IU professor studies LGBT caregivers of dementia patients with $262,000 in NIH funds

Professor will ‘co-design and test a culturally relevant intervention to meet these unique needs’ of LGBT caregivers

The “unique needs of sexual and gender minorities” who care for individuals with Alzheimer’s and dementia is the subject of an ongoing, $262,000 project funded by the National Institutes of Health.

Development of a Physical Activity Intervention to Meet the Unique Needs of Sexual and Gender Minority (SGM) Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias (AD/ADRD) Caregivers” has received $130,000 dollars in funding administered by the National Institute for Aging for the year of 2025 on top of a similar amount for the prior year.

Read more in The College Fix.