Secondary Data Resources to Examine Alzheimer’s, Dementia and Cognitive Change across the Lifecourse: The National Archive of Computerized Data on Aging (NACDA)

Abstract

The National Archive of Computerized Data on Aging (NACDA) has been collecting, archiving and distributing data on the aging lifecourse for over 35 years. All of its data are freely available to the research community and many studies provide valuable measures of cognitive change over time. Using our metadata tools and variable search database, users are able to identify studies that examine aspects of cognitive change among adults during their lifecourse. Many of the studies are either longitudinal or repeat measure cross-sectional studies. NACDA also maintains metadata on external studies such as the HRS, NHATS and SHARE which is useful in identifying data for original research frameworks. This poster illustrates the website search tools available and highlights data collections on Alzheimer’s, dementia, and other forms of cognitive change across the lifecourse disseminated by NACDA, a part of ICPSR. Originally presented at the Alzheimer's Association International Conference in July 2018.