# Effects of COVID-19 on Daily Lives of Older Persons with and without ADRD: National Health and Aging Trends Study Supplement

> **NIH NIH U01** · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · 2020 · $630,642

## Abstract

Abstract
This application funds a supplement to the National Health and Aging Trend Study (NHATS) to study the
effects of COVID-19 on the daily lives of older adults with and without Alzheimer's Disease and Related
Dementia (ADRD). NHATS interviews a national sample of older adults annually in order to (1) promote
scientific inquiry into late-life disability trends and dynamics, their antecedents and correlates, and disparities
therein and (2) to advance study of the social and economic consequences of late-life disability for individuals,
families, and society. The overarching purpose of this supplement is to design, collect and disseminate new
data about older adults' adaptation of their daily lives to the COVID-19 pandemic and consequences for care
needs and wellbeing of those with and without ADRD, drawing on the dual perspectives of older adults and
their helpers. The specific aims of this supplement are to: 1) Design and administer a COVID-19 mail out/mail
back supplement to NHATS 2020 (expected sample sizes=3000-3100 NHATS participants including 600 with
probable or possible dementia; and 2900-3000 family and unpaid helpers including 900 assisting an older adult
with probable or possible dementia); 2) Disseminate a set of rapid release NHATS-COVID-19 public use files
and documentation, a set of final NHATS-COVID-19 files and documentation and a set of transcripts to support
qualitative analysis of the open-ended item about COVID-19's effects; and 3) Conduct targeted analysis of the
rapid release COVID-19 items to create a portrait of daily lives and wellbeing of older Americans with and
without ADRD during the outbreak and the family members and unpaid helpers who assist them. The activities
proposed for this supplement will facilitate both short- and long-term understanding of the implications of the
COVID-19 pandemic for the care needs and wellbeing of older adults, and how these unfolded differently for
those with and without dementia.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10158604
- **Project number:** 3U01AG032947-12S2
- **Recipient organization:** JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
- **Principal Investigator:** VICKI A. FREEDMAN
- **Activity code:** U01 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $630,642
- **Award type:** 3
- **Project period:** 2008-09-30 → 2024-03-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10158604

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10158604, Effects of COVID-19 on Daily Lives of Older Persons with and without ADRD: National Health and Aging Trends Study Supplement (3U01AG032947-12S2). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10158604. Licensed CC0.

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