Welcome to the Lucidity in Alzheimer’s and Dementia (LEAD) Network
Why the LEAD Network?
Research demonstrates that some individuals with dementia exhibit lucidity, or a seemingly impossible return of communication and/or functional behaviors that were believed to have been lost.
Lucid episodes in advanced dementia can be deeply meaningful for families, yet they are not well understood and are understudied.
Because this is a relatively emerging field for research, there are considerable measurement deficits and limitations that need to be addressed to advance research on lucidity in dementia.
Studying lucidity in dementia will benefit from a broad multidisciplinary approach.
We are establishing the Lucidity in Alzheimer’s and Dementia (LEAD) Network to:
Facilitate interdisciplinary collaborations
Investigating lucidity with a systematic approach can transform how we study and understand Alzheimer’s Disease and related dementias and achieve cross-cutting national research priorities.
Bolster research capacity
Strengthening research on lucidity in Alzheimer’s Disease and related dementias requires coordinated advances in measurement.
Advance measurement science on lucidity
Advancing measurement of lucid episodes in dementia is technically challenging and requires integration of diverse disciplines and approaches.
The Lucidity in Alzheimer’s and Dementia (LEAD) Network is a national research network led by Andrea Gilmore-Bykovskyi, PhD, RN, University of Wisconsin–Madison, and Joan Griffin, PhD, Mayo Clinic Rochester. The LEAD Network is supported by the National Institute on Aging of the National Institutes of Health under Award Number R61AG092355. The content is solely the author’s responsibility and does not necessarily reflect the official views of the National Institutes of Health.
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For questions, please contact us at leadnetwork@medicine.wisc.edu.