PSP News
GSA 2024
Rachel O’Conor co-chaired the symposium “Managing Multiple Chronic Conditions: Findings by National Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Centers”, where she also presentedon “Cascading Burden of Uncontrolled Chronic Conditions Among Persons Living with Dementia”
GIM Research Day 2024
Dianne Oladejo presented “Triadic Primary Care Encounters Managing Medications among Individuals with Mild Cognitive Impairment and Dementia: Patient, Caregiver and Clinician Perspectives”
Dianne Oladejo also received the GIM Outstanding Staff award for Justice, which is awarded annually to staff member who believes in fairness, equity, and inclusion as critical values in their work and behaviors.
October 2024
Rachel O’Conor was quoted in Home HealthCare News regarding the impact of caregiver health literacy on their capacity to care for older adults, and offers suggestions for Home Health Agencies to support caregivers.
Click here to read the article.
October 8, 2024
PSP Team presents at Northwestern University’s Health Equity Poster Session!
Dianne Oladejo presented the poster “Home Repairs as a Viable Approach to Advance Health Equity for Older Adults”
October 2024
Findings from the PSP Program were featured on the Cover of the October Issue of the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.
To read the full article click here.
September 12, 2024
PSP Team presents at Northwestern University’s Research Day!
Dianne Oladejo, Sarah Filec, and Anastasia Becker-Smith presented “Evaluating the Health Impacts of a Home Repair Program for Older Adults” at Northwestern University’s Research Day.
August 2024
Rachel O’Conor was featured on “Better Edge: A Northwestern Medicine podcast for physicians” to discuss challenges of medication management for individual with mild cognitive impairment and dementia.
Listen here.
November 9, 2023
PSP Team presents at GSA National Meeting
The PSP team presented as part of the symposium “Advancing Health Equity among Older Adults through Community Engaged Research”
Dianne Oladejo presented “It’s a Family Affair: Addressing the Needs of Black Dementia Caregivers Through Community-based Research”
Sarah Filec presented “A Community-Engaged Research Journey: Using Home Repairs to Promote Health Equity among Older Adults”
July 2023
Rachel O’Conor and Dr. Tonya Roberson were awarded a research pilot grant from the Alliance for Research in Chicagoland Communities (ARCC). Their project will enable their continued partnership to co-develop a community-based program for Black caregivers of loved ones with dementia in far south Chicago. Click the link below to learn more about ARCC and the research pilot grant.
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June 2023
The Psychosocial Support Team will be traveling to Tampa, Florida in November 2023 to present research findings at the Gerontological Society of America’s 2023 annual scientific meeting. Drs. Rachel O’Conor and Marquita Lewis-Thames are chairing the symposium ‘Advancing Health Equity among Older Adults Through Community Engaged Research’, which includes 5 presentations. Sarah Filec is presenting “A Community-Engaged Research Journey: Using Home Repairs to Promote Health Equity Among Older Adults” and Dianne Oladejo is presenting on “It's a Family Affair: Addressing the Needs of Black Dementia Caregivers Through Community-Based Research”
Mesulam Center Alzheimer's Day
May 11, 2023
Dianne Oladejo and Rachel O’Conor presented posters at the 29th annual Northwestern Alzheimer Day. Dr. Tonya Roberson also presented as a panelist in the Quality of Life Symposium. Community partners and members from the Mesulam Center also showed their support.
Dianne Oladejo’s poster showcasing findings from the ‘It’s a Family Affair’ research study won the viewer’s choice award at the annual Alzheimer's day at Northwestern
American Geriatrics Society Annual Meeting
May 4, 2023
Andrea Russell and Rachel O’Conor presented research on how older adults and caregivers engage in health management behaviors together at the American Geriatrics Society Annual Meeting in Long Beach, California.
April 2023
Rachel O'Conor received an NIA administrative supplement award for her ongoing K01 project.
February 24, 2023
Dr. Tonya Roberson was honored for her role in the creation of the HB 5014: The Southland Stroke Prevention and Awareness Campaign. Rachel O’Conor, Dianne Oladejo and other esteemed members of the community commemorated this accomplishment at a ceremonial bill signing at Governors state with The Honorable Debbie Meyers-Martin.
Annual Caregivers Conference: Tough Decisions, Smart Choices
November 19, 2022
November is National Caregivers Month. In celebration, Dementia Friendly Washington Heights and the Woodson Regional Library will hold their annual Caregivers Conference. This year’s theme is Tough Decisions, Smart Choices. Join us to learn how to navigate the many tough decisions and choices caregivers may need to make to support their loved ones. Dr. Tonya Roberson and Dr. Joyce Chapman are speaking as part of the Community Resource Panel.
Find more information and to register visit.
GSA 2022
November 2, 2022
Rachel O’Conor presented ‘Caregiver Health Literacy as a Modifiable Target to Promote Older Adult Health’ at the Gerontological Society of America Annual Meeting in Indianapolis, Indiana.
2022 Walk to End Alzheimer’s Disease
October 8, 2022
Rachel O’Conor and Dr. Tonya Roberson joined the Mesulam Center team as part of the annual Walk to End Alzheimer’s Disease.
PSP Team presents at Northwestern University’s Research Day!
September 15, 2022
Dianne Oladejo presented ‘Medication Management Among Older Adults with Multiple Chronic Conditions: What Role do Caregivers Play?’
Rachel O’Conor presented ‘Establishing a Community-Academic Partnership to Evaluate the Health Impacts of a Home Repair Program for Older Adults in Chicago’
Jeimmy Hurtado presented ‘Associations between Caregiver Health Literacy and Older Adult Health Outcomes’
