Caring for Caregivers and People Living With Dementia Under Home-Based Primary Care

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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The goal of this clinical trial is to develop a dementia care intervention for persons receiving home-based primary care (HBPC) and living with dementia (PLWD) and their caregivers, and test the feasibility of implementing the intervention in HBPC practices to ultimately improve outcomes of PLWD and their caregivers. The main aims are to: Develop and refine HBPC Dementia Care Quality at Home Establish feasibility (primary outcome), acceptability, and fidelity of HBPC Dementia Care Quality at Home through an open-pilot trial involving two HBPC practices. Trained clinicians and staff at two HBPC practices will implement the intervention Relevant stakeholders (caregivers of PLWD, and HBPC clinicians and staff) will participate in qualitative focus groups to provide feedback on the intervention.

Detailed Description
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The overarching goal of this project is to develop a dementia care intervention for PLWD and their caregivers, Dementia Care Quality at Home, and test the feasibility of implementing the intervention in two HBPC practices to ultimately improve outcomes of PLWD and their caregivers. The investigators will evaluate the feasibility, acceptability, and fidelity in implementing HBPC Dementia Care Quality at Home in two practices for persons living with dementia and their caregivers through an open pilot. Hypothesis: HBPC Dementia Care Quality at Home will meet benchmarks of feasibility, acceptability, and fidelity by the HBPC practices implementing it and by caregivers of PLWD who experience the intervention. The investigators will assess feasibility of caregivers of PLWD to engage with the intervention, the acceptability of the intervention to caregivers, and the impact of the intervention on caregiver well-being by surveying caregivers at the conclusion of the pilot. In addition, the investigators will assess feasibility, acceptability, and fidelity of the intervention in the practices.

Official Title
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Caring for Caregivers and People Living With Dementia Under Home-Based Primary Care

Conditions
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Dementia, Quality of Life, Caregiver Stress

Intervention / Treatment
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* Other: Dementia Care Quality at Home


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: Caregiver participants will: be adults (18 years or older) have English fluency and literacy live in the United States live with and care for an individual with Alzheimer's Disease and Alzheimer's Disease Related Dementias (ADRD) anticipate providing care for the next 6 months provide an average 4 hours of supervision or direct assistance per day for the care recipient and have been identified by the practice as experiencing caregiver stress. Staff participants will: be 18 years or older have English fluency and literacy and live in the United States and be part of a HBPC primary care program or closely connected to the practice. Exclusion Criteria: Participants under the age 18. Participants who have no English fluency and literacy and do not live in the United States. For caregiver participants, not caring for and living with a patient that is part of a HBPC primary care program or closely connected to the practice.

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 18 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Design Details

Primary Purpose: Supportive Care
Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Interventional Model Description: A live open-pilot trial will be conducted of the HBPC Dementia Care Quality at Home intervention in two HBPC practices.
Masking: None (Open Label)


Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
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| Experimental: Dementia Care Quality at Home<br>Each HBPC practice will receive the Dementia Care Quality at Home intervention. | Other: Dementia Care Quality at Home<br>* Each of the two HBPC practices will identify at least two trained Dementia Care Quality at Home Champions who will be trained in the intervention comprised of 1) a standardized assessment tool to assess PLWD and caregiver needs; 2) seven modules created to optimize the well-being of the PLWD and their caregiver; and 3) regular team-based review of persons participating in the program to address care challenges and a team-based case conference approach to solve these challenges.<br>|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Feasibility for the caregiver to engage with and complete baseline assessments. | The percentage of identified CGs who complete baseline assessments. | Baseline | 
| Feasibility for the caregiver to access educational materials and community resources. | Percent of CGs will report using 1 or more materials provided by the practice. | Post-intervention (6 months) | 
| Feasibility for the practice of identifying potential patients/caregivers | Ability of practice to generate list of their patients living with dementia using a questionnaire to the practice | Baseline | 
| Feasibility for the practice of assessing eligible patient/caregiver dyads. | Ability of practice to identify eligible patient/caregiver dyads (e.g., CG experiencing burden or distress). | Baseline | 
| Feasibility for the practice to use patient and caregiver assessments. | Percent of practice personnel who conduct assessments that rate assessments as feasible to use and percent of audited assessments that are completed. | Post-intervention (6 months) |