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SENIOR RESOURCES

RESPITE OPPORTUNITY FOR ADRD CAREGIVERS

ecent estimates suggest that Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) This will provide family caregivers
over 400,000 people in Texas Garrison Institute of Aging (GIA), respite for three hours a week.
Rare living with Alzheimer’s is providing FREE respite care to
Disease and Related Dementia family caregivers of persons with Dr. Singer and his team will be
(ADRD). Informal caregivers Dementia and Parkinsons as part of examining if respite care and having
(unpaid family members) of a research study. the person with Dementia and
ADRD patients are faced with the Parkinson’s engaged in recreational
daunting task of caring for their This will include 3-hour weekly activity help improve the well-
family members which can result recreation sessions where there being and quality of life for both the
in caregiver burden, an increase in will be music, arts and crafts, and family caregiver and the person with
stress, and impaired psychological physical activity for persons with Dementia and Parkinson’s.
functioning. Dementia and Parkinson’s. Family
caregivers may leave the person For information on this study and
Dr. Jonathan Singer with Texas with Dementia and Parkinson’s at other studies, contact the office at
Tech University Department of the GIA located at 6630 Quaker Ave., 806.743.7821 or email Dr. Jonathan
Psychological Sciences, along Lubbock, Texas 79413 and pick up Singer at jonsinge@ttu.edu.
with Texas Tech University their loved one three hours later.

Resources and research opportunities
for friends, family, & persons with dementia

What: Who can participate:

 Research and free services  Family, friends,
 For people interested in participating in research and caregivers
and receiving resources about dementia, of people with
caregiver health and wellbeing, and coping skills. dementia
 All of the studies are free and we pay you for  People with
participating dementia

Study 1
 For family members of Tell me about the studies…
people with dementia
 12-16 sessions to
reduce stress Study 2
 Can attend in person
or via telehealth
 For family members
of people with
dementia
 Questionnaires Study 3
 fMRI session  For people with Research is conducted with

dementia and family
caregivers Texas Tech, Texas Tech Health
 12 respite sessions Science Center, and Garrison
with activities Institute of Aging.

 3 hours, 1 time per All studies have been approved
week
by the TTU Institutional Review
Board.
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