# COVID-19, Social Distancing, and Cognitive Impairment in 1Florida ADRC participants

> **NIH NIH P30** · UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA · 2020 · $154,001

## Abstract

With ~560,000 Alzheimer’s disease (AD) patients and >4 million residents >65
years old, Florida will continue to be, an epicenter of the AD epidemic in the United
States. The 1Florida ADRC is a collaboration between Florida institutions,
including the University of Florida (UF), Mt. Sinai Medical Center in Miami Beach
(MSMC), University of Miami (UM), Florida International University (FIU), and Florida
Atlantic University (FAU). The 1Florida ADRC’s global mission is to work with other
ADRCs and AD stakeholders to change the understanding of AD and related
dementias (ADRDs) so AD+ADRDs are more quickly and accurately diagnosed, more
effectively treated, and ultimately prevented or cured. Multiple studies suggest a
higher incidence of dementia among Hispanics and other underrepresented minority
populations (URM). Our successful recruitment and evaluation of a majority Hispanic
cohort has enabled us to begin to evaluate whether there are differences in
AD+ADRDs between Hispanics and non-Hispanics in South Florida. Enhancing our
understanding of dementia in ethnically and racially diverse populations is a major
theme of our ADRC. The SARS-CoV-2 or severe acute respiratory syndrome
coronavirus type 2 (COVID-19) pandemic could prove especially detrimental to the
health and well-being of individuals with cognitive impairment due to Alzheimer’s
disease and related disorders (ADRD). We believe this pandemic has placed our
clinical core cohort and indeed all families affect by AD+ADRD under a great deal of
stress. In this supplement, we will leverage our successful institutional and investigator
partnerships to further expand our engagement and longitudinal follow up of
participants with ethnic, linguistic, cultural, and genetic diversity, as well as
comorbidities associated with AD (e.g., vascular disease, Lewy Body Dementia
(LBD)). The specific aims of this supplement are to examine: 1) Effects of social
isolation stress as a result of COVID-19 on mood, function, behavior and
cognitive status 2) Effects of cognitive impairment severity on social distancing
behaviors. 3) Extent of access and proficiency with video communications
technologies 4) Extent of interest in participation in a telecommunications
delivered supportive group program among those participants with video
communications technology access.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10194967
- **Project number:** 3P30AG066506-01S1
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA
- **Principal Investigator:** Todd E Golde
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $154,001
- **Award type:** 3
- **Project period:** 2020-06-15 → 2025-04-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10194967

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10194967, COVID-19, Social Distancing, and Cognitive Impairment in 1Florida ADRC participants (3P30AG066506-01S1). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10194967. Licensed CC0.

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