Award
National Institute on Aging 5R21AG089840-02
Caregivers Preparing for Their Own Health Care Emergency
Recipient
University of California at Davis
Award Amount
$201,250.00
Ceiling
$201,250.00
Awarded
August 04, 2025
Identifier
5R21AG089840-02
This award funds the development and testing of an online Emergency Preparedness Toolkit aimed at helping caregivers of dementia patients plan for their own health emergencies by identifying and engaging standby caregivers, thereby improving caregiver preparedness and confidence.
Description
The proposed research will develop and test an online Emergency Preparedness Toolkit to help caregivers prepare for their own unexpected health events. Caregivers of persons with dementia often ignore their own health needs as their primary focus is the care of the person with dementia. This can lead to a caregiver delaying their own care and subsequently emergent health events. The Emergency Preparedness Toolkit provides guidance to the caregiver on how to identify and transfer care to a standby caregiver. The goal is to provide a caregiver with the security and comfort that the person with dementia will be well cared for while they care for their own health needs.