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Participants Wanted for Alzheimer’s Caregiver Study

If you’re reading this page, it is assumed that you are either a caregiver for an Alzheimer’s patient or know someone who is. If there were a research study that assessed cognitive data to track caregiver health, would you participate?

There is such a study, and here’s the clincher: the Health-e Brain project will only include individuals who wish to participate, which seems obvious, but as you can imagine, a voluntary group of people can just as easily opt out. Researchers request that interested parties carefully consider their decision to participate in the 12-week online study.

Dr. Corinna Lathan, co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Anthro Tronix, andSteve Sidel, founder and Chief Executive Officer of Mindoula Health Inc., are teaming up to lead the research project. Participants will include men and women between the ages of 45 and 65. Researchers hope to enroll as many as 400 participants. The primary focus of the study is to “help scientists understand how the caregiving experience impacts brain performance”, by assessing cognitive vitality and mental health. [1]

Participants must be current caregivers who have been providing care for at least a year to be accepted into the study.

The BrightFocus Foundation and the Geoffrey Beene Foundation Alzheimer’s Initiative support the Health-eBrain study. [2]

For more information or to join the survey, follow the link below.

https://www.health-ebrainstudy.org/join-the-study/

[1] https://www.health-ebrainstudy.org/?utm_source=BrightFocus%20&utm_medium=social%20&utm_campaign=BrightHEB

[2] https://www.health-ebrainstudy.org/?utm_source=BrightFocus%20&utm_medium=social%20&utm_campaign=BrightHEB