Lee Kehoe
University of Rochester, NY·Medicine & Clinical Research·Early-career
Caring for an older relative who has both dementia and advanced cancer is extremely stressful. The caregiver's distress and the patient's distress can also feed off each other.
- Fields
Medicine & Clinical Research
Psychology
Public Health & Epidemiology
- Topics
caregivers
caregiver distress
Alzheimer's disease
- Grants
- 1 known grant, through Apr 2030
What they work on
- Evaluate whether 8 weekly sessions of Dyadic Life Review therapy, added to usual care, reduce psychological distress in caregivers of older adults with AD/ADRD and stage III–IV cancer, in a 60-dyad randomized trial.
- Test whether Dyadic Life Review works by improving relationship quality and dyadic coping, the ways caregiver and patient handle stress together, measured by caregiver self-report.
- Explore which patient characteristics, such as cognitive status and relationship type, are linked to how much caregivers benefit from Dyadic Life Review.
More about the research
This project tests a talk-based therapy that patient and caregiver do together, to see whether it eases that strain.
Why it matters
Family caregivers of older adults living with both dementia and advanced cancer face a double burden and high psychological distress. If Dyadic Life Review proves effective, it could become a structured, scalable way for clinical teams in geriatric oncology and dementia care to reduce caregiver distress, strengthen relationships, and improve quality of life for both members of these families.
Known grants
From NIH and NSF research grants. Labs often have other funding we can't see.
Closest labs
Esther Oh
Johns Hopkins University, MD·Medicine & Clinical Research
Refine a hearing care intervention for neuropsychiatric symptoms in dementia by consulting clinical experts and end users, aligning it with theoretical frameworks and the latest evidence, and adapting it for delivery in settings including the home.
David Ziegler
University of California-San Francisco, CA·Psychology
Determine the minimum effective dose of MediTrain, a closed-loop digital meditation program that trains focused attention, for improving cognitive control and reducing stress in older adults, using a nationwide mobile randomized controlled trial of 3,240 participants.
Yeonsu Song
University of California-Los Angeles, CA·Medicine & Clinical Research
Culturally adapt an existing cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBTI) program for older Korean immigrants with limited English, using established cultural adaptation strategies and feedback from community stakeholders and participants.
The school
University of Rochester: 38 labs on PI Pages, $492M a year on research, 308 research doctorates a year.
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