NIH R01 · 2025
PROJECT SUMMARY Alzheimer’s disease is a leading cause of functional disability among older adults worldwide. Despite the inevitability of functional impairment in Alzheimer’s disease, large heterogeneity in the rate and order that specific functions are lost suggests that there are undiscovered ways to slow the progression of functional decline. The majority of older adults are married or co-habiting with an intimate partner, and have daily routines that are interdependent (i.e. synchronous activities or complementary division of functions such as shopping and cooking). Despite strong evidence that interdependence in functioning exists in other older adult couples, there is very little…
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