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People joining hands logo9/28/2023 Fifteen faculty across multiple disciplines at USU are actively affiliated with the center. In its first year, the ADRC distributed $375K to support new and ongoing dementia research. Now that the ADRC is operating with key team members in place, we are even more poised to understand Alzheimer’s disease and help the dementia community in Utah.” “We have always had the goal of doing important research not just for the sake of research, but for people living with dementia and their families. “I’m so proud of this team we’re pulling together in Alzheimer’s research and support,” Fauth said. Now the director of the Alzheimer’s Disease and Dementia Research Center (ADRC) at USU, Fauth is celebrating the center’s successes in its first year and looking forward to a rich future of research, education and service. These moments all involved the people Fauth had met throughout her life who had been touched by dementia: the woman with dyed black hair who had Alzheimer’s disease and the ability to drink six coffee creamer packets in a row before Beth could serve her coffee while working in assisted living the hardworking mom who juggled a family, a career, and visits to her mom in a care facility the loving husband who was determined to learn how to do his wife’s hair for her as she began to exhibit early signs of dementia.įauth’s desire to research dementia and how it impacts individuals and caregivers has deep roots in her desire to help people live fuller, richer lives, regardless of the challenges they may face. As Elizabeth Fauth, professor of Human Development and Family Studies at USU, began working on a collaborative effort to pursue state funding for a research center focusing on Alzheimer’s disease and dementia, she had many opportunities to reflect on the moments in her life that inspired her to work in gerontology and dementia care.
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