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Tango for Alzheimer's Disease Patients' Caregivers

The goal of the project is to determine the extent to which indices of inflammatory biomarkers, cognition and mood, are influenced by a partnered, dance-based intervention vs control condition in African American (AA) female family caregivers, at high risk for Alzheimer's disease (AD).

Stanford is currently accepting patients for this trial.

Stanford Investigator(s):

Intervention(s):

  • other: Adapted Tango Dance
  • behavioral: Educational lectures

Eligibility


Inclusion Criteria:

   - Women family caregivers from the Emory ADRC and Dr. Wharton's studies of Alzheimer's
   disease (AD) caregivers

   - Parental diagnosis 'probable AD'

   - African-American

   - 45-65 years of age

Ages Eligible for Study

45 Years - 65 Years

Genders Eligible for Study

Female

Now accepting new patients

Contact Information

Stanford University
School of Medicine
300 Pasteur Drive
Stanford, CA 94305
Recruiting