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A new Dementia Caregiver Clinic has started at Utah State University, providing Utahns who care for people with dementia services free of charge.

About twenty people with dementia and their caregivers enjoyed free popcorn and a drink while watching Singin' in the Rain at the Utah Theater this week. The USU hosted event, in collaboration with the Utah chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association and the U...

The Alzheimer’s Disease and Dementia Research Center (ADRC) hosted a health fair in June focused on Alzheimer’s Disease awareness and prevention. The fair was held in collaboration with USU faculty who have expertise in psychology, aging, neuroscience, an...

The Alzheimer’s Disease and Dementia Research Center (ADRC), a state-funded center housed within the Emma Eccles Jones College of Education and Human Services at Utah State University, is hosting a movie night for individuals with dementia or memory impai...

On Saturday, June 29, clinical neuropsychologist and USU professor of psychology JoAnn Tschanz will join other USU faculty with expertise in psychology, aging, neuroscience, and more, in hosting a health fair for Northern Utah residents. The fair is focus...

Funded by an appropriation from the State Legislature in 2022, the Alzheimer’s Disease and Dementia Research Center (ADRC) at Utah State University is increasing research across the state to find ways to better understand Alzheimer’s and dementia, as well...

Elizabeth Fauth, director of the Alzheimer’s Disease and Dementia Research Center at Utah State University, has partnered with Sydney Schaefer, associate professor in the School of Biological Health Systems at Arizona State University.

With the Alzheimer’s Disease and Dementia Research Center (ADRC) entering its second year, the state-funded center at Utah State University is now funding Alzheimer’s and dementia research across the state. In its first year, the ADRC financially supporte...

As the ADRC celebrates its first anniversary, director Beth Fauth reflects on the center's growth and early accomplishments. The center is now recruiting study participants as it moves into its second year of research, service, and education.

Funded by an appropriation from the State Legislature in 2022, the Alzheimer’s Disease and Dementia Research Center (ADRC) at Utah State University is increasing research across the state to find ways to better understand Alzheimer’s and dementia, as well...

Several Utah State University researchers studying Alzheimer’s disease and related dementia are receiving a total of $350,000 from USU’s Alzheimers Disease and Dementia Research Center (ADRC).

In China, it’s common for multiple generations of a family to share a household.

The Alzheimer’s Disease and Dementia Research Center at Utah State has extended support totaling over $350,000 to multiple USU researchers studying Alzheimer’s disease and related dementia.

Dr. Mona Buhusi has spent much of her research career studying how cognitive decline happens and how it can be reduced, and she does this with the help of some unlikely research partners: swimming mice.

"Faces of Dementia," the latest exhibit in the SCCE Lyndsley Wilkerson Gallery, documents the lives of individuals with dementia and their caregivers in conjunction with the Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia Research Center at USU.

Dr. Mona Buhusi, Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology and an active researcher in neuroscience at USU, is the inaugural recipient of the Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia Researcher Center faculty fellowship.