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Supports and coordinates the multidisciplinary study of aging
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Highlights
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Graduate Certificate in Gerontology
This program is designed to serve professionals in diverse disciplines, in a variety of industries, who are interested in acquiring basic knowledge about gerontology and geriatrics, and specialized knowledge of aging and aging processes in their particular disciplines or occupations.
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Gerontology Research Registry
We invite you to enroll in this Gerontology Program Research Registry. Your enrollment would allow us to contact you in the future if we believe that you are eligible for a specific research study.
Current Gerontology Research Projects
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Family Caregiver Transition Support - Nursing Home Study (FaCTS)
The purpose of this study is to assess the effects of an intervention designed to
enhance health and quality of life of caregivers and their placed relatives by focusing
on caregivers who recently placed their relative in a long-term care facility.
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Daily Assessment in Arthritis Study
In this study we will investigate the extent to which daily patient-spouse concordance
(agreement) regarding osteoarthritis (OA) patient symptom severity, arthritis self-efficacy,
and symptom catastrophizing is associated with positive spousal support (empathic and
autonomy-supportive responses) and problematic spousal support (insensitive and
solicitous responses).
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Characterizing the Experience of Alzheimer´s Disease (CEAD)
This study is the first to attempt a comprehensive assessment of suffering in patients
with Alzheimer´s Disease and related dementias (ADRD), and the impact of patients´
suffering on family caregivers.
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Quality of Life Technology (QoLT) Engineering Research Center (ERC)
The mission of the QoLT ERC is to transform the lives of people with reduced functional
capabilities due to aging or disability. A unique partnership between Carnegie
Mellon and the University of Pittsburgh will bring together a cross-disciplinary team of
technologists, clinicians, industry partners, end users, and other stakeholders to create
revolutionary technologies that improve and sustain the quality of life for all people.
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Advanced Center for Interventions and Services Research for the Study of Late-Life Mood Disorders (ACISR-LLMD)
The goal of the ACISR/LLMD is to provide a research infrastructure to promote investigations
that ultimately will improve real world practice in the care of elderly living with depression
and other severe mood disorders.
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Geriatric Education Center of Pennsylvania (GEC)
The Geriatric Education Center of Pennsylvania (GEC/PA) is a consortium of The University
of Pittsburgh, Penn State University, and Temple University. The mission of the GEC/PA is
to provide various educational programs to healthcare professionals in the areas of elder
care issues.
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Aging Well, Sleeping Efficiently: Intervention Studies (AgeWise)
The overall aim of this program project is to determine whether the lives, health and
well-being of normal elderly people can be improved by behavioral interventions designed
to enhance their sleep.
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