UCSF Staff in the Memory & Aging Center Community Outreach Program have built a strong partnership with the 30^th Street Senior Center in San Francisco’s Mission District, through the presentation of brain health-related lectures and workshops for the English- and Spanish-speaking patrons of the center. ​Since January 2019, the Healthy Aging team has been exploring options to make participating in research more accessible for vulnerable older adults, which have so far been focused on developing and piloting an on-site cognitive testing program at the 30th Street Center. Through this program, the team offers one-on-one sessions at 30th Street in which center members complete informed consent, computerized and pen-and-paper memory and thinking tasks, and research questionnaires. We are continuing to develop this program, with the ultimate goal of engaging the community, increasing brain health literacy, and garnering interest among patrons for further research participation.

 

 

 

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The Downtown Oakland Senior Center (DOSC) is another center where our MAC Outreach team has developed a strong working relationship through lecture series and events related to brain health education. Since 2018, the Hillblom research team has partnered with the wonderful director of DOSC to host an annual educational event in an effort to engage the community, build trust, and encourage older adults in the Bay Area community to participate in research. Reaching over 200 patrons, past events have focused on the topics of mental health and sleep, and have included scientists and professionals from UCSF, Stanford, UC Berkeley, and Kaiser.

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