With all our technological capability to peer inside and manipulate the human brain, that approximately three pound organ continues to reveal complexities far deeper than any MRI can probe.

It follows, that a disease of the brain, and more specifically Alzheimer’s and related dementia, epitomize that same kind of complexity.

At the Home Instead Center for Successful Aging, in Omaha, a compassionate team with a unique approach in providing care for Alzheimer’s and related dementia patients hopes to tackle some of the difficulties of caring for Alzheimer’s while at the same time create significant savings.

Known as the Care Ecosystem study, the research is a partnership between the University of Nebraska Medical Center and the University of California-San Francisco, sponsored by a grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for Medicare and Medicaid. It focuses on the “care-giving” aspect of treating Alzheimer’s and the research team is searching for trial participants in the Fremont area and around rural Nebraska.

Dr. Steven Bonasera, associate professor, Internal Medicine Division of Geriatric Medicine at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha leads the trial in the Nebraska and Iowa area.