Solidarity Grants In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Institute offered Fellows the chance to apply for short-term, rapid response Solidarity Grants that were designed to scaffold or scale up Fellows’ work to minimize the impact of the virus on endangered and vulnerable communities. As from April 2020, 74 Atlantic Fellows received 57 Solidarity Grants.
CROSS-PROGRAM PROJECTS 1. Exploring loneliness, social isolation, and the care burden in care partners and families of people with dementia in Arabic- French- and Bengali-speaking countries — Mohamed Salama, Yaohua Chen, and Sanjib Saha, Atlantic Fellows for Equity in Brain Health; and Anjali Sarker, Atlantic Fellow for Social and Economic Equity 2. Empowering disenfranchised communities with storytelling for advocacy — Rose Mary Nakame and Elena Rivera, Atlantic Fellows for Health Equity US + Global; and Juanita Wheeler, Atlantic Fellow for Social Equity 3. Disability Justice Narratives — Fredrick Ouko, Atlantic Fellow for Social and Economic Equity, and Mildred Omino, Atlantic Fellow for Health Equity US + Global ATLANTIC FELLOWS FOR EQUITY IN BRAIN HEALTH 4. Understanding inequalities in the consequences of “social distancing” policies for health and wellbeing in Latin America — Emily Adrion and Fernando Aguzzoli-Peres 5. Stay safe: implementation of remote cognitive assessment in Brazil — Maira Okada de Oliveira and Barbara Costa Beber 6. Brincar de Viver (Playful Living) — Lenisa Brandão and Barbara Costa Beber 7. Quantifying the financial impacts of COVID-19 on families with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias via Tele-STELLA — Walter Dawson 8. Developing an online module for training of family caregivers of people with dementia, supported by Alzheimer’s Society Ireland — Wambui Karanja 9. Personal protective equipment for caregivers of people living with dementia in Bangladesh — Sanjib Saha 10. Evaluating the effectiveness of informational supports for people with traumatic brain injury — Lingani Mbakile-Mahlanza 11. I’m Still Virtually Here: creative online sessions for people with dementia and their caregivers — Karin Diamond 12. Boosting inclusivity in our post COVID world: a second video of “My Brain Robbie” — Eleonore Bayen 13. Virtual Brain Health Center — Krystal L. Culler 14. Assessing the impact of the pandemic on unmet needs in community-dwelling older adults: a retrospective chart review of outreach efforts in San Francisco — Joni Gillisen 15. “What’s going on?”: videos in Brazil — Fernando Aguzzoli-Peres
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