Rationale
Alzheimer’s Disease, dementia, ADRD
NEURODEGENERATIVE DISORDERS, AIDS, DISORDERS
Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders (ADRDs) represents an emerging public health crisis. Prevalence currently exceeds 6 million affected individuals in the U.S. and that figure is predicted to double in the next several decades [Despite the growing interest in multidomain treatment trials, memory support/compensation training has generally not been incorporated into such interventions and this represents a major gap in dementia risk reduction strategies. Providing rehabilitation-based training in compensatory aids, such as memory notebooks and calendars, use of ‘to do’ lists to accomplish daily tasks as well as longer-term goals, and the implementation of organizational strategies has been shown to improve or maintain everyday cognition and functional independence in older adults with neurodegenerative disorders [Given mounting evidence that the pathological changes associated with ADRD begin decades before symptom onset [