Welcome to the Aging and Cognition Research Clinic (ACRC)

Director and Principal Investigator: Dr. Nidhi Mahendra
Graduate Research Assistants: Allegra Apple, Danielle Reed, Nisha Engineer,
Susan Carroll, Adithya Chandregowda, & Katie Schoneman

The Goals of the ACRC are to: Investigate typical and atypical cognition in elderly individuals Explore effective ways to assess cognitive and communicative abilities in healthy elders and persons with dementia, with a focus on assessing spared and impaired abilities Develop efficacious behavioral interventions for individuals with dementia Contribute to a growing body of evidence-based practice guidelines for the assessment and management of Alzheimer’s disease To learn more about our recent activities, click below to view the current newsletter. January 2008 ACRC newsletter January 2007 ACRC newsletter	The Center is located in the MB Building on the Hayward Campus
Current Funding: 2006-2009: Alzheimer's Association, Everyday Technologies for Alzheimer Care (ETAC) initiative ($ 198,624). A three-year study to investigate the efficacy of computer-based cognitive interventions for persons with Alzheimer’s disease. We are actively recruiting participants for this study at this time. Interested in participating in our ongoing research study? See flyer to determine if you are eligible to enroll in our current study. Click here. Please email us at dementiacare@gmail.com,or call Dr. Mahendra at 510-885-3182, or email her at nidhi.mahendra@csueastbay.edu Participating Clinical Sites: Masonic Home for the Adults, Union City Summerville at Landmark Villa Ralph and Mary Ruggieri Senior Center Some Useful Links and Abstracts Related to Alzheimer's Disease: Alzheimer's Association What is Alzheimer's, risk factors, diagnosis, treatment Living with Alzheimer's, care for the person and family Alzheimer's Association of Northern California-Greater San Francisco Bay Area Services Alzheimer's Disease Education and Referral Center (ADEAR) National Institute on Aging-National Institute of Health-Fact Sheet Association for the Advancement of Retired Persons (AARP) American Speech-Language-Hearing Association-Dementia Cognitive Stimulation in Combination With Drug Slows Decline in Alzheimer's Patients Memory and Aging Center-University of California San Francisco Stanford/VA Alzheimer's Research Center of California (ARCC) Family Caregiver Alliance Mild Cognitive Impairment-Mayo Clinic	ACRC Research Assistants: Standing L-R: Adithya Chandregowda, Susan Carroll, Danielle Reed Seated L-R: Katie Schoneman, Nisha Engineer ACRC Poster Presentation at CSHA 2008 L-R: Danielle Reed, Dr Mahendra, Allegra Apple
Some Useful Links and Abstracts Related to Some of Our Current Research: Computer-Based Cognitive Interventions for Persons with Alzheimer’s Disease Effect of Presentation Modality on Immediate and Delayed Recall in Individuals With Alzheimer's Disease Summary Technical Report Number 1 – Systematic review and practice recommendations for use of spaced-retrieval training with individuals with dementia Effects of four years of exercise, language, and social interventions on Alzheimer discourse Direct Interventions for Improving the Performance of Individuals with Alzheimer's Disease
Students interested in participating in our research? Please contact Dr. Mahendra directly at nidhi.mahendra@csueastbay.edu