# COVID-19 administrative supplement to K23 "The potential for music to improve quality of life for dementia caregiving dyads"

> **NIH NIH K23** · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · 2021 · $36,032

## Abstract

Project Summary/Abstract
In March, 2020, the San Francisco Bay area imposed the first shelter-in-place orders in the U.S. during the
Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Combined with federally recommended social distancing
requirements (i.e. remaining six feet apart, avoiding crowded spaces and group gatherings), shelter-in-place
had profound, isolating impacts on people living with Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias and their
caregivers (dementia caregiving dyads). Social distancing increased stressors within the home and shuttered
Long-Term Services and Supports (LTSS) critical to keeping people with dementia safely in their homes. The
overarching goal of the research agenda is to improve quality of life for dementia caregiving dyads through in-
home social interventions, including music and other meaningful activities. The objectives of this proposal are
twofold: to understand the impact of COVID-19 social distancing requirements upon and creative responses of
dementia caregiving dyads; and to engage LTSS professionals in identifying targets for interventions to
improve social isolation and well-being for people living with Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias and
their caregivers. Using community-engaged research methods, this study engages dementia caregiving dyads
in semi-structured interviews, standardized assessments and validated measures of dementia severity and
caregiver burden in order to identify both unmet needs and creative responses to social distancing, including
music and meaningful activities. Using concurrent thematic analysis, we will identify possible targets for
intervention. These will be brought to LTSS professionals for examination within COVID-19 social distancing-
related changes in services and service delivery. The knowledge gained from this study will be used to identify
targets for the development of in-home multilevel social interventions to reduce social isolation and improve
well-being for dementia caregiving dyads, that can be tested through R21 exploratory or R61/R22 phased
innovation. Targets will be disseminated to dementia caregiving dyads for use in creative caregiving activities
and to LTSS organizations to inform ongoing service innovations.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10196825
- **Project number:** 3K23AG062613-02S1
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO
- **Principal Investigator:** THERESA ANNE ALLISON
- **Activity code:** K23 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $36,032
- **Award type:** 3
- **Project period:** 2019-08-01 → 2024-05-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10196825

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10196825, COVID-19 administrative supplement to K23 "The potential for music to improve quality of life for dementia caregiving dyads" (3K23AG062613-02S1). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10196825. Licensed CC0.

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