CONFIDE-ADRD Project Awardees

2024-2025 Cohort


Mechanistic Study of the "Let's Talk Tech" Dyadic Behavioral Intervention to Support Decision Making About Technology Use

Clara Berridge’s research focuses on the ethical and policy implications of digital technologies used in elder care. She studies data and information technologies, such as remote monitoring systems and social robots, as well as the surveillance incentivized by AI of older adults and care workers. She recently developed Let’s Talk Tech, an online tool to help people living with mild dementia participate knowledgeably in decisions about technology use in their care.

Dr. Berridge is an Associate Professor and the Katherine Hall Chambers Scholar at the University of Washington’s School of Social Work. She was a postdoctoral fellow at the Center for Gerontology and Healthcare Research at Brown University and holds a Ph.D. in Social Welfare from the University of California, Berkeley and an M.S.W. from the University of Washington.

Clara Berridge, PhD, MSW


Adapting the SHARE for Dementia Early Stage Dyadic Intervention: A Stage 1 Study with African American Families

Sylvia Orsulic-Jeras is a Research Associate and SHARE Program Manager at the Benjamin Rose Institute on Aging. For over 25 years she has been involved in the development, testing, implementation, adaptation, and translation of a variety of psychosocial interventions for persons living with dementia and their family caregivers as well as those managing multiple chronic health conditions. As program manager for the SHARE intervention (a dyadic intervention for individuals with dementia and their care partners) at Benjamin Rose, she has co-conducted several studies on the impact of SHARE. She is currently a doctoral candidate in Health Sciences at Northern Illinois University and received her Masters in Community Counseling from John Carroll University in 2001.

Silvia Orsulic-Jeras, MA