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Economic Impact of LBD on Family Caregivers

What is this study about? This study is conducting interviews with current and former care partners of people with Lewy body dementia (LBD) to understand the economic experience of caregiving for a person with LBD, including informal or hidden cost of care.

What’s involved?All participation is via phone and virtually and there are no in-person visits. Participants will have one 30-minute interview over Zoom with a researcher from the study team.

Who can participate?

An individual may be able to take part in the study if they are:

·      Current or former care partner of someone with LBD

·      Comfortable speaking English

·      Able to participate in an online video interview via Zoom

Study Funder

MedStar Health

For more information

Please contact Lauren Bangerter via email at [email protected]

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