The Indiana Aging Brain Care Project

Over the last two decades, scientists from the Indiana Center for Aging Research (IUCAR) have led or participated in two randomized clinical trials testing comprehensive care models for older adults suffering from dementia and depression. Both studies were conducted in a primary care practice within Eskenazi Health (Eskenazi) [formerly Wishard Health Services], an urban safety net hospital system primarily serving a racially and ethnically diverse population of vulnerable adults [1, 2]. The findings from these two trials provided the justification and the foundation for the Indiana Aging Brain Care Project.