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NIH grant 1K99AG104162-01: Designing and Measuring Personalized Care Management Interventions for Caregivers of Older Adults with Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias
Institute: {'code': 'AG', 'abbreviation': 'NIA', 'name': 'National Institute on Aging', 'admin_org_id': '12500002', 'admin_funding_url': ''}. PI: Madison Rae Sauerteig-Rolston. Award: $97868.
Start: 2026-09-11T00:00:00.
PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT
This is a K99/R00 Pathway to Independence Award application for Dr. Madison Sauerteig-Rolston, a
postdoctoral fellow at the Indiana University School of Medicine (IUSM), Department of Medicine, Division of
General Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, the IU Center for Aging Research at the Regenstrief Institute, and the
Stark Neurosciences Research Institute at IUSM. Dr. Sauerteig-Rolston is a social gerontologist whose long-
term goal is to become an independent health services researcher developing, evaluating, and implementing
personalized, evidence-based interventions to improve the quality of life for people living with Alzheimer's
Disease and related dementias (ADRD) and their caregivers. Her multidisciplinary team is led by Dr. Nicole
Fowler, an internationally recognized expert in the development and testing of dementia care interventions.
This award with support Dr. Sauerteig-Rolston's transition to independence through training (1) the lived
experiences of patients with ADRD and their caregivers, (2) advanced analytical approaches for analyzing
components of interventions, (3) qualitative methods research, and (4) leadership and clinical research design,
preparing her to become a nationally recognized leader in personalized dementia care interventions.
ADRD affects more than 7 million Americans with most individuals relying on family members for care.
Caregivers often experience high levels of emotional distress and burden, negatively impacting their own
health and well-being. Multi-component evidence-based dementia care management interventions have
demonstrated the potential to reduce caregiver burden, but little is known about which specific components of
these complex interventions are most effective, or how to tailor them to meet the diverse needs of caregivers.
Without this knowledge, programs risk being overly broad, resource intensive, and difficult to implement in real-
world settings. Addressing these gaps is essential for advancing dementia care and sustaining caregiver well-
being and is the focus of this proposed 5-year research plan. Aim 1 will use data from an existing evidence-
based dementia care management program to identify patient and caregiver characteristics, intervention
components, and supports and services that result in lower levels of caregiver burden. Aim 2 will examine
caregiver perspectives on the physical and emotional aspects of caregiving, specifically appraisals of care,
helpful components and services, and barriers and facilitators to the use of services through semi-structured
interviews with caregivers. Aim 3 will design and pilot test a personalized implementation of a dementia care
management program, ABC4Me, to measure feasibility, acceptability, and caregiver burden. Together, this
training and research will prepare Dr. Sauerteig-Rolston to become a nationally recognized leader in
personalized dementia care management and ensure her successful transition to independence as an
investigator dedicated to improving the lives of people living with ADRD and their caregivers.document fetched 2026-09-20 02:42