply now: myumi.ch/EPkgJ
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Writing in @Salon, @pamelawritesnyc uses @NA4Caregiving data & insights from experts like @DrFeylynLewis @aijenpoo & @SheriaRobinson
to report on the harsh realities of caregiving in America salon.com/2023/01/02/what-ha… #CaregivingInTheUS #Caregiving
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The Research Program on Cognition Neuromodulation Based Interventions (hampstead.lab.medicine.umich…) is thrilled to offer this FREE 7 CE symposium on Cognition Oriented Treatments for Aging & Dementia on 01/27/2023. Virtual or in-person (Ann Arbor). All training levels welcome!
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New work using #NHATS @DanielleSPowell et al @AGSJournal
The role of care partners in medical visits of older adults w/hearing loss & dementia
"Care partners have an active role during medical visits of older adults w/HL & dementia"
doi.org/10.1111/jgs.18151