Results from the REGARDS study
William E. Haley, PhD
School of Aging Studies
Florida Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center
Center for Hospice, Palliative Care, and EOL Studies
University of South Florida
School of Aging Studies, University of South Florida
, Goals for today
• Describe the REGARDS study
– population study focused on understanding racial
and regional differences in stroke
• Caregiving in REGARDS sample
– Potential caregivers
– Quality of life and caregiving strain
– Stroke and CHD risk and caregiving strain
• Describe the CARES study
– Sub study of caregivers of REGARDS
participants with strokes
School of Aging Studies, University of South Florida
, Note
• This posted version removes some
presentation of unpublished data
School of Aging Studies, University of South Florida
, Why we are doing this project
• Racial/ethnic diversity and family
caregiving
• Recognition that stroke is an important
and understudied problem in caregiving
• Need for caregiving research using
representative samples
• Opportunity to address these issues
through a large project--REGARDS
School of Aging Studies, University of South Florida