If your spouse or partner has dementia, the Alzheimer’s Foundation of America wants to hear from you. AFA spokesman Chris Schneider says it’s launched a groundbreaking national research study to examine the impact caring for a spouse or partner with dementia has on the physical and mental health of the caregiver.
“It’s important that we get data to help drive change, so we can address some of the health impacts. And that’s exactly what this study is all about,” Schneider said.
Schneider says families can learn more or participate in the free online survey visiting afacaregiversurvey.com.
“You don’t have to travel at all. You can do it from the comfort of your own home. You don’t need to have any kind of medical testing or anything like that. It’s all web-based questions that you can answer at your convenience,” Schneider explained.
Schneider says this is a groundbreaking study because most of the research on Alzheimer’s is to benefit the person suffering from this disease. He says there’s very little research to help the more than 11 million Americans who serve as caregivers to a loved one living with dementia.
“All the information about the impacts that caring for a spouse with Alzheimer’s or another type of dementia has, creating that data and creating that evidence is going to help try to drive change to address some of those challenges that caregivers face,” Schneider noted.
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