Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS

Amount

$499,209.00

Award Date

9/28/2010

Administering Agency

Health and Human Services, Department of / Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

CDFA Number

93.715

CDFA Program Title

Recovery Act Comparative Effectiveness Research - AHRQ

Description

Optimizing Chronic Disease Prevention and Management in Advanced Dementia: We propose to study the effectiveness of medication prophylaxis for chronic illness in the medically complex population of nursing home (NH) residents with advanced dementia. Over