Please select the eligibility criteria that correspond to the clinical trial below.
Title: A Randomised Controlled Trial to Improve Support Services for Caregivers of Patients With Alzheimer Disease in Italy by UPgrading Quality of Care Through the Integration of Services and the Use of New TECHnologies (The UP-TECH Project)
Brief Summary: The UP-TECH project aims at developing an UPgrading quality of care for Alzheimer's disease patients through the integration of services and the use of new TECHnologies in order to also improving the quality of life of their family caregivers.


Options:
A: The eligibility criteria refers to the dyad.

Inclusion Criteria:

* patient with a diagnosis of Alzheimer's Disease
* Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) patients score between 10 and 20
* patient living in the community
* presence of family caregiver

Exclusion Criteria:

* lack of informed consent from the Alzheimer's patient or caregiver. If the patient has been declared legally incompetent or has a support administrator appointed, informed consent will be requested from a family member or from a person appointed by a judge. In the case of natural incapacitation, verified by Alzheimer Evaluation Unit doctors, consent for the patient will be requested from the primary caregiver;
* the presence of more severe diseases in addition to Alzheimer's or unstable chronic conditions in both the AD patient and the family caregiver, as assessed by the Alzheimer Evaluation Unit and other professionals in the health district-intention of moving out of the health district within 12 months;
* lack of a family caregiver or a caregiver less than 18 years old
B: Inclusion Criteria:

* medical ICD-10 dementia diagnosis available for the patient (F00.-\*: Alzheimer disease or related disorders, F01.-: Vascular dementia, F03.-:Unspecified dementia)
* living with or sharing cooking facilities with the care recipient or providing care for a relative with diagnosed Alzheimer disease or related disorders for at least 4 hours on at least 4 days of a week for at least the past 6 months, respectively
* access to a telephone connection to be able to participate in the talking Time Intervention and the telephone- based interviews for the evaluation

Exclusion Criteria:

* lack of knowledge of German Language of informal caregiver
* risk of suicide in the informal caregiver
* actual psychiatric diagnosis of mental illness of the caregiver
* ICD-10-diagnosis of Dementia in other diseases classified elsewhere (F02.-\*), except Dementia in Primary Parkinson disease (F02.3\*) and Lewy Body disease (F02.8/G31.82)
C: Inclusion Criteria:

* Portuguese adults (≥18 years) (as self-reported and reported by professionals in the referral process);
* Giving consent to participate (Electronic Informed Consent);
* Providing non-paid care for at least 6 months at the time of the recruitment (as self-reported and reported by professionals in the referral process);
* Caring for a person holding a formal diagnosis of dementia (as reported by professionals in the referral process);
* Be skilled to use the internet (as self-reported and reported by professionals in the referral process);
* Experiencing either a clinically relevant level of subjective burden, as determined by a total score ≥ 21 on the Zarit Burden Interview or depression or anxiety symptoms, determined by a score ≥ 8 in at least one of the subscales of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Unable to comprehend written Portuguese (as reported by professionals in the referral process);
* Not having access to a device with internet connection at least twice a week (as self-reported and reported by professionals in the referral process);
* Declaring to care for a person in institutional care (e.g. nursing home or continued care unit) (as self-reported and reported by professionals in the referral process).
D: Inclusion Criteria:

* Must be a primary caregiver for a relative with Alzheimer's Disease or other dementia

Exclusion Criteria:

* Presence of a major medical or psychiatric illness that would prevent completion of low risk study procedures

Answer: A