Assistant Professor Carolyn T. Thorpe, PhD, MPH was awarded a seed grant from the Aging Institute of UPMC Senior Services and the University of Pittsburgh to support her project, "Communication about Type 2 Diabetes Treatment Decisions in Older Patients with Comorbid Dementia."
The project consists of semi-structured interviews with healthcare providers and informal caregivers of diabetes patients who have comorbid dementia, to understand how prescribing decisions for anti-diabetes medications are made and barriers to pursuing moderate glycemic control in this population. Co-investigators on this project include Drs. Susan Zickmund and Michael Fine from the Division of General Internal Medicine and Dr. Michelle Rossi from the Division of Geriatric Medicine.
