Presentations and Posters at GSA 2026
National Harbor, MD
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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM (Maryland Ballroom Breakout 4)2 - Frailty trajectories and caregiver strain in rural and urban areasHillary B. Spangler, Destiny Npudu, Mark Sorensen, John A. Batsis, Jacob Griffin, Iman Imadou
10:00 AM - 11:30 (National Harbor 6)1 - Multidimensional Sleep Health, Breathing Problems During Sleep and Memory in Older AdultsMarc Kaizi-Lutu, Casandra C. Nyhuis, Chunyu Liu, Kening Jiang, Chien-Yu Tseng, Alden L. Gross, Adam P. Spira, Christopher N. Kaufmann
2 - Cardiovascular Risk Moderates Sleep Health-Cognition Associations in Community-Dwelling Older AdultsCasandra C. Nyhuis, Marc Kaizi-Lutu, Kening Jiang, Chunyu Liu, Chien-Yu Tseng, Alden L. Gross, Adam P. Spira, Christopher N. Kaufmann
4 - Napping Characteristics and Incident Dementia: The National Health and Aging Trends StudyKening Jiang, Alden L. Gross, Catriona T. Wu, Halima Amjad, Jennifer S. Albrecht, Chien-Yu Tseng, Christopher N. Kaufmann, Adam P. Spira
10:00 am - 11:30 am (Maryland Ballroom Breakout 2)2 - Cross-Gender Caregiving and Relationship Quality in Informal Caregiving Dyads: Evidence from Linked NHATS-NSOCYuanchang Zhao, Haoming Song
10:00 am - 11:30 am (National Harbor 7)1 - Care Network Composition and Care Tasks: Comparing Single- and Multi-Child FamiliesHanamori F. Skoblow, Markus Schafer
10:00 am - 11:30 am (Maryland Ballroom Breakout 5)5 - Preclinical Mobility Limitations and Five-Year Risk of Falls Among Community-Dwelling Older AdultsPallavi Tyagi, Jie Chen
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm (Chesapeake D-E)1 - Neighborhood Socioeconomic Context and Hand Grip Strength in the National Health and Aging Trends Study (NHATS)Greta Jianjia Cheng, Grace A. Noppert, Shu Xu, Kate Duchowny
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm (National Harbor 4)1 - Staying Connected at Home: Technology Use Trends Among Older Adults by Homebound Status, 2015-2023Erin Spaulding, Hanna Charankevich, Mary Louise Pomeroy, Sofia Liu, Aaron L. Troy, Katherine Ornstein
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm (National Harbor 4)3 - The Relationship Between Virtual Communication and Mental Health of Caregivers of Persons With/Without DementiaClaire M. Petchler, Martha Abshire Saylor, Katherine Ornstein
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm (National Harbor 6)2 - Shared Goals for Parental Care: Differences Between Adult Children With and Without SiblingsHanamori F. Skoblow, Megan Gilligan
3 - Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms in Dementia: Do They Bring More Caregivers to the Team?Amanda N. Leggett, Wenjing Li, Hannah L. Gretka, Natasha L. Nemmers
5 - Exploring National Estimates of Caregivers to Older Adults in the Context of a Longitudinal Follow-Back Study DesignMengyao Hu, Wendy Van de Kerckhove, Justin Kamens, Vicki A. Freedman
6:00 pm - 7:15 pm (Exhibit Hall C-D)Poster: Cognitive Frailty Among Older Adults in the U.S.: Prevalence and Risk FactorsAmanda Lehning, Jihyeong Jeong
Poster: Inpatient hospitalization patterns for older adults with frailty in rural and urban areasHillary B. Spangler, Haiyi Chen, Nina Daneshvar, Feng-Chang Lin, John A. Batsis
Poster: Physical, Cognitive, and Social Frailty Among Older Adults in the U.S.: Evidence from the 2023 NHATSHae Sagong, Larissa S. Magalhães, Ah Ram Jang, Pao-Feng Tsai
Poster: More Than Loss: Social Convoy Trajectories Among Older Adults Living With DementiaSoobin Park, Eunsun Kwon, Sojung Park, Takashi Amano
Poster: The Association of Home and Community-Based Services Generosity with Unpaid CareAmy Lastuka, Joseph Dieleman
Poster: The Association Between Place of Residence and Incident Dementia among Older Non-Hispanic Black MenSiddhi Surawkar, Roland J. Thorpe
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM (National Harbor 12)1 - End-of-life Experiences among Homebound Older Adults who Live AloneJennifer Reckrey, Mary Louise Pomeroy, Sarah Won, Yifan Liu, Katherine A. Ornstein
2 - Latent Classes of Health-Related Social Needs in US Older Adults and Associated Cardiovascular and Geriatric RiskAaron L. Troy, Karen Bandeen-Roche, Katherine A. Ornstein, Mary Louise Pomeroy, Jennifer Schrack, Gary Gerstenblith, Thomas Cudjoe, Chiadi E. Ndumele
3 - Predictors of Unmet Care Consequences among Community-Dwelling Older AdultsYifan Liu, Melissa Garrido, Katherine A. Ornstein
4 - Care Setting Matters: Variation in Family Caregiving Across Community and Institutional Care SettingsKatherine E. Miller, Yutong Zhang, Natalie Davoodi, Lisa Reider, Chanee Fabius, Ellesse-Roselee Akré, MJ M. Wu
5 - No Kith, No Kin: A National Study of Unrepresented Persons Living With DementiaMary Louise Pomeroy, Sotera Chow, Hanna Charankevich, Nancy Schoenborn, Bruce Leff, Thomas Cudjoe, Katherine A. Ornstein
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM (Chesapeake 7-9)3 - A Person-Centered Home Time Measure for Persons Living with DementiaCourtney H. Van Houtven, Jie Gao, Vinit Nalawade, Brystana G. Kaufman, Megan Shepherd-Banigan, Norma B. Coe, Valerie A. Smith
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM (Potomac Ballroom Breakout 3)3 - Physical Frailty and Social Isolation Trajectories Among Older Adults in the United StateFereshteh Mehrabi, Mary Louise Pomeroy, Ghaida Alsadah, Yangyang Deng, Qian-Li Xue, Sandra Shi, Thomas Cudjoe
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM (Potomac Ballroom Breakout 1)1 - Sleep Difficulties and the Risk of Social Frailty Among Community-Dwelling Older AdultsClaire Wang
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm (Maryland Ballroom Breakout 3)3 - Social Connection Profiles and Incident Dementia Risk: A Longitudinal Study Using the NHATSDaum Chung, Jae Jun Lee, Jane Chung
1:45 pm - 3:00 pm (Exhibit Hall C-D)Poster: The Racial Patterning of Education's Protective Effect on Cardiometabolic Multimorbidity: Evidence from the NHATSCollin Perryman
Poster: Caregiving Task Diversity and Mental Health in Older Adult Care NetworksJeong Eun Lee, Yulri Kim, Joseph J. Svec
Poster: Caregiving Through a Network Lens: Structural and Functional Predictors of Well-BeingHannah L. Gretka, Zoey Lai, Wenjing Li, Amanda N. Leggett
Poster: Factors Associated with Reduced Social Engagement Among Informal Caregivers of Persons Living with DementiaAdam Mohammed, Ishan Williams
Poster: Do the GUIDE Model Tiers Reflect the Complexity of Dementia Family Caregiving? A Latent Class AnalysisNiying Li, Kevin A. Look, Barbara Mendez Campos, Ashley M. Goodwin, Soojung Ahn, Matthew L. Smith, Juanita-Dawne Bacsu
Poster: Well-Being of Sandwiched Caregivers for Older Adults: Exploring Racial/Ethnic DifferencesIsabella Soporean, Natasha Nemmers, Amanda N. Leggett
Poster: Help-Seeking as a Pathway From Caregiver Stress and Mental Health by Gender Among Caregivers of People With DementiaHyeyeon Shin, Eben Kenah, Sheryl Justice, Jie Hu, Kathy D. Wright
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm (Maryland Ballroom Breakout 3)Symposium: Expanding Insights into Physical, Social, & Behavioral Influences on Late-Life Physical Activity in NHATSJennifer Schrack, Amal A. Wanigatunga (co-chairs)Katherine Ornstein (discussant)
1 - Social connection is associated with daily physical activity among a national sample of older adultsMary Louise Pomeroy, Esterline Charles, Fangyu Liu, Jennifer Schrack, Thomas Cudjoe, Amal A. Wanigatunga
2 - Staying Active at Home: Accelerometer-Derived Physical Activity Among Homebound Older AdultsErin Spaulding, Mary Louise Pomeroy, Sofia Liu, Aaron L. Troy, Amal A. Wanigatunga, Jennifer Schrack, Katherine A. Ornstein
3 - Visual function and rest-activity rhythms in older adultsKeran Chamberlin, Lacey Etzkorn, Adam P. Spira, Jennifer Schrack
4 - Physical Activity Patterns and Frailty Detection in Community-Dwelling Older AdultsAnis Davoudi, Lacey Etzkorn, Keran Chamberlin, Amal A. Wanigatunga, Jennifer Schrack
5 - Association Between a Novel Measure of Relative Intensity of Daily Physical Activities and Physical FunctioningJennifer Schrack, Lacey Etzkorn, Anis Davoud, Amal A. Wanigatunga
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm (National Harbor 3)1 - Unraveling the Causal Relationship between Frailty, Disease Burden, and MortalityEmily N. Potts
4 - Sustained frailty remission and dementia risk in older adults: A longitudinal studyTBD
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6
8:00 am - 9:30 am (Maryland Ballroom Breakout 5)3 - Home and Neighborhood Environments and Subsequent Falls: Mediation by Physical Activity and Physical FunctioningJeein Law, Debasree Das Gupta, Uma Kelekar
1:45 pm - 3:00 pm (Exhibit Hall C-D)Poster: When Loneliness & Isolation Converge: Prevalence & Transition Patterns in NHATS Jihye Baek and colleagues
Poster: Physical Activity and Pain-Related Functional Limitation Among Older Adults With Bothersome Pain: An NHATS StudyAlyssa Wang
Poster: Physical Activity, Social Engagement, & Digital Connectivity: Well-Being in Older Adults Kyungmi Lee, Jennifer Levin
Poster: Loneliness Among Active and Bereaved Caregivers: Findings from the National Study of CaregivingAlyssa Abbott, Karen S. Lyons, Jane Flanagan, Wonkyung Jung
Poster: Adverse Health Events and Care: How Do Dementia Care Networks Adjust?Amanda N. Leggett, Wenjing Li, Natasha L. Nemmers
Poster: Caregiver Network Elasticity During Transition To Multiple Chronic Conditions Among Older AdultsAbhirav Dhiren Lande, Seth Freedman, Zhenxuan Ma, Kosali Simon, Nicole E. Werner, Indrakshi Roy
Poster: Factors Associated with the Underutilization of Caregiver Training Among Caregivers of People Living with DementiaObinna Odo, Patrick O. Mese, Kingsley C. Udeh, Heather L. Menne
Poster: Social Activity Restriction and Cognitive Function: The Moderating Role of Living AloneJuntae Park, Yura Lee, Andrew Steward, Young I. Cho
Poster: Social Participation and Psychological Well-Being in Dementia Caregivers: Kinship as a ModeratorSamiya M. AL Hadhrami, Diane E. Berish, Ahmed-Rufai Yahaya, Kimberly Van Haitsma
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm (Maryland Ballroom Breakout 1)2 - Productivity Loss of Employed Family Caregivers: Dementia Status & Work FlexibilityZhiqing Zhou, Le Zhou, Kehang Gao, Yihang Chen, Sofia Liu
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7
8:00 am - 9:30 am (National Harbor 12)4 - Reframing Aging in Practice: Enhancing Caregiving Research and a Digital Health Program for AdultsCatherine E. Elmore, Seneca Moore, Sara E. Hart, Kara B. Dasse
10:00 am - 11:30 am (Chesapeake 10-12)3 - Caregiving Across the Lifespan: Assessing the Impact of Caregiver Support Services across Life-Course PositionsJoseph J. Svec, Jun Chu, Eunbea Kim, In Jeong Hwang
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm (Maryland Ballroom Breakout 6)1 - Who Gets Served? Access/Impact of Home-Delivered Meals Among Older Adults France Weaver
4 - Use of Food Assistance Programs Among Low-Income, Homebound Older AdultsYiqing Qian
5 - Use of Meals on Wheels services among older cancer survivorsPaige Laborde
1:45 pm - 3:00 pm (Exhibit Hall C-D)Poster: Circadian Rhythm Indicators and Sleep Disturbance in Older Adults: A Longitudinal Accelerometer Study from NHATSKyungmi Lee and colleagues
Poster: Living Arrangements, Physical Activity, & Cognitive Aging: Longitudinal Findings NHATSKafayat Mahmoud and colleagues
Poster: Association of IADL Diff., Depression, & Chronic Cond. on Dementia in Older AdultsIdorenyin I. Udoh, Rie Suzuki
3:30 pm - 5:00pm (Chesapeake 7-9)1 - Latent class patterns of medication attitudes & their correlates among older adults in U.S.Jiaming Liang, Min Ji Kwak
3:30 pm - 5:00pm (Maryland Ballroom Breakout 6)2 - Educational Disparities in Social Participation Trajectories in Older AdulthoodSara M. Moorman, Alyssa M. Goldman, Eric M. Vogelsang
3:30 pm - 5:00pm (Maryland Ballroom Breakout 4)4 - Association Between Home Disorder and Cognitive Decline in Older AdultsMin Gi Kim
5:30 pm - 7:00pm (Maryland Ballroom Breakout 1)2 - Unmet Care Needs Among Homebound Older Adults: Findings from a National Long. StudyJoonhyeog Park, Joonyoung Cho, PhD Tamara Cadet
5:30 pm - 7:00pm (Maryland Ballroom Breakout 6)4 - Association of Caregiving Teamwork & Care Partner Charact. on Care Partner OutcomesDiane E. Berish