NIA and DoD fund new studies on aiding family caregivers of patients with dementia or TBI

(Regenstrief Institute) Family caregivers of individuals with cognitive disorders are faced with complex and stressful challenges for which they are often unprepared and unsupported. Grants from the National Institute on Aging and the Department of Defense totaling nearly $3 million fund two novel studies focusing on helping family caregivers of individuals with Alzheimer's disease (AD) and related dementias or traumatic brain injury (TBI).