Clinical Research Directory

Inclusion Criteria: * Recent (\~3 month) chart documented ADRD diagnosis, * ADRD symptom onset after age 65 * Cognitive assessment scores and symptoms consistent with early stage dementia, as determined by the Clinical Dementia Rating Scale scores of .5 or 1.0 * Cognitive awareness of their problems (as determined by the treating neurologist), and ability to understand study and research protocol, as determined by a standardized teach-back method assessment Additional inclusion criteria for dyads are: * English speaking adults (18 years or older) * Dyad lives together * At least one partner endorses clinically significant emotional distress during screening (\>7 on Hospital Anxiety and Depression scale subscales or \<5 on the Geriatric Depression Scale) Exclusion Criteria: * Patient is deemed inappropriate by the neurology team * Either partner has a co-occurring terminal illness * Patient was diagnosed with forms of dementia with clinical profiles that would preclude participation (e.g., Frontotemporal Dementia- behavioral variant), as determined by treatment team.