# Administrative Supplement 2: Improving Outcomes for Family Caregivers and Older Adults with Complex Conditions: The Adult Day Service Plus Program

> **NIH NIH R01** · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · 2020 · $421,288

## Abstract

We are requesting an administrative supplement to our current NIA parent grant “Improving
Outcomes for Families and Older Adults: Adult Day Service Plus Program” (R01 AG049692;
2016-2021; PIs: L.N. Gitlin and J.E. Gaugler) to augment our study objectives. Specifically, we
request funds to adapt ADS Plus for African American caregivers and expand our objective of
translation and implementation to include a more heterogeneous caregiving population than
we currently have been able to obtain. Our study aims for this supplement are to: Aim 1)
Identify the cultural adaptations needed for recruiting ADS sites that serve African American
communities. To accomplish this aim, we will work with two currently participating ADS Plus
study sites that enroll African American caregivers. We will conduct key informant interviews
with administrators and staff to help identify best practices and what matters to them most from
which to develop a tailored value proposition to inform engagement strategies with other ADS
sites serving African American communities. Aim 2) Develop and evaluate recruitment
materials for African American caregivers. To accomplish this aim, we will conduct two focus
groups in two sites with caregivers to determine what matters most to them in enrolling in a
study, explore their reasons for participating or not in a study such as ADS Plus and identify
incentives. Aim 3) Evaluate the effectiveness of an adapted recruitment strategy for ADS Plus
for African American caregivers. To accomplish this Aim we will conduct telephone-based,
data collection interviews (baseline, 3-, 6- and 12-month follow-ups) with 48-60 African
American family caregivers. An exploratory aim will be to: 4) Identify if additional cultural
adaptations are needed to the delivery (i.e. frequency of use, skill-building content) of ADS
Plus to African American caregivers. To accomplish this aim, we will identify themes that
emerge from the coaching calls with staff who are trained in the delivery of ADS Plus as part of
our routine implementation activities of the parent grant. From these coaching calls, we seek to
identify if sites delivering ADS Plus to African American family caregivers express unique
experiences related to intervention delivery. Such refinements will not only support our parent
R01 to achieve its research objectives, but also extend its scientific reach to address important
challenges to including community-based organizations that primarily serve African Americans
living with dementia, their family caregivers, and potentially other underserved populations that
also feature prominently in the ADS Plus sample (i.e., Latino families).

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10123841
- **Project number:** 3R01AG049692-05S1
- **Recipient organization:** JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
- **Principal Investigator:** JOSEPH E. GAUGLER
- **Activity code:** R01 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $421,288
- **Award type:** 3
- **Project period:** 2016-05-15 → 2022-04-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10123841

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10123841, Administrative Supplement 2: Improving Outcomes for Family Caregivers and Older Adults with Complex Conditions: The Adult Day Service Plus Program (3R01AG049692-05S1). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10123841. Licensed CC0.

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