Effective and Rigorous Recruitment of Older Adults Living Alone with Cognitive Impairment
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Monday, June 22, 2026 | 11:00am-12:00pm MST
Webinar Overview
Dr. Portacolone will discuss issues associated with screening, consent, recruitment, and eligibility for older adults living alone with cognitive impairment. Building on her experience, including leading a large qualitative study involving multiple interviews (n=486) with over 100 racially and ethnically diverse older adults living alone in 3 states, Dr. Portacolone will share the protocols from the US-based Living Alone with Cognitive Impairment study, provide strategies to help guide other research studies, and discuss lessons learned along the way.
About Dr. Portacolone
Dr. Elena Portacolone is a Professor of Sociology in the Institute for Health & Aging and a Pepper Center Scholar at the Division of Geriatric Medicine at UCSF. She is also affiliated with UCSF’s Philip Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies and the Global Health Sciences Institute. Her research involves developing equitable policies and programs for older adults living alone with cognitive impairment in the US and worldwide.