Coaching Dementia Caregivers to Master Care-Resistant Behavior
Coaching Dementia Caregivers to Master Care-Resistant Behavior and Improve Coping Strategies
University of Alabama at Birmingham
266 participants
Apr 1, 2023
INTERVENTIONAL
Conditions
Summary
266 family caregivers will be randomly assigned to either immediate intervention or delayed intervention groups. All caregivers will complete baseline surveys and 3 weeks of daily diaries. The immediate intervention group will receive 12 weeks of CuRB-IT. They will complete 3 rounds of 3-week daily diaries followed by an intermittent survey at 12 week intervals for the next 33 weeks. The delayed intervention group will receive 12 weeks of attention, complete 1 round of 3-week daily diaries followed by an intermittent survey, then complete 12 weeks of CuRB-IT, and complete 2 rounds of 3--week daily diaries followed by an intermittent survey at 12-week intervals for the next 18 weeks.
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria7
- Caregiver of any race or gender who is aged >18 years
- \) provides unpaid care,
- \) cares for a spouse/common-law, sibling, parent or grandparent (or in-law, aged 60+ years),
- \) lives with or shares cooking facilities with the care recipient,
- \) Care recipient has mild cognitive impairment or dementia as identified using the Quick Dementia Rating System instrument,
- \) the care provided consists of help with at least 2 Instrumental Activities of Daily Living or one Activity of Daily Living,
- \) the care recipient is resistant to receiving assistance with, or refuses to do, at least one instrumental or activity of daily living
Exclusion Criteria2
- \) persons who cannot speak/read English
- \) who do not have reliable access to a smart phone or internet
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Interventions
9 1-hour coaching sessions delivered over a videoconferencing platform (Zoom); 6 delivered weekly, 3 delivered biweekly
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NCT05098652